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Supes panel appoints three community-based progressives to redistricting panel

Tim Redmond - July 19, 2021

Move will counter the Elections Commission's appointments, all of whom are allies of the mayor, in what could be a major gerrymandering fight.

News + Politics

Low-income people in SF might actually get paid for jury duty

Tim Redmond - July 14, 2021

Plus: Landlords kill a transparency bill that would hold speculators accountable. That's today in Sacramento.

Crime

Washington Post — not the SF news media — exposes lies about Boudin

Tim Redmond - June 17, 2021

The inaccurate reporting and social media just continues, as most of the major local media stands by or goes along.

News + Politics

Should the Castro be filled with a tech mogul’s surveillance cameras?

Tim Redmond - June 1, 2021

A sort-of, kind-of private organization that does neighborhood improvements in the Castro is meeting next week to decide whether to move forward with a...

News + Politics

Herrera moves to PUC, giving Breed a chance to appoint a new city attorney

Tim Redmond - April 26, 2021

Dramatic move could shake up local politics and impact public policy for years to come.

Movies

SFFILM fest spotlights Rita Moreno, Muppets, ‘Lost Landscapes of Oakland’

Dennis Harvey - April 4, 2021

2021 installment of the super-fest beams from drive-in and laptop, with plenty of star power.

Opinion

Women of color are not puzzled by the Atlanta killer’s motivation

Rebecca Young, Niki Solis and Jane Brown - April 1, 2021

Racism? Misogyny? Easy access to guns? It’s not one or the other. It’s all of the above.

Elections

The Chron wants limits on executive power — in Sacramento

Tim Redmond - March 28, 2021

But what about limiting the power of the mayor of SF? The paper has always opposed that.

News + Politics

A huge step to ending the crime of cash bail

Tim Redmond - March 25, 2021

State Supreme Court rules that poor people can't be kept behind bars just because they don't have the money to get out.

News + Politics

‘Free Malik’ protest calls for end to private prisons

Garrett Leahy - March 8, 2021

Activists want Bay View editor released -- and the Geo Group out of California.

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Supes panel appoints three community-based progressives to redistricting panel

Low-income people in SF might actually get paid for jury duty

Washington Post — not the SF news media — exposes lies about Boudin

Should the Castro be filled with a tech mogul’s surveillance cameras?

Herrera moves to PUC, giving Breed a chance to appoint a new city attorney

SFFILM fest spotlights Rita Moreno, Muppets, ‘Lost Landscapes of Oakland’

Women of color are not puzzled by the Atlanta killer’s motivation

The Chron wants limits on executive power — in Sacramento

A huge step to ending the crime of cash bail

‘Free Malik’ protest calls for end to private prisons

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