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We asked every S.F. politician about the ‘Overpaid CEO’ tax. Here are their answers.
Every San Francisco politician or aspiring city official was asked for his or her two cents on the ‘Overpaid CEO’ tax. Here’s where they stand.
BART: The worst-case scenarios are actually worse than you’ve heard
If voters spurn a November revenue measure, the biggest question isn’t what stations BART may close. It’s if BART will continue to exist, full-stop.
Mayor Lurie’s charter reform would enable him to remake City Hall
Charter amendment would give mayor the ability to reorganize or consolidate 24 city departments. Yes, that’s a big deal.
On the eve of Iran war, the ‘Secretary of War’ fought with the Boy Scouts. He didn’t win.
Scouting America’s appeasement of Pete Hegseth has been framed as a capitulation. But the actual concessions appear to be relatively minor.
Troubling allegations were raised about Stephen Sherrill’s appointment. Do voters care?
How the D2 supervisor got his job may not matter as much to constituents in the Marina, Pacific Heights and Cow Hollow as how he’s doing
Mayor Lurie turned anti-Jewish rantings of a solitary loon into indictment of S.F.
The mayor’s inaccurate statement allowed gullible rubes and bad-faith trolls to bash this city as a hotbed of organized, political antisemitism.
How 900 feet of rusty metal overtook Millennium Tower as the biggest metaphor for San Francisco
Unable to find a shipyard operator or sell its dry docks, San Francisco’s port has allotted $61M to raze them — lest they sink and triple the cost.
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