Newsom’s 2004 Housing Vision Finally Popular

Posted February 12, 2019 by Randy Shaw

Governor Newsom’s  Housing Agenda Has Roots in 2004 Prop J Defeat In March 2004, newly-elected San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom suffered a devastating political defeat. His Prop J, the Workforce Housing Initiative, lost virtually every San Francisco neighborhood on route
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Special Edition: Election Predictions for Nov. 2018

Posted November 5, 2018 by Randy Shaw

Beto, Prop C, AD 15, SF Supes and More Tomorrow’s election could be the most important of our lives. It’s become a referendum on Donald Trump’s vision for America, and a huge turnout is expected even in solidly blue and
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Predicting SF’s Elections

Posted October 2, 2018 by Randy Shaw

Key Races Remain Up For Grabs It’s a week before absentee balloting begins, a time when the likely winners of San Francisco elections are usually  clear. Not this year.  The combination of  voters’ atypically high preoccupation with national issues and
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Will Mayor Breed Endorsement Shift D6 Race?

Posted August 28, 2018 by Randy Shaw

Polls Show Open Race San Francisco Mayor London Breed has duo endorsed Christine Johnson and Sonja Trauss in the D6 supervisor’s race. Her announcement followed the two candidates publicly aligning their campaigns earlier in the week, and came only days
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SF’s Homeless Spending Myth

Posted August 14, 2018 by Randy Shaw

The Truth: Homeless Spending Makes a Difference “San Francisco already is spending more than $300 million a year on homelessness and the problem seems to be getting worse. I’d have to be convinced that taxing San Francisco hundreds of millions
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Can Vallie Brown Win in 2019?

Posted July 17, 2018 by Randy Shaw

Breed’s Strong Choice Faces Preston in 2019 Mayor London Breed has appointed longtime D5 activist Vallie Brown to replace her on the Board of Supervisors. Now the question on many minds  is whether Brown can win a full term against
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SF’s Budget Battle

Posted June 19, 2018 by Randy Shaw

Will San Francisco Pass a Progressive Budget? Now that the mayoral election is over, San Francisco returns to what normally dominates city politics in June/July: the budget battle. And after an election season where candidates fought for the “progressive” mantle,
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Pro-Housing Voters Must Get Political

Posted May 31, 2018 by Randy Shaw

Housing Must Become Election Priority This week’s Berkeley City Council vote against a measure designed to build housing on BART parking lots (AB 2923) offers a wake- up call to pro-housing advocates. Berkeley voters would overwhelmingly back a ballot measure
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