State Sen. candidate Jackie Fielder introduces housing plan, says SB 50 is on its ‘last legs’
State senate candidate Jackie Fielder on Wednesday announced a housing plan that drew a sharp...
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Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer will not run for re-election
Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer has confirmed to Mission Local that she will not run for a second term...
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Proposition E, barring unforeseen lunacy, will pass — handily. But then what?
The downside of writing a column about Proposition E, which we’ll vote on in March, is that it’s...
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In state senate hopeful Jackie Fielder, San Francisco progressives see their Ocasio-Cortez
Standing beneath a tarp as rain poured down on the back patio of El Rio Friday night, state senate...
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Now is the winter of Mayor London Breed’s discontent. Will glorious summer come in 2020?
Last week, Mayor London Breed enthusiastically endorsed Los Angeles County District Attorney...
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S.F. election update: Dean Preston and Chesa Boudin declare victory
In a topsy-turvy and unpredictable election, today we finally saw some predictability. And,...
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S.F. election update: A watershed moment for Chesa Boudin and Dean Preston
With provisional ballots making up the vast majority of outstanding votes, challengers Boudin and...
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S.F. election update: A consequential day, as races tighten and leads flip
Interim DA Suzy Loftus now leads Chesa Boudin by a mere 0.67 percent — 50.33 percent to 49.67...
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S.F. election update: Suzy Loftus and Vallie Brown staked to leads, but scores of thousands of ballots remain uncounted
In what figures to be a frantic ritual for days to come, San Francisco’s Department of Elections...
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Is this an election? Or an experiment … or both?
The comedian Brian Haley used to do a bit about the joys of donning a white lab coat, picking up a...
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Receipts, sworn declaration emerge: Supervisor Vallie Brown’s evicted tenants were paying rent — contrary to her repeated claims
Evicted tenant demands Supervisor Vallie Brown apologize and retract ‘false...
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Fellow district attorney candidates turn ire on Suzy Loftus in SF Mission debate
Suzy Loftus, Mayor Breed’s choice to lead DA office, faces hostile crowd — in audience and...
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Suzy Loftus’ appointment as DA 24 hours before voting commenced was a crass political flex
Mayor London Breed’s announcement that she would gift her preferred DA candidate, Suzy Loftus, the...
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Juul blindsides its own campaign, extinguishes Prop. C. But, federally, will it be a big winner — or a big loser?
When Francisco-based vaping giant Juul decided to suspend its Proposition C campaign, it came as a...
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Sen. Michael Bennet brings the Beltway to the Mission
Big surprise. Michael Bennett can perform! He’s no Trump, but he will not bore you to tears. He speaks an English which is simple, fluent and mostly comprehensible. He also flashes a self-deprecating sense of humor which he knows how to use. And seems comfortable putting himself out as Leader of the Democratic Party, President etc. etc.
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Local socialists see the “fog of anti-communism” lifting
For 15 years, the San Francisco outpost of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) has...
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The Chapel: Fred Armisen Comedy for Guitar Players with Guest TBA
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