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Mayor Lurieโs effort to consolidate City Hall power coasting to victory
Early results showed Mayor Lurieโs package of ballot measures to expand mayoral power and curtail ballot measures leading with voters.
Board of Supervisors
Three incumbent S.F. supervisors on track to easily win reelection, backed by similar allies
Stephen Sherill, Alan Wong and Matt Dorsey shared support from Mayor Lurie and influential political groups โ and vastly outraised challengers.
Mayorโs โstrongโ policies let SFPD hold Flock data longer than other Bay Area cities
SFPD says its hands are tied by a 2023 city ordinance approved by supervisors โ who can change it again
Real-estate money floods fight against San Francisco โsocial housingโ measure
San Franciscoโs big real-estate players have raised over $2.7 million to defeat an affordable housing ballot measure.
S.F. supervisors advance $22.2 million MEDA housing deal amid financial scrutiny
Controller placed nonprofit on watch list Oct. 19 after its former employee was accused of โself-dealing.โ Today supes advanced a financing agreement, citing safeguards against the nonprofitโs financial woes
City Hall
Orwellian arguments, fuzzy math and a hippie cult: This is the dawning of the S.F. midterm election
Mayor Lurie’s arguments have grown Orwellian and his math isn’t mathing. But it’s hard to foresee voters denying him anything he asks for.
City cuts deal to protect raises, prevent layoffs for largest S.F. labor unions
The city struck a deal with the largest labor unions to implement a 12 percent raise over four years and prevent layoffs through June 2029.
S.F. supervisors press city on drug markets: Are the crackdowns working?
Cracking down on San Franciscoโs drug markets has been a key goal for Mayor Daniel Lurie since he entered office. A year and a half later, some city supervisors say that while some areas appear to be improving, his crackdowns havenโt solved the problem โ drug-dealing and using has just been moved around. Supervisors Rafaelโฆ
City budget
One San Francisco affordable-housing measure set to pass, another unlikely to succeed
Prop. C faced no major opposition while the “social housing” measure Prop. I had nearly $3 million spent against itย by real-estate interests.
Meet the school board candidates: PTAs have unequal funding. How should SFUSD bridge the gaps?
Eight candidates face off for three San Francisco school board seats. This week, Mission Local asked how candidates would bridge PTA funding gaps.
S.F. to put $1.8M toward immigrant defense, one day after public ICE arrest
Yesterday ICE arrested an immigrant on San Franciscoโs streets, today the city is committing to emergency legal funding
We asked every S.F. politician and major candidate: How would you fix housing affordability?
What would every San Francisco official โ and major candidate โ do about housing affordability? Here are their plans, in their own words.
Bilal Mahmood canโt quit cheap groceries: S.F. supervisor hatches new produce-buyers club
The program will partner local grocers who will buy in bulk together, lowering wholesale and customer prices.
Prop A. was written to simplify city government. It could also bring back Aaron Peskin.
The city attorney denies Novemberโs Prop. A will invalidate the term limits measure Prop. B of June. Not everyone is so certain.ย
Oakland, S.F. mayors both want more power. They took opposite roads to get there.
Oaklandโs mayor put herself in the hot seat for questioning. San Franciscoโs mayor spent $4.5 million on signature-gatherers.
Mayor Lurieโs popularity is high, but has softened, latest polls show
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurieโs popularity is down about 10 percentage points compared to its recent high, new polls show.
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