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Message from last election: self-proclaimed ‘progressives’ need to read the room
‘Democrats for Change’ wiped out far left slate, taking control of San Francisco DCCC — and those coveted party endorsements
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February 2024

Mark Farrell: Why he’s running for mayor, and how he plans to get San Francisco back on track
From hiring a new police chief to clearing homeless encampments, the former mayor’s priorities are a clean, safe, family friendly city with a vibrant…
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Sneak Peek: Marina Times endorsements for the March 5, 2024 Election
SAN FRANCISCO RACES: Superior Court Judges Seat 1 — Albert “Chip” Zecher (Challenger) Seat 13 — Jean Myungjin Roland (Challenger) Despite what the…
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January 2024

Fired SF SAFE director Kyra Worthy worked for Dwayne Jones on Gavin Newsom boondoggle
After two years and nearly $4 million, Communities of Opportunity had little to show for it except overpaid consultants and a performance by Def Jam
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Former Boudin staffer Ryan Khojasteh and police commissioner Max Carter-Oberstone to challenge SFDA Brooke Jenkins
Sources also says Joe Alioto Veronese may consider a second run after finishing a distant third in 2022 race
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Shamann Walton’s YCD subsidiary got a no-bid contract on shipyard homes — but where’s the money?
On Dec. 17, 2014, the late Mayor Ed Lee and Lennar Urban broke ground on Pacific Pointe at the Shipyard, 60 permanently affordable family homes in…
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Since my 2019 visit to Community First! Village, Austin's model for housing the chronically homeless has grown and flourished
It was a 98-degree day in June of 2019 on the outskirts of Austin, Tex., but the humidity made it a steamy 118. Bay Area born and raised, I felt like I…
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December 2023

Member of Reparations Committee served restraining order after threatening coworkers
Nikcole Cunningham said she often "plans or thinks of ways she could kill people at her job,” including "shooting them down in their driveways."
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Hypocrite Hill is more like Mount Everest for this year’s oxygen deprived nominees
Clowns to the left of me Jokers to the right Here I am stuck in the middle with you —— "Stuck in the Middle With You" by Joe Egan and Gerald Rafferty…
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3 Bat Thursday: Walton loses reparations office but gets free 49er tickets and a waterfront park; Ronen's favorite gang member caught in…
Also: Judge debate tonight; Preston crhttps://www.yelp.com/biz/four-barrel-coffee-san-franciscoies for Gaza but not for the Tenderloin; Valencia…
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Three Bat Friday: Bad media moves, jerky judges, and Shamann Walton's no-bid shipyard contract
SF Chronicle discontinues comments; Shamann Walton's shadowy LLC got no-bid contract on shipyard housing; Alameda County DA stomps on the First…
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November 2023

Three Bat Friday, The Supervisor Edition: Walton focuses on standup comedy career; Safaí poison pills police funding; Ronen's mini mansions…
Walton gets laughs on "We didn't defund the police." Safaí decreases chance of becoming mayor from 6% to 3%. Ronen spending $100K per homeless cabin…
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