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An SF city bank is not only possible — it’s a great idea, budget analyst concludes

Tim Redmond - December 11, 2017

San Francisco faces no legal obstacles and no significant policy problems with creating a municipal bank, a recent report from the city’s budget and...

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The Agenda, July 17-23: Ballot politics and cannabis

Tim Redmond - July 17, 2017

Sup. Aaron Peskin is asking his colleagues to sign Tuesday/18 on to a resolution opposing AB 943, the state measure that would make it...

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SF public power agency under attack

Tim Redmond - June 8, 2017

The majority of the Board of Supervisors Budget Committee voted today to effectively cut funding for the only city agency that has a mandate...

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What if everything the national Democratic Party leaders think about campaigns is wrong?

Tim Redmond - March 29, 2017

You could fill half a library with all the post-election analyses, recriminations, post-mortems and debates over the worse debacle to hit the Democratic Party...

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Supes, mayor fail on immigration

Tim Redmond - March 3, 2017

Everyone involved is putting a (fairly) nice face on it, but the reality is that the Board of Supes Budget and Finance Committee’s rejection...

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The Agenda, Feb. 13-19: Can Mayor Lee really deny funding to defend immigrants?

Tim Redmond - February 13, 2017

Mayor Ed Lee has said on repeated occasion that he doesn’t want to send city money to the Public Defender’s Office to represent undocumented...

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Early local results: A very mixed bag

Tim Redmond - November 8, 2016

You can’t stipulate anything with the election, since it’s so odd and frankly fucking scary. But it we assume that the early absentees in...

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The Agenda, Election Day issue: Will Big Tech take over SF politics?

Tim Redmond - November 7, 2016

There’s not much going on in San Francisco government this week, because everyone is focused on Election Day. A few thoughts: We have no idea who...

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Tech money and soda money

Tim Redmond - November 6, 2016

I just got a Facebook ad promoting Josh Arce for supervisor in District Nine. I suspect if you live in D1, D9, or D11...

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Community, labor leaders protest scary Big Tech dark money

Tim Redmond - October 14, 2016

The flood of sleazy dark money coming into Districts 1 and 11 got the attention of labor leaders and community activists, who met on...

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An SF city bank is not only possible — it’s a great idea, budget analyst concludes

The Agenda, July 17-23: Ballot politics and cannabis

SF public power agency under attack

What if everything the national Democratic Party leaders think about campaigns is wrong?

Supes, mayor fail on immigration

The Agenda, Feb. 13-19: Can Mayor Lee really deny funding to defend immigrants?

Early local results: A very mixed bag

The Agenda, Election Day issue: Will Big Tech take over SF politics?

Tech money and soda money

Community, labor leaders protest scary Big Tech dark money

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