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Housing

Supes challenge planners over construction on toxic sites

Tim Redmond - May 2, 2021

Resolution points to Planning Department's record of allowing new luxury housing despite hazards. Plus: Why City College matters. That's The Agenda for May 3-9

News + Politics

Can SF supes take on political corruption?

Tim Redmond - January 31, 2021

Committee hearing will give us a clue. Plus: Protecting SRO tenants, preventing evictions and saving nightlife venues ... that's The Agenda for Feb. 1 - 8

News + Politics

The sleaze reaches high tide at City Hall

Tim Redmond - November 30, 2020

How can this level of seemingly endless corruption have happened -- and how high does it go?

News + Politics

Supes, by one vote, reject public advocate plan

Tim Redmond - July 21, 2020

The San Francisco supes today refused by one vote to put a measure on the ballot creating a public advocate to focus on public...

News + Politics

Finally, a monument to a victim of police violence

Tim Redmond - July 19, 2020

For the first time in history, San Francisco will soon have a permanent monument to a person of color killed by the police. I was...

News + Politics

Supes are driving the political agenda in SF

Tim Redmond - July 15, 2020

The center of public policy in San Francisco has so clearly shifted from the Mayor’s Office to the Board of Supes that nearly every...

Business + Tech

Big reforms could be headed for fall ballot

Tim Redmond - July 8, 2020

The Board of Supes Rules Committee will hold a special meeting Thursday/9 to consider a series of City Charter amendments for the fall ballot...

News + Politics

Anatomy of a corrupt $125 million city contract

Tim Redmond - July 2, 2020

In a remarkable and highly unusual hearing today, the Government Audit and Oversight Committee dug into the anatomy of a multimillion contract that Sup....

News + Politics

Public toilets—and public corruption

Tim Redmond - June 28, 2020

The deepening public works scandal, which now involves political connected permit expediter Walter Wong, appears to have links to a big corporation that has...

News + Politics

Special Report: Ed Lee’s police legacy

Adriana Camarena - March 11, 2018

Editor’s note: As the candidates for mayor discuss law enforcement, police accountability, and the future of the SFPD, it’s worth looking back at how...

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Supes challenge planners over construction on toxic sites

Can SF supes take on political corruption?

The sleaze reaches high tide at City Hall

Supes, by one vote, reject public advocate plan

Finally, a monument to a victim of police violence

Supes are driving the political agenda in SF

Big reforms could be headed for fall ballot

Anatomy of a corrupt $125 million city contract

Public toilets—and public corruption

Special Report: Ed Lee’s police legacy

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