By Tim Redmond
JULY 17, 2014 -- Here’s the most interesting thing about the State Lands Commission suing San Francisco: Gavin Newsom is, in essence,...
Tom Ammiano has pretty much everyone behind his tax-refrom bill – except Ed Lee.
By Tim Redmond
The mayor of Los Angeles, Gil Garcetti, is endorsing...
Attorney Doug Carstens talks about the case with Prop. B supporter Jon Golinger and attorney Jim Sutton listening.
By Tim Redmond
MARCH 17, 2014 -- Superior...
The DCCC listens to testimony at its endorsement meeting
By Tim Redmond
March 12, 2014 -- To the surprise of some political observers (um, me), the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee voted tonight to side with the real-estate developers and reject Prop. B, a measure that would require a public vote for any project that exceeds existing height limits on the waterfront.
The vote was 13-12, and it included some surprises: Sup. Malia Cohen, who is facing a re-election challenge from a Prop. B ally, voted to support Prop. B – and Sup. David Chiu, who was a leader in the fight against 8 Washington, abstained, in effect giving the developers the edge.
"This shows that the real-estate industry now controls the San Francisco Democratic Party," Prop. B author John Golinger told me after the vote.
Whoops, not going to happen
By Tim Redmond
The overwhelming rejection of the 8 Washington condo project at the polls in November left developer Simon Snellgrove...