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Big Telecom tries another deregulation scam in Sacramento

Chris Witteman and Tracy Rosenberg - August 14, 2019

They’re at it again. After losing in their attempt to torpedo net neutrality protections in California, Assembly members are back with a new and better way...

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Vallie Brown’s big real-estate money

Tim Redmond - August 2, 2019

The campaign contribution filings for the first six months of 2019 are now public, and the most dramatic news involves the D5 supes race. For...

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After 50 years, SF poised to move on public power

Tim Redmond - July 28, 2019

The Chron kicked off the annual media week of stories on homelessness Sunday with a long, detailed, Q&A – readers submitted questions, and Editor...

Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: A gripping dispatch from the heart of Aleppo

Dennis Harvey - July 24, 2019

SCREEN GRABS No doubt many cineastes in the Bay Area and well beyond will be lining up this weekend for arguably the first interesting mainstream...

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‘In the name of climate sanity’

Tim Redmond - July 22, 2019

The supes listened for more than two and a half hours to testimony and expert reports on the city’s role in climate change –...

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Kaiser workers prepare for strike over mental-health staffing

Tim Redmond - July 7, 2019

Mental-health workers at Kaiser’s French Campus on Geary are launching a one-day strike Wednesday/10 to focus attention on the massive health-care operation’s failure to...

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What if the ‘moderates’ are wrong, about everything?

Tim Redmond - July 1, 2019

The New York Times went crazy this week with stories about the terror “moderates” are feeling about the direction of the Democratic Party. It...

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Planners hear how Nancy Skinner’s housing bill would hurt SF communities

Tim Redmond - June 29, 2019

Several members of the Planning Commission expressed concern this week about SB 330, a bill by Sen. Nancy Skinner that is supposed to speed...

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The problems with the gig economy and a housing ‘crisis’ bill

Tim Redmond - June 23, 2019

The gig economy and its problems are big news all over the country. California is moving to crack down on some huge, profitable companies...

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Wiener quietly turns barber bill into major housing legislation

Hydee Feldstein - June 18, 2019

State Sen. Scott Wiener, as predicted here, has taken an uncontroversial bill about cosmetology licenses and turned it into a complex and detailed piece...

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