Saturday, May 4, 2024

Tagged with: Voters

Perhaps, a real mayoral debate

Tom Ammiano called me this morning to say he was going to dial 911. “I just realized I agree with Willie Brown,” he said. That...

Ethics, supes in showdown over reforms

The San Francisco Ethics Commission could be facing a showdown with the Board of Supes in the next two weeks over a detailed, complex...

The first salvo in the mayor’s race is a superPAC attack ad

If the first political ad of the 2018 mayor’s race is any indication, this is going to get ugly, fast. The ad put out by...

Farrell appoints Stefani to board — but should this process continue?

Interim Mayor Mark Farrell appointed Catherine Stefani, who has been the county clerk since 2016, to his former seat on the Board of Supes...

Protecting tenants from ‘renoviction’

As if there weren’t already enough ways to evict tenants, unscrupulous owners now have a new weapon in their arsenal: temporary moveouts justified by...

Breed still on ballot as ‘acting mayor’

Unless someone goes to court to demand a change, Sup. London Breed will appear on the June Ballot as “acting mayor.” John Arntz, head of...

The big winner in the mayoral vote …

The New York Times, which has local reporters and ought to know better, ran a headline last week stating that the progressives had “ousted”...

A stunning surprise: Interim Mayor Mark Farrell

In a stunning vote that nobody expected, the Board of Supes selected Sup. Mark Farrell to be interim mayor, leaving the June race wide...

Scenes from the incredible Women’s March

Tens of thousands of women took to the streets of San Francisco on Saturday, January 20, to protest the Trump administration and encourage voters...

Newsom’s final try at undermining voter control of the waterfront

A judge heard closing arguments Wednesday in the State Lands Commission’s lawsuit to overturn Proposition B, which requires voter approval for new construction on...