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Gascon will step down — but who will step up?

Tim Redmond - October 3, 2018

A lot of people in the San Francisco political world were stunned when District Attorney George Gascon announced he would not be running for...

News + Politics

Profiles in corruption: How telecoms control the state Legislature

Chris Witteman and Tracy Rosenberg - July 1, 2018

The last couple of weeks have not been good ones for those who see communications as a social justice issue. The 2015 Open Internet Order,...

News + Politics

Police accountability groups make POA contract an issue for supes, Farrell

Tim Redmond - March 19, 2018

Labor battles in San Francisco are typically about wages, benefits, and staffing. In tough years, City Hall tries to make cuts, and the unions...

News + Politics

Special Report: Ed Lee’s police legacy

Adriana Camarena - March 11, 2018

Editor’s note: As the candidates for mayor discuss law enforcement, police accountability, and the future of the SFPD, it’s worth looking back at how...

News + Politics

Yimbyism and the cruel irony of metropolitan history

David Levitus - March 2, 2018

The sense of housing crisis is nearly everywhere. Debates about housing policy are heating up, turning once arcane fields into the subject of fevered...

News + Politics

Cops push stunning ballot measure to allow Tasers

Tim Redmond - January 16, 2018

The San Francisco Police Officers Association – the folks who have opposed every major effort at reforming the department – has put up $80,000...

Opinion

OPINION: The case against Tasers

Barbara Attard - October 27, 2017

On Friday, November 3, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. at City Hall the San Francisco Police Commission will be holding its last public hearing on...

News + Politics

OPINION: Jerry Brown can help police accountability

Susan Leff - September 18, 2017

Imagine you are in your neighborhood when you see a police officer interacting with a civilian. You are confused by what you see, but you...

Music

Drop the oratorio

Joanna Ladd - September 11, 2017

ALL EARS Ensemble Mik Nawooj is the sort of band that solves problems you didn’t know you had. Problems like: I want to wave...

News + Politics

Police Commission set to discuss the effectiveness of tasers

Sana Saleem - June 21, 2017

It's back to tasers at the Police Commission where a working group is set to present its findings at Wednesday's meeting. The city has...

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Gascon will step down — but who will step up?

Profiles in corruption: How telecoms control the state Legislature

Police accountability groups make POA contract an issue for supes, Farrell

Special Report: Ed Lee’s police legacy

Yimbyism and the cruel irony of metropolitan history

Cops push stunning ballot measure to allow Tasers

OPINION: The case against Tasers

OPINION: Jerry Brown can help police accountability

Drop the oratorio

Police Commission set to discuss the effectiveness of tasers

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