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California’s budget problems are bad. How bad? We’re about to find out

Gov. Gavin Newsom announces his 2024-2025 state budget proposal, including his plans to deal with a projected $68 billion deficit, at the Secretary of...

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California is trying to throw an olive branch to NIMBY cities. Will they take it?

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is sponsoring a bill by Assembly Member Buffy Wicks that would set clear standards for the types of projects...

02.04.2024 6

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S.F.’s latest housing debate shows the meaninglessness of the ‘moderate’ and ‘progressive’ divide

“Moderate” Mayor London Breed and “progressive” Supervisor Aaron Peskin arrive at an Election Night party for Proposition A on March 5. ...

29.03.2024 8

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I just moved to San Francisco. Yes, it has issues, but this city is still a dream

The view from Ina Coolbrith Park on Russian Hill is one of the many fantastic sights in San Francisco. Since moving to San Francisco from Sacramento...

28.03.2024 4

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Readers share their S.F. parking permit horror stories. What is Mayor Breed doing about it?

Anger over city fees underscores how small quality-of-life issues can pile up, eventually fomenting frustration, which Mayor London Breed’s...

15.03.2024 3

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$320 for a parking permit? How S.F.’s notorious bureaucracy even makes moving here a pain

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency charges at least $322 for temporary permits that hold a spot for moving vans to park legally. My...

09.03.2024 20

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Prop. 1 is too close to call. Gov. Newsom should never have left it to chance

Gov. Gavin Newsom strongarmed state lawmakers into postponing other initiatives originally set to appear on the March 5 primary ballot so that Prop. 1...

06.03.2024 2

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Everything you need to know about S.F.’s high-stakes DCCC election

Honey Mahogany, left, greets Mayor London Breed at a San Francisco Democratic Party event in 2019. Mahogany is the outgoing chairperson of the...

24.02.2024 8

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Could a new state agency solve California’s housing crisis?

A housing development goes up in downtown Hayward in October. Local governments are under a state mandate to plan for 2.5 million new homes by 2031. ...

23.01.2024 3

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She was viciously attacked by a dog at an S.F. beach. Here’s why the city couldn’t do anything about it

Allison Hooker was attacked and bitten by a pit bull at Baker Beach in San Francisco in November. A lifelong dog lover and owner, Allison Hooker never...

16.01.2024 30

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I started my career during lockdown. Here’s why I’m ready to be in an office

Some workers still prefer to commute to the office in San Francisco, even if they aren’t required to show up regularly. As many Bay Area residents...

08.01.2024 3

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Here's one bright spot for 2024 in California’s otherwise troubled education system

Students are seen working on their cursive writing in Oceanhawk’s third-grade class at Encompass Academy in East Oakland in 2012. Much of the news...

27.12.2023 7

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Brooke Jenkins says Breed’s plan to arrest drug users ‘isn’t working.’ That doesn’t mean...

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins says she hopes people struggling with addiction can find their way to treatment without law...

16.12.2023 5

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NIMBYs beware: California’s builder’s remedy just got a powerful legal ally

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the state Department of Housing and Community Development are requestinig to intervene in a builder’s...

13.12.2023 20

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He was assaulted on S.F.’s streets. Why did police make him file a citizen’s arrest?

Joseph Shapiro stands near where he was attacked in October 2022 in San Francisco. Shapiro was arriving at his work when he was hit over the head by a...

09.12.2023 9

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Who won the debate between Newsom and DeSantis? Unhinged male rage

People watch a debate between California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at Manny's on November 30 in San Francisco, California....

01.12.2023 3

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News cycle dystopia is everywhere. A Thanksgiving Turkey Trot helped me defeat its power

Quarry Lakes Regional Park in Fremont has been home to Eric Petersen's 3.2-mile "Turkey Trot" for the past decade. In a recent New Yorker cartoon, a...

28.11.2023 10

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Are S.F.’s surveillance laws unnecessary red tape? Or a case study in our leaders’ failure to...

25.11.2023 5

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I visited the East Coast’s largest open-air drug market. Here’s how it compares to San Francisco

Tents line Kensington Avenue in the Kensington neighborhood in north Philadelphia on Sept. 26. The area is reminiscent of San Francisco’s...

08.11.2023 3

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Will dumping progressives in 2024 fix S.F.’s problems?

Voters are dissatisfied with the status quo — which many seem to associate with incompetent progressive governance from San Francisco City Hall. Is...

01.11.2023 3

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A Chinatown worker was stabbed in the neck. Her alleged attacker was ‘dumped’ on S.F. from a...

 Fook Poy Lai is accused of stabbing an employee at AA Bakery in Chinatown. On the morning of May 29, a man walked into AA Bakery in San...

21.10.2023 7

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Californians face an insurance crisis. Can they trust the man in charge of fixing it?

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has announced a package of proposals to shore up California’s faltering home insurance market but...

10.10.2023 1

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Newsom’s handling of Feinstein’s replacement was a highlight reel of his political flaws

03.10.2023 4

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