We asked every San Francisco politician: Should Dem Party Chair Nancy Tung step down?

San Francisco Dems will meet in an Oct. 11 special meeting to reconsider their District 8 endorsement. It promises to be a fraught affair.

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Why is your San Francisco ballot arriving in a ripped envelope?

Dept. of Elections is aware of reports of torn ballot envelopes, with the alleged culprit being Post Office machinery

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Ho Yin Mo, California Assembly aide detained by ICE, is freed

Ho Yin Mo, a field representative in Assemblymember Catherine Stefani’s office who was detained by ICE on Sept. 17 at Harry Reid International Airport in

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Manny Yekutiel dropped out of the race. But he’s still on the ballot.

Opponents aren’t worried Yekutiel will still, somehow, win. But his campaign won’t say what he’d do if he does.

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An ugly day for San Francisco — and not just for Manny Yekutiel

District 8 front-runner pulls the plug on his campaign after on-the-record sexual assault allegations. And, today, misery loves company.

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FBI cracks giant safe discovered at San Francisco fixer Walter Wong's former HQ

Antique safe, discovered after a tip from Mission Local, is popped open in 15 minutes by ‘certified master safe-cracker’ as federal agents look on.

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San Francisco's wealthiest have unprecedented control of city politics

Our city fathers (if you like them) or oligarchs (if you don’t) have never been richer, more brazen or faced weaker opposition

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San Francisco's wealthiest have unprecedented control of city politics

Our city fathers (if you like them) or oligarchs (if you don’t) have never been richer, more brazen or faced weaker opposition

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Ho Yin Mo’s ICE detention puzzles, frightens Hong Kong community in the U.S.

A presidential directive protects Hong Kongers from deportation. Mo’s arrest has left others fearing it won’t keep them out of ICE detention.

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Christine Pelosi vows not to ‘ever’ run against Connie Chan, quashing rumors

Christine Pelosi says she is running for state senate, not against Connie Chan, and disputes rumors about Nancy Pelosi’s endorsement.

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San Francisco unveils two new names for Cesar Chavez Street

Cesar Chavez Street in San Francisco could become either "Sí Se Puede" or "Las Campesinas" after sexual assault allegations.

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SFUSD exec indicted in New Mexico for alleged criminal sexual activity with child

District labor head is on leave — previously served as principal and assistant principal in San Francisco middle schools

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San Francisco elected officials call for feds to release Ho Yin Mo, detained assembly legislative aide

Former Chinese-language TV anchor, detained last week at Vegas airport, works for Assemblymember Catherine Stefanie and previously served as field organizer for Mayor London Breed

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Uncle Walter's Mystery House: Mission Local's exclusive tour

Secret passageways, a secret floor — the former inner sanctum of deposed fixer Walter Wong is full of strange and terrible surprises

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The Muni Death Spiral - Page 1 - News - San Francisco - SF Weekly

In 1912, San Francisco founded its municipal railway as the realization of a radical notion: In an era of private for-profit rail lines, the residents of this city were given a publicly funded transit service formed spe

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Judge tosses all charges against Stud Alley partygoers ‘in the interest of justice'

Judge dismisses cases against 18 people accused of failing to leave unpermitted party during pride weekend

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SF homeless service providers must prove their programs work. SF permitting software, not so much…

Homeless service providers will now be contracted via ‘performance-based metrics.' But that's not the case for OpenGov, the struggling permit software system. It's enough to give you whiplash.

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SF homeless service providers must prove their programs work. SF permitting software, not so much…

Homeless service providers will now be contracted via ‘performance-based metrics.' But that's not the case for OpenGov, the struggling permit software system. It's enough to give you whiplash.

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S.F. is poised to spend $33M more on OpenGov. It’s still only handling basic permits.

OpenGov is supposed to consolidate the city’s disparate permitting systems. City workers keep using the old system.

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San Francisco Democrats made a mockery of policing sexual misconduct

Two years after tough talk about confronting sexual assault and harassment in city  political circles, the S.F. Democratic Party’s process has proven to be a farce

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San Francisco Democrats made a mockery of policing sexual misconduct

Two years after tough talk about confronting sexual assault and harassment in city  political circles, the S.F. Democratic Party’s process has proven to be a farce

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How Alex Eala Became a Symbol of the Philippines

At only 21, the tennis phenom Alex Eala is likely already the best-ever player from Southeast Asia. Now she is seeking her first Grand Slam title at this summer’s U.S. Open.

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She said she rented a home from a Berkeley professor. But he’d been dead for months

A woman said she paid $30,000 to rent a home that belonged to a UC Berkeley professor. But he had been killed months before in an alleged murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by his ex-wife.

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San Francisco’s Parks Are Incredible. Why Is the Rec and Park Website So Bad?

One frustrated parent’s journey into the heart of darkness that is municipal web design.

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