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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...

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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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The future of SF politics

Tim Redmond - November 10, 2019

If you spent any time in the headquarters of the campaigns for Chesa Boudin or Dean Preston, if you spent any time on the...

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Planners keep wanting to streamline approvals for housing that won’t get built

Tim Redmond - August 19, 2019

The Board of Supes isn’t back from vacation yet, but the Planning Commission is – and on Thursday/22 the panel will hear a report...

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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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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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State bill could allow undocumented workers to claim tax credit

Tim Redmond - June 5, 2019

A bill making its way through the state Legislature would allow some undocumented Californians to claim the state’s earned-income tax credit – widely considered...

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Facebook money and California housing

Zelda Bronstein - May 29, 2019

On January 24, 2019, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the limited liability company founded by Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg,...

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Will the state Democratic Party support public power?

Tim Redmond - February 10, 2019

The collapse of Pacific Gas and Electric Company is leading to serious efforts on both the statewide and the local level to replace the...

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CASA’s secret New York junket

Zelda Bronstein - January 15, 2019

During the final meeting of the CASA Technical Committee on December 12, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf let slip that she and unnamed others had...

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Last-minute campaign intelligence — and Election Night Parties

Teacher’s Union endorses Wiener opponent for state Senate

The future of SF politics

Planners keep wanting to streamline approvals for housing that won’t get built

Big Telecom tries another deregulation scam in Sacramento

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

State bill could allow undocumented workers to claim tax credit

Facebook money and California housing

Will the state Democratic Party support public power?

CASA’s secret New York junket

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