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Bernie Sanders speaks in the Mission — but doesn’t endorse Reform Slate for DCCC

Tim Redmond - June 6, 2016

Bernie Sanders visited the Mission District today on the eve of the California primary, and called for his supporters to remake the Democratic Party...

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The Agenda, June 6-12, 2016: Key vote on Airbnb, Election Day partying ….

Tim Redmond - June 5, 2016

So the San Francisco Chronicle can’t bring itself to issue an endorsement in the presidential primary. That’s pretty astonishing for a big-city newspaper in...

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The real-estate sleaze reaches high tide in the DCCC race

Tim Redmond - June 5, 2016

The sleaze coming out of the real-estate industry has reached astonishing levels in the past couple of days, with Big Tech and the Association...

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$1 million in tech and real-estate money pours into June SF election

Tim Redmond - May 27, 2016

The tide of tech and real-estate money flowing into the June 7th San Francisco election is now at more than $1 million, a stunning...

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SF Silent Film Festival screens for the times

Dennis Harvey - May 27, 2016

By Dennis Harvey Every summer the Castro Theater fills with patrons — some of whom fly across the country or further for the occasion —...

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A terrible housing bill looms in Sacramento

Tim Redmond - May 22, 2016

The State Assembly may vote as early as Monday on a bill that would give real estate developers a huge windfall at the expense...

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The Agenda, May 23-29: Amateur hour in the Mayor’s Office …

Tim Redmond - May 22, 2016

By mid-afternoon, a little after 3pm Friday, reporters were starting to gather out in front of the Mayor’s office. We’d gotten the word, thanks...

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Trump-brand hate has no home in SF

Maria Poblet, Myrna Melgar, and N'Tanya Lee - May 20, 2016

On Tuesday, the SF Board of Supervisors and the sheriff have an opportunity to uphold core San Francisco values. The stakes are high. Trump-style...

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A regional-planning coup

Zelda Bronstein - May 16, 2016

In late April the year-long power struggle between our region’s land use and transportation planning agencies, respectively the Association of Bay Area Governments and...

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The Agenda, May 16-22: Big, ugly luxury housing projects in the Mission and the Tenderloin….

Tim Redmond - May 15, 2016

The local news media made a big deal of the legal thrashing that Federal Judge Charles Breyer gave to an SF police officer who,...

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