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Tomorrow at Manny’s, Joe Eskenazi interviews Supervisor Dean Preston. Expect to hear a lot about current goings-on at City Hall, about the biggest challenges facing San Francisco, and about the forces at play in next year’s elections. Tickets here.

Turns out the privately-run ferris wheel in Golden Gate park has made $9.4 million in ticket sales since opening in 2020โ€”but the city has received only $270,000 in fees. Find out what else is in the controversial contract with Rec and Parks.

The last Covid protections for tenants expire tomorrow, meaning SF renters are no longer protected from eviction because of pandemic debt. Tenants still have the right to free counsel if they’re served with eviction papers.

Corruption, cops, and cocktails. Take our quiz on last week’s news.

More soon,

Sara

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The SkyStar ferris wheel in Golden Gate Park, standing 150 feet in the air.

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“The whole thing has reeked from day one.”

the outside of the Eviction Defense Collaborative

SF Covid-19 tenant protections expire August 29

โ€œNo one needs to move or sign anything before getting help.โ€

Four photos from the week's news.

Quiz of the week: What was Rodrigo Santosโ€™ sentence?

โ€œI find the offenses set out here to be very, very serious and very destructive.โ€ย 


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The bull’s in the back

By Beth Winegarner


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