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Will the state Democratic Party support public power?

Tim Redmond - February 10, 2019

The collapse of Pacific Gas and Electric Company is leading to serious efforts on both the statewide and the local level to replace the...

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Supes close to deal on budget ‘windfall’

Tim Redmond - February 5, 2019

With a hearing on Mayor London Breed’s proposal to spend most of the city’s education-money windfall on homeless services set for tomorrow, there is...

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New MIT study suggests the Yimby narrative on housing is wrong

Tim Redmond - January 29, 2019

The Yimby narrative – that higher density in US cities will bring down housing prices – doesn’t work in real life, a dramatic new...

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A progressive candidate files for DA, opening up the 2019 race

Tim Redmond - January 15, 2019

Since the day George Gascon announced he’s not running for re-election as district attorney, progressives involved in the criminal justice system have been wondering...

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Mar pushes Breed on budget accountability

Tim Redmond - January 15, 2019

Sup. Gordon Mar made his first big statement today, demanding that Mayor London Breed open up the budget process to community advocates. During Question Time,...

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Corporate Democrats win in SF state delegate elections

Tim Redmond - January 12, 2019

I ran into Tim Paulson, the former head of the Labor Council who now works for the building trades, out in front of the...

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Relax: Yee’s ‘interim committees’ are just placeholders

Tim Redmond - January 10, 2019

The progressive supporters of Sup. Norman Yee, who won the board presidency thanks to the votes of three moderates, have been saying that he...

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Yee is board president — what does that mean?

Tim Redmond - January 8, 2019

I ran in to Sup. Norman Yee last night, outside of the Chinatown banquet honoring the four newly elected progressive supervisors. I asked him...

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The new supes, a public bank, police secrecy …

Tim Redmond - January 6, 2019

Matt Haney had his ceremonial swearing in today at Glide, and the room was packed. Even State Sen. Scott Wiener and Assemblymember David Chiu,...

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The real stakes in the board president vote

Tim Redmond - January 3, 2019

Political observers are scrambling to figure out who the next president of the Board of Supes will be – and in the process, some...

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Will the state Democratic Party support public power?

Supes close to deal on budget ‘windfall’

New MIT study suggests the Yimby narrative on housing is wrong

A progressive candidate files for DA, opening up the 2019 race

Mar pushes Breed on budget accountability

Corporate Democrats win in SF state delegate elections

Relax: Yee’s ‘interim committees’ are just placeholders

Yee is board president — what does that mean?

The new supes, a public bank, police secrecy …

The real stakes in the board president vote

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