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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...

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A challenge to sitting judges — and the secretive judicial system

Tim Redmond - February 27, 2018

Judges don’t like elections. That’s been true in San Francisco for decades, and it’s true in most of the rest of the country. The...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: The Russians aren’t the only election hackers

Reese Erlich - February 26, 2018

Welcome to the latest Washington crisis. The American people are supposed to be petrified at the threat posed by Russian spies who hack our...

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Explosive debate finally shows the candidates as they are

Tim Redmond - February 25, 2018

The best and most revealing mayoral debate so far – because it was an actual debate – took place last week at the Potrero...

Party Radar

Party Radar: Mexican Jihad, Ben UFO, Galaxy Radio…

Marke B. - February 22, 2018

PARTY RADAR Hello from Detroit, where I'm currently warmer than y'all are in the Bay, because climate change is happening and weird! Here's a...

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Sharen Hewitt, force of nature and grandmother to hundreds of activists, is dead

Tim Redmond - February 22, 2018

Sharen Hewitt, who for generations define fiery, loving activism in San Francisco, has died. Hewitt, who described herself as a “grandmother for social change,” ran...

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Ethics Commission blows up over controversial reform law

Tim Redmond - February 20, 2018

The SF Ethics Commission blew up last week as President Peter Keane abruptly announced his resignation after failing to get the four votes to...

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Progressive debate offers a bit of candidate clarity

Tim Redmond - February 15, 2018

What a difference two weeks and a different venue makes. The three leading candidates for mayor all said they supported, more or less, Sen. Scott...

Campaign Trail

Campaign Trail: Breed, SuperPACs and D8 campaign money

Tim Redmond - February 13, 2018

SuperPAC money has been one of the defining issues of the early parts of the mayoral campaign. Mark Leno and Sup. Jane Kim have...

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Peskin takes on superPACs

Tim Redmond - February 13, 2018

Sup. Aaron Peskin today introduced what he called emergency legislation that would require donors to superPACs to disclose all of their financial interests in...

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Yimbyism and the cruel irony of metropolitan history

A challenge to sitting judges — and the secretive judicial system

Foreign Correspondent: The Russians aren’t the only election hackers

Explosive debate finally shows the candidates as they are

Party Radar: Mexican Jihad, Ben UFO, Galaxy Radio…

Sharen Hewitt, force of nature and grandmother to hundreds of activists, is dead

Ethics Commission blows up over controversial reform law

Progressive debate offers a bit of candidate clarity

Campaign Trail: Breed, SuperPACs and D8 campaign money

Peskin takes on superPACs

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