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Has Breed made an impact on homelessness?

Tim Redmond - February 25, 2019

On Feb. 12, as the SF Chamber of Commerce announced a new CEO, Mayor London Breed announced that her administration is making great strides...

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Public Defender Jeff Adachi dies

Tim Redmond - February 23, 2019

Jeff Adachi, who built the San Francisco Public Defender's Office into one of the best in the country, has died at 59. His death, apparently...

The Agenda

Celebrating the new supes …

Tim Redmond - December 30, 2018

The new Board of Supes is sworn in Jan. 8, and the first order of business will be electing a president. The process has...

Campaign Trail

The socialists aren’t leaving the Democratic Party

Tom Gallagher - October 23, 2018

In the October 20 “Willie’s World,” Willie Brown’s often surprisingly informative and entertaining San Francisco Chronicle column, the former mayor and state Assembly speaker...

Opinion

OPINION: The best sort of democracy for San Francisco

Steven Hill and Tom Ammiano - July 18, 2018

Calvin Welch has been a dedicated housing activist and progressive leader for decades, but we have consistently disagreed with him about Ranked Choice Voting...

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Joe O’Donoghue sues Willie Brown over Breed campaign money

Tim Redmond - July 8, 2018

Here’s one for the ages: Joe O’Donoghue, longtime leader of the Residential Builders Association and political player in SF, is suing former Mayor Willie...

Opinion

OPINION: What went wrong June 5 — and what we can learn

Calvin Welch - June 28, 2018

Editor’s note: Progressives who supported Mark Leno or Sup. Jane Kim are looking at the results of the election and trying to figure out...

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OPINION: The progressive movement was the winner in this election

David Campos - June 21, 2018

San Francisco just went through one of the most memorable elections in decades. The mayor’s race was the closest in modern San Francisco history,...

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Leno’s lead drops as votes come in from conservative parts of town

Tim Redmond - June 7, 2018

Mark Leno’s lead dropped to 255 votes with the latest count, but a closer analysis of the numbers suggests that the ballots that were...

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The (Election Day) Agenda: It’s going to be close

Tim Redmond - June 3, 2018

Election Day is Tuesday, June 5. All the polls are clear: This is close, and second-place votes are going to determine the winner. I...

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Has Breed made an impact on homelessness?

Public Defender Jeff Adachi dies

Celebrating the new supes …

The socialists aren’t leaving the Democratic Party

OPINION: The best sort of democracy for San Francisco

Joe O’Donoghue sues Willie Brown over Breed campaign money

OPINION: What went wrong June 5 — and what we can learn

OPINION: The progressive movement was the winner in this election

Leno’s lead drops as votes come in from conservative parts of town

The (Election Day) Agenda: It’s going to be close

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