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Vote to give Muni more money, raise the minimum wage, discourage real estate speculation, and send Campos to Sacramento

As Ammiano returns from Sacramento, can he help revive San Francisco's progressive spirit?

San Francisco-style cycletracks — bike lanes physically separated from automobile traffic — could proliferate in cities throughout California under a bill approved today ...

Earlier today, I called my mother, a natural disaster film junkie, and asked her, “Do you know of any movies where someone predicts natural...

EDITORIAL Burning Man and San Francisco have developed a close and symbiotic relationship in recent years, with members of the Board of Supervisors doing...

Mayor Ed Lee pushes back against ballot measures for affordable housing, transportation funding

Departing director of Sunday Streets made community organizing the key to opening up public space

Zendesk's new corporate headquarters shows dramatic transformation of mid-Market, while bitter eviction battles drag on down the street

Ryan Chamberlain described history of depression, being burned by political losses in cryptic note

PR consultant Ryan Chamberlain is now in FBI custody in connection with allegedly posessing explosives, but in a letter he wrote to loved ones via his...

Ten things San Francisco should fund -- and 10 things it shouldn't -- to create a fair, equitable, and forward-thinking city budget

Mayor Ed Lee wields a strange and unique power in San Francisco politics, passed down from Mayor Gavin Newsom, and held by Mayor Willie...

Campos for Assembly, Yes on Props. B and 42, re-elect Gov. Jerry Brown — our recommendations for the June 2014 primary election

Paid Sunday parking meters benefit drivers, businesses, and Muni riders. So why did the plan get killed?

How an FBI probe of organized crime in Chinatown took down a senator and well-connected political consultant

The federal criminal charges filed today against Sen. Leland Yee (D-SF), local political consultant Keith Jackson, reputed Chinatown organized crime boss Raymond “Shrimp Boy”...

Neighborhood and progressive political activists have long been suspicious of the shadowy Clean Up The Plaza campaign and its possible connections to a massive...

No coal for Oakland, Newsom missed the train, and an app for SF's homeless

San Francisco has lost one of its own. Gregory Jacobs, KTVU confirmed today, passed away of heart failure last Sunday. He’s less known by his...

As California struggles to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and meet the long-term transportation needs of a growing population, officials from Gov. Jerry Brown...

Development is booming in the eastern neighborhoods, but the money isn't there to cover the infrastructure needed to serve it