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Nine years after a fatal shooting in his Glen Park home, filmmaker and journalist Kevin Epps is on trial for murder. Lawyers for the prosecution and defense presented wildly differing depictions of ย Marcus Polk, the man Epps says he shot in self-defense.
It’s going to be nearly impossible to replace the political influence Nancy Pelosi accumulated, and the federal money she steered toward San Francisco, writes Joe Eskenazi. Read how her power helped transform the city’s infrastructure.
Come listen as Joe interviews Sen. Scott Weiner, one of the candidates for Pelosi’s seat, at Manny’s, tonight at 8PM.
Charter reform is back, and the urbanist think tank SPUR has a blueprint for the ballot measure that Mayor Daniel Lurie and D8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman are likely to submit. Find out what’s on the table.
And just for fun, here’s the back story of former mayor London Breed‘s own strange and terrible foray into charter reform,
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Nancy Pelosi can be succeeded. She cannot be replaced.
“I have no fucking idea how it worked. [The funds] just showed up.”
S.F. filmmaker Kevin Eppsโ long-awaited trial begins
โLife can turn on a dime, and it most certainly did that day.”
SPUR unveils plans to revamp S.F. charter
“Weโre not going into this with stars in our eyes thinking because we wrote it, everybodyโs just going to say, โwonderful, letโs go for it.'”
Back Story
Mayor Breedโs strange and terrible foray into โreform,โ six years into her term
“You cannot legislate a solution to a problem that is fundamentally a management problem.”
SNAP
The Bay Bridge at night
By Michael Santiago
Events
Tomorrow: Ben Nichols at the Brick & Mortar Music Hall, November 11, 8-10PM