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More results: Public defenders winning for judge

Tim Redmond - March 3, 2020

More results – only 22,000 Election Day votes, but we can seem some trends. All of the ballot measures are now passing; the tax and...

News + Politics

First results: A few surprises

Tim Redmond - March 3, 2020

The early results are in and there are some surprises. For starters, the numbers are very small – only 46,000 ballots were returned by...

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Last-minute campaign intelligence — and Election Night Parties

Tim Redmond - March 1, 2020

I haven’t seen a campaign mailer from Rep. Nancy Pelosi in at least 20 years. She doesn’t make a habit of coming back to...

News + Politics

Unlimited growth doesn’t help the local economy

Tim Redmond - February 17, 2020

I went to see Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel-prize-winning economist, speak at USF last week. Lectures by economists don’t tend to fill up large rooms,...

Arts + Culture

Sarah Patterson named executive director of Folsom Street Events

Marke B. - January 29, 2020

The annual Folsom Street Fair in September is the biggest kink and BDSM-centered event in the world (and one of the city's biggest festivals)....

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Teacher’s Union endorses Wiener opponent for state Senate

Jeantelle Laberinto - January 20, 2020

The March State Senate primary in San Francisco is heating up. Jackie Fielder, the Indigenous-Mexicana queer activist who has been involved in the campaign for...

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With Fewer retiring, Connie Chan takes up progressive banner in D1

Tim Redmond - January 18, 2020

District 1 has a remarkable political history. It’s not, by definition, one of the most left-leaning parts of the city. The voters who tend...

Housing

Forget SB 50 — San Francisco needs a bold plan for social housing

Steven Hill - January 9, 2020

State Senator Scott Wiener has reintroduced his housing bill, SB 50, which seeks to alleviate the housing crisis by forcing more density around transit corridors. But...

Housing

Protesters shut down Wiener at SB50 press conference

Sam Lew - January 7, 2020

A group of homeless mothers and their supporters shut down California State Senator Scott Wiener’s press conference announcing the reintroduction of the contentious housing...

Housing

SF 2019 Housing scorecard is really bleak

Tim Redmond - January 6, 2020

On the day that State Sen. Scott Wiener is announcing a new bill to mandate more private-market housing – which means, given the economics...

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