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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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What the regional housing “compact” amounts to — so far

Zelda Bronstein - January 10, 2019

The first installment of my CASA story listed bills introduced in the state Legislature on December 3, most notably Scott Wiener’s do-over of his...

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Regional planners mount a quiet coup to promote developers and attack vulnerable communities

Zelda Bronstein - January 3, 2019

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission has been planning a coup. Not the putsch kind of coup, where armed insurgents overthrow a duly constituted government, but an...

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Gascon will step down — but who will step up?

Tim Redmond - October 3, 2018

A lot of people in the San Francisco political world were stunned when District Attorney George Gascon announced he would not be running for...

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Big Tech, Real Estate money pours into D6 and D4

Tim Redmond - September 23, 2018

You can tell a lot about a politician by what they have done in previous offices – a School Board member running for supervisor...

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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

What the regional housing “compact” amounts to — so far

Regional planners mount a quiet coup to promote developers and attack vulnerable communities

Gascon will step down — but who will step up?

Big Tech, Real Estate money pours into D6 and D4

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