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Fighting homeless sweeps at City Hall

Sam Lew - February 28, 2020

Unhoused San Franciscans, service providers, and community members took over the steps of City Hall with bubbles, brooms, and tents to protest the city's...

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What did Breed’s Nuru announcement really mean?

Tim Redmond - February 16, 2020

It’s taken a couple of days, but the local news media have mostly come around to the fact that the real news Friday was...

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Breed took $5,600 gift from Nuru; may be illegal

Tim Redmond - February 14, 2020

Nearly every local news outlet led the latest story on former Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru with some version of this: BREAKING: Mayor Breed just...

New Music: Transcendental dancing with Eris Drew’s ‘Fluids of Emotion’

John-Paul Shiver - February 12, 2020

The first nanoseconds of an Eris Drew song or mixtape resemble the work of a maestro dramaturge. Everything—sound scratches, cutting in vocals, record manipulations...

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Haney proposes sweeping reforms for public works

Tim Redmond - February 11, 2020

In the wake of the Mohammed Nuru scandal, Sup. Matt Haney is proposing a reform that should have been done years ago. He wants...

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Mohammed Nuru’s worst offense

Sam Lew - February 4, 2020

A $2,070 bottle of wine from a Chinese billionaire, a $5,000 bribe to an SFO airport commissioner, and a John Deer tractor for his...

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FBI complaint alleges widespread corruption by DPW chief

Sam Lew and Tim Redmond - January 28, 2020

The criminal complaint against Mohammed Nuru and Nick Bovis, and information from an FBI press conference, allege that the director of the Department of...

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FBI arrests DPW director in corruption case

Tim Redmond - January 28, 2020

The director of the Department of Public Works, Mohammed Nuru, has been arrested in a federal corruption probe, numerous sources confirmed. The Chron reports...

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Arts Forecast: A whole weekend with Laurie Anderson and more

Marke B. - January 22, 2020

ARTS FORECAST The shock of hair seems to have been tamed into a tiny ponytail atop her head, but electro-poetic pioneer Laurie Anderson certainly...

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Breed talks tough on homelessness — while sweeps continue

Sam Lew - January 8, 2020

“Sweeps Kill.” The fliers fluttered down from the third balcony at City Hall as Mayor London Breed finished up her inauguration speech Wednesday. The sweeps that...

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Fighting homeless sweeps at City Hall

What did Breed’s Nuru announcement really mean?

Breed took $5,600 gift from Nuru; may be illegal

New Music: Transcendental dancing with Eris Drew’s ‘Fluids of Emotion’

Haney proposes sweeping reforms for public works

Mohammed Nuru’s worst offense

FBI complaint alleges widespread corruption by DPW chief

FBI arrests DPW director in corruption case

Arts Forecast: A whole weekend with Laurie Anderson and more

Breed talks tough on homelessness — while sweeps continue

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