President Obama To Dine At Getty Mansion Next Week
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President Obama To Dine At Getty Mansion Next Week

President Barack Obama is coming to the Bay Area for four separate fundraising events next week—two held by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in San…

Ed Lee Drops Into Daly’s Dive To Deliver Donkey, Sips N/A Beer, Declares it “Cozy”

Ed Lee has been waiting six months for this. So has the donkey. The San Francisco mayor popped by former Supervisor Chris Daly’s bar on…

Boxer, Fiorina Debate Hits On Jobs, Taxes, Abortion, Same Sex Marriage

Sen. Barbara Boxer and former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina squared off on jobs, global warming, immigration reform, gay marriage and other issues tonight in…

Judge: Voters Will See SF Pension Reform Bill On Nov Ballot
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Judge: Voters Will See SF Pension Reform Bill On Nov Ballot

A San Francisco Superior Court judge today agreed to let a city pension and health care reform measure promoted by Public Defender Jeff Adachi onto…

Tani Cantil-Sakauy Confirmed As Chief Justice
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Tani Cantil-Sakauy Confirmed As Chief Justice

Sacramento appeals court Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye was unanimously confirmed by a state commission in San Francisco today to be California’s next chief justice. Cantil-Sakauye’s name…

Chief Justice Nominee’s Confirmation Hearing In SF Today
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Chief Justice Nominee’s Confirmation Hearing In SF Today

A state commission will hold a confirmation hearing in San Francisco today on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s nomination of state Court of Appeal Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye…

Court Denies Supe Alioto-Pier’s Bid For One More Term, But She’s Still Fighting
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Court Denies Supe Alioto-Pier’s Bid For One More Term, But She’s Still Fighting

A state appeals court today ruled against San Francisco Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier’s bid to run for another four-year term. The unanimous ruling by the three-judge…

Chief Justice Nominee’s Confirmation Hearing Set For Wednesday
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Chief Justice Nominee’s Confirmation Hearing Set For Wednesday

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s nominee for California’s next chief justice will go before a confirmation hearing in San Francisco Wednesday with a State Bar group’s highest…

Opponents Of Sit-Lie Measure Rally In Castro
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Opponents Of Sit-Lie Measure Rally In Castro

Dozens of opponents of a measure that would prohibit sitting on San Francisco sidewalks gathered in the Castro District today to launch a campaign against…

Supes Committee Hears Arguments For, Against Booze Fee
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Supes Committee Hears Arguments For, Against Booze Fee

Previously: Supes To Discuss Booze Fee That No One Seems To Like Today Following a boisterous rally on the steps of San Francisco City Hall,…

Aspiring Candidates Sue To Block Voter-Approved “Top Two” Primary Process
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Aspiring Candidates Sue To Block Voter-Approved “Top Two” Primary Process

Six California voters, including two who want to be write-in candidates for Congress, sued the state in San Francisco Superior Court today in a bid…

City Worker Coalition Attacks Credibility Of Grand Jury Report on Pension Reform
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City Worker Coalition Attacks Credibility Of Grand Jury Report on Pension Reform

A coalition of city workers Thursday attacked the credibility of a recent Grand Jury report that recommended pension reform for city employees by pointing to…

Confirmation Hearing Next Month For New State Chief Justice
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Confirmation Hearing Next Month For New State Chief Justice

A state commission today scheduled a confirmation hearing in San Francisco next month on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s nomination of Court of Appeal Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye…

Labor Groups To Announce Formal Opposition To Pension Reform Plan
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Labor Groups To Announce Formal Opposition To Pension Reform Plan

A coalition of San Francisco labor groups is meeting this afternoon to formally announce plans to oppose a ballot initiative by Public Defender Jeff Adachi…

SFPD Chief Touts Drop On Crime, Denounces Foot Patrol Proposal
Crime

SFPD Chief Touts Drop On Crime, Denounces Foot Patrol Proposal

San Francisco police Chief George Gascon said today that violent crimes and thefts in the city have continued to drop for the second year in…

SF’s Improving Real Estate Market Helping City’s Budget Woes
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SF’s Improving Real Estate Market Helping City’s Budget Woes

An improving real estate market may have helped close the budget gap before the Board of Supervisors passed the city’s most recent budget, according to…

Adachi Says His Pension Reform Measure’s Qualified For November Ballot
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Adachi Says His Pension Reform Measure’s Qualified For November Ballot

Previously: Wealthy Venture Capitalists Fund Adachi’s Pension Reform San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi is set to deliver signatures to the elections department today that…

Campaign To Limit Muni Driver Salaries Gathers Steam
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Campaign To Limit Muni Driver Salaries Gathers Steam

Related: Money, Muni Fuel Successful “Fix Muni” Petition Drive A campaign by a San Francisco supervisor to limit city transit operator salaries amid a fiscal…

New Captain For Tenderloin Station To “‘get back to the basics’ of neighborhood policing”
Crime

New Captain For Tenderloin Station To “‘get back to the basics’ of neighborhood policing”

Community members in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood are welcoming a new police captain this month with roots in the district and an intent to “get…

Newsom, Environmental Groups Condemn Effort To Roll Back AB 32
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Newsom, Environmental Groups Condemn Effort To Roll Back AB 32

An oil industry-funded initiative headed to the November state ballot that would quash California’s air pollution regulations drew the ire of San Francisco Mayor Gavin…

Newsom Officially Gets Sit-Lie On The November Ballot
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Newsom Officially Gets Sit-Lie On The November Ballot

A week after the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted down a controversial ordinance intended to quell bothersome street behavior, Mayor Gavin Newsom, true to…

Same Sex Marriage Study Says Voters’ Minds Made Up Before Campaigning Starts
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Same Sex Marriage Study Says Voters’ Minds Made Up Before Campaigning Starts

A San Francisco-based foundation released a study today that shows that voters nationwide don’t change their minds during the course of an election campaign on…