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‘We’re living in Daniel Lurie’s America,’ and most San Franciscans are content
Landslide election results favoring Mayor Lurie’s allies and picks point to a changed San Francisco.
Lopsided early S.F. election results: Big leads for incumbent supes, Chakrabarti well behind
Early votes skew overwhelmingly for incumbents — both Props. C and D trail
San Francisco polls close: Will tonight’s big winner be rowhouse fires?
An astonishing 44% of early votes are from San Franciscans aged 65+. Will enough voters cast a ballot to balance that out? Vamos a ver.
S.F. cop, suspect in critical condition after car chase, gunfight
A police chase after an East Bay robbery ended in a crash and gunfight late Sunday night, leaving a suspect and officer in the hospital.
Lurie and labor are on a collision course. Tuesday’s election may determine when it comes.
If voters rebuke Lurie on Prop. D and dump one or both of the sitting supervisors, a mayor who has walked on water would have to learn to swim
BART rescue measure easily clears signature hurdle. Next stop: November ballot.
Voters in five counties will have chance to vote on sales tax measure to prevent BART austerity — or shutdown of transit agency altogether
S.F. ‘BUILD Act’ is a big tax cut for the wealthy. Let’s just be honest about it.
Is the proposal to slash taxes on big real-estate deals a bad idea? Not necessarily. Are its backers being honest about it? Not necessarily.
Jack Davis, the most feared and loathed man in San Francisco politics, is dead
How a kid who grew up in a Pennsylvania funeral parlor went from gay rights activist to S.F. political kingmaker
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