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What the March election really meant—and where the city goes from here

Calvin Welch - March 21, 2024

Big tech money and low progressive turnout carried the day—but what if there's a real mayor's race in November?

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The local record and legacy of Dianne Feinstein

Tim Redmond - October 2, 2023

Let's celebrate her accomplishments. But there's another story that needs to be told. I was there.

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The Trump supporters who opposed Rose Pak Chinatown Station

Tim Redmond - August 25, 2019

The most remarkable thing about the close vote to name the Central Subway’s Chinatown Station after Rose Pak was how little the opposition had...

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What happens if Wiener gets challenged from both the right and the left?

Tim Redmond - August 4, 2019

The idea that former state Sen. Quentin Kopp is planning to challenge incumbent Scott Wiener sets up some fascinating political possibilities. I talked to Kopp,...

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Does more density bring down housing costs? Come to the debate

Tim Redmond - May 26, 2019

The biggest change to housing law in California in decades – state Sen. Scott Wiener’s AB 50– is on hold, for the moment. But...

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Mayor Breed’s brother should be released from prison

Tim Redmond - December 20, 2018

Jerry Brown is poised to leave office with 740 people on death row and 130,000 others in state prisons, 70 percent of them Black...

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Leno’s lead drops as votes come in from conservative parts of town

Tim Redmond - June 7, 2018

Mark Leno’s lead dropped to 255 votes with the latest count, but a closer analysis of the numbers suggests that the ballots that were...

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OPINION: Why political money should be a top issue in the mayor’s race

Larry Bush - May 20, 2018

Pay to Play belongs at the top of the issues in the mayor’s campaign if for no other reason the hundreds of thousands (soon...

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Ethics Commission blows up over controversial reform law

Tim Redmond - February 20, 2018

The SF Ethics Commission blew up last week as President Peter Keane abruptly announced his resignation after failing to get the four votes to...

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The narrow loophole that lets Breed control both branches of government

Tim Redmond - January 10, 2018

City Attorney Dennis Herrera says that London Breed can be both mayor and Board of Supervisors president for the duration – because of one...

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What the March election really meant—and where the city goes from here

The local record and legacy of Dianne Feinstein

The Trump supporters who opposed Rose Pak Chinatown Station

What happens if Wiener gets challenged from both the right and the left?

Does more density bring down housing costs? Come to the debate

Mayor Breed’s brother should be released from prison

Leno’s lead drops as votes come in from conservative parts of town

OPINION: Why political money should be a top issue in the mayor’s race

Ethics Commission blows up over controversial reform law

The narrow loophole that lets Breed control both branches of government

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