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Mexico City: The fallacy of ‘cheap’

Caitlin Donohue - January 31, 2016

MEXICO CITY, MEX. — The massive secondhand clothes market that lies on the edge of Mercado de Pino Suárez in the Centro Histórico neighborhood...

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Ethics Commission tries to figure out nonprofit lobbying — and pushes steep Farrell fine

Tim Redmond - January 25, 2016

The San Francisco Ethics Commission took on two fascinating items tonight involving campaign finance and lobbying. Sup. Mark Farrell is refusing to pay $190,000 that...

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The problem with the Google bus program

Sue Vaughan - January 25, 2016

On Tuesday, Jan. 26, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will hear an environmental appeal of the permanent commuter shuttle program. That program, now...

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The Agenda, Jan 25-31: The Super Bowl, tech buses ….

Tim Redmond - January 24, 2016

Mayor Lee hasn’t met with the press since his campaign fundraisers were charged with felonies, but reporters will get a chance to talk to...

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The Airbnb law is failing. Here’s how

Tim Redmond - January 11, 2016

JANUARY 12, 2016 – Nobody from Airbnb or any of the other short-term rental platforms showed up at yesterday’s hearing on enforcing the city’s...

Arts + Culture

‘Lowrider Lawyers’ put the city on trial

Tiny - January 7, 2016

SCREEN GRABS A cherry lipstick red 1974 Chevrolet glided down 24th street in La Mision, as it’s called by La Raza and so many other...

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

Tim Redmond - January 5, 2016

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

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The Nimbys and the housing crisis

Tim Redmond - January 4, 2016

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...

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No Suhr, No Sir!

Guest Opinion - December 28, 2015

By Tony Robles DECEMBER 29, 2015 -- I am Filipino and black, I am black and Filipino. My blood is rooted in the Fillmore and Bayview. ...

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Chaos isn’t “change”

Guest Opinion - December 23, 2015

By Calvin Welch DECEMBER 23, 2015 -- In a period when our national politics are dominated by candidates on the right that rely on “counter...

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