Prop. B Archives - 48 hills

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SF Landlord lobby seeks to kill bonds for public health and affordable housing

Tim Redmond - September 29, 2024

Apartment Association, in pissy revenge move, puts $50,000 into defeating Prop. B

Labor

City worker unions head to ‘strike school’ as vacancies remain, contracts loom

Tim Redmond - March 12, 2024

Labor is fed up with the Breed Administration, and preparing for serious political pressure to fill jobs and give raises.

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Now the Big Tech money is getting ridiculous

Tim Redmond - February 13, 2024

Billionaires put up $730,000 for a ballot measure that will have no impact on anyone's life—and not a penny for an affordable housing measure that would benefit everyone.

News + Politics

Oversight — of Recology, the Ferris Wheel deal ….

Tim Redmond - March 14, 2021

... and commercial landlords. Plus the Chron's neo-liberal editorial page editor retires. That's The Agenda for March 15-22.

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Firefighters want no part of dark-money lawsuit

Tim Redmond - February 11, 2020

The San Francisco Firefighters Union is asking the political consultant who is suing to overturn the city’s dark money law to immediately stop referring...

News + Politics

Political operatives try to defend dark money

Tim Redmond - February 9, 2020

The city’s new law mandating real disclosure for dark money in local elections is under attack – and the legal filing include some fascinating...

News + Politics

Newsom’s agency folds on waterfront case

Michael Toren - February 22, 2018

The proposed settlement agreement announced Wednesday in the State Lands Commission’s lawsuit to overturn Proposition B represents a near-total concession by the state. It also...

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Newsom’s final try at undermining voter control of the waterfront

Michael Toren - January 18, 2018

A judge heard closing arguments Wednesday in the State Lands Commission’s lawsuit to overturn Proposition B, which requires voter approval for new construction on...

News + Politics

Newsom’s agency keeps trying to tell voters they have no say on waterfront

Michael Toren - January 17, 2018

The State Lands Commission continued to make its case in court Tuesday to overturn Proposition B, which requires voter approval for new construction projects...

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Newsom’s lawyer says SF voters are stupid

Michael Toren - January 12, 2018

In a lawsuit challenging whether voters can reject commercial developments on the San Francisco waterfront, attorneys for the State of California called an expert...

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SF Landlord lobby seeks to kill bonds for public health and affordable housing

City worker unions head to ‘strike school’ as vacancies remain, contracts loom

Now the Big Tech money is getting ridiculous

Oversight — of Recology, the Ferris Wheel deal ….

Firefighters want no part of dark-money lawsuit

Political operatives try to defend dark money

Newsom’s agency folds on waterfront case

Newsom’s final try at undermining voter control of the waterfront

Newsom’s agency keeps trying to tell voters they have no say on waterfront

Newsom’s lawyer says SF voters are stupid

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