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Tagged with: Prop. B

City Beat: Police – and political — guilt and innocence

By Tim Redmond Oh, what fun to see the Police Officers Association sending out a solicitation that ends with the phrase: "Innocent until proven guilty." I'm...

BREAKING: Judge refuses to remove waterfront measure from ballot

By Tim Redmond March 18, 2014 -- Judge Marla Miller refused today to order a waterfront planning measure removed from the San Francisco ballot. In a...

Real-estate interests say voters should have no role in waterfront planning

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...

SF Democratic Party sides with developers on waterfront

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.

BREAKING: 8 Washington backers sue over waterfront height limits initiative

By Tim Redmond Whatdya know? A few hours after I questioned Randy Shaw's analysis of the legal weakness of the waterfront height measure (and said...