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Nimbys, SFBARF, and a clueless writer at the NY Times

Tim Redmond - April 23, 2016

The easy thing to do is just try to ignore the likes of SFBARF and hope they will go away. But they don’t, and...

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Democratic Party superdelegate plan fails

Tim Redmond - April 13, 2016

The future of the Democratic Party in San Francisco came down entirely to timing. As a move that would have given the mayor and his...

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Chief Suhr’s job review: Things are out of control ….

Tim Redmond - April 12, 2016

The Police Commission meeting tomorrow (Wed/13) includes an item that hasn’t gotten much attention – but maybe ought to be the focus of a...

The Agenda

The Agenda, April 10-17: Superdelegates, nationally and locally

Tim Redmond - April 10, 2016

Just as the Bernie Sanders campaign is stepping up its criticism of the role party officials play in the nomination process, a proposal to...

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The Agenda, April 4-10: Changing the DCCC rules (again), the first Kim-Wiener debate ….

Tim Redmond - April 3, 2016

Let us start this week with Airbnb. The company has finally decided, after many years, to help the city crack down on what everyone...

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The deep roots of SF’s housing crisis

Tim Redmond - March 23, 2016

The most interesting and insightful analysis of the local housing crisis that I’ve read in quite a while appeared today – not in the...

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Supes won’t override mayoral veto on transit funding

Tim Redmond - March 22, 2016

Pretty much every transit advocacy group supported Sup. John Avalos’ long-shot move to get the supes to override Mayor Lee’s veto of a transit-funding...

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The Agenda, March 21-27, 2008: A homeless emergency, mayoral vetoes ….

Tim Redmond - March 20, 2016

The mayor was out of town when news broke that his approval ratings continue to dive, just a few months into his final term....

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San Francisco, two-party town

Tim Redmond - March 16, 2016

I am increasingly coming to believe that San Francisco is now a two-party city – and oddly, we are seeing that reflected in the...

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The Agenda, March 14-March 20: A mad rush to run the Democratic Party …

Tim Redmond - March 13, 2016

The filing deadline passed Friday for people who want to be on the Democratic County Central Committee, and it was wild: The real-estate interests...

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Nimbys, SFBARF, and a clueless writer at the NY Times

Democratic Party superdelegate plan fails

Chief Suhr’s job review: Things are out of control ….

The Agenda, April 10-17: Superdelegates, nationally and locally

The Agenda, April 4-10: Changing the DCCC rules (again), the first Kim-Wiener debate ….

The deep roots of SF’s housing crisis

Supes won’t override mayoral veto on transit funding

The Agenda, March 21-27, 2008: A homeless emergency, mayoral vetoes ….

San Francisco, two-party town

The Agenda, March 14-March 20: A mad rush to run the Democratic Party …

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