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Jerry Brown sides with polluters in key bill

Tim Redmond - July 13, 2017

Here are some of the things that have happened in the past two days: A giant piece of ice, the size of Delaware, broke off...

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Cell-phone companies try to ram through bill blocking local control of transmitters

Tim Redmond - July 10, 2017

The state Senate has a had a bumper-crop year for bills to help developers, landlords, and corporate interests – and to undermine the ability...

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The Agenda, July 10-16: A landlord attack on ballot initiatives …

Tim Redmond - July 9, 2017

A landlord-sponsored bill that would make it harder for local residents to pass growth-control ballot measures – and would have a huge impact in...

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The big media lie about single-payer health care

Tim Redmond - June 4, 2017

The headlines were so consistent, so predictably bad, that I almost couldn’t read them. “Single-payer will cost $400 billion.” “Single-payer costs dwarf entire state...

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Assembly passes bill to limit land-use ballot initiatives

Tim Redmond - June 1, 2017

A bill that would make it harder for local residents to pass ballot measures limiting development has passed the state Assembly with almost no...

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Party Radar: Catching up, falling out

Marke B. - June 1, 2017

PARTY RADAR The real news is always so terrible -- and that's not fake. HOWEVER, there's some heartening nightlife news out there for us denizens...

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Single-payer’s next step

Anjali Baliga - May 19, 2017

On April 26, 2017, the Healthy California Act (S.B. 562) was passed with a 5-2 vote at the Senate Health Committee hearing in Sacramento. The...

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The only two ways out of the eviction crisis

Tim Redmond - April 3, 2017

We are all talking this week about the eviction of seniors, about how San Francisco has become such a hostile place for long-time residents....

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The Agenda, Feb 21-26: More Mission displacement ….

Tim Redmond - February 20, 2017

The luxury-housing assault on the Mission continues this week as the Planning Commission decides Thursday/23 whether to allow a developer to demolish an auto...

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The Agenda: LGBT history, high insurance rates, the leaning tower of Soma …

Tim Redmond - January 30, 2017

Phil Burton, the legendary politician who created the Golden Gate National Recreation Era and helped define the modern US Congress, lost his first race...

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Jerry Brown sides with polluters in key bill

Cell-phone companies try to ram through bill blocking local control of transmitters

The Agenda, July 10-16: A landlord attack on ballot initiatives …

The big media lie about single-payer health care

Assembly passes bill to limit land-use ballot initiatives

Party Radar: Catching up, falling out

Single-payer’s next step

The only two ways out of the eviction crisis

The Agenda, Feb 21-26: More Mission displacement ….

The Agenda: LGBT history, high insurance rates, the leaning tower of Soma …

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