Thursday, May 2, 2024

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The first Wiener-Kim debate frames an epic election battle

The first of a series of debates between Sups. Scott Wiener and Jane Kim, who are both seeking a state Senate seat, set the...

Liberals — except when it comes home

My old boss, Bruce Brugmann, who ran the Bay Guardian, told me early on in my career that you could tell the real politics...

The Agenda, March 28-April 3, 2016: Why developers can’t cry poverty

Most of the city seems to be on Spring Break this week; the supes aren’t meeting, most of the commissions aren’t meeting, and the...

Supes won’t override mayoral veto on transit funding

Pretty much every transit advocacy group supported Sup. John Avalos’ long-shot move to get the supes to override Mayor Lee’s veto of a transit-funding...

The problem with Zuckerberg/Wells Fargo Hospital

I just spent an hour with the nurses and their allies at a rally in front of Zuckerberg General Hospital, near Wells Fargo Plaza....

Five myths about the homeless problem in San Francisco

There is so much misinformation about homeless people and the problem of homelessness in San Francisco that I almost don’t know where to start....

The agenda, Feb. 8-14: Lee’s strange transit policy …

Here’s a strange one that’s mostly under the radar: Mayor Ed Lee has introduced a ballot measure that would direct all future increases in...

The Agenda, Jan. 11-17: Being nice to Airbnb, the Super Bowl …

JANUARY 11, 2016 – It’s nice that the city is being oh-so-polite in dealing with a giant corporation that broke city laws and cheated...

Mayor’s budget message blames pension costs, lets corporations off the hook

JANUARY 6, 2015 -- Mayor Ed Lee is telling all city departments to cut their budgets by three percent over the next two years,...

The Nimbys and the housing crisis

I probably shouldn’t pay too much attention to a story about San Francisco written by a guy who lives in Venice and likes to...