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San Francisco, CA
Lurie’s measures to remake the city charter have raised more money than every other city ballot measure combined, $11 million so far Elections are in 39 days
San Francisco is on par to have another very expensive election cycle, new filings show. Mayor Lurie's charter reform measures have raised over $11 million, more than all other measures combined. via @kellywaldro missionlocal.org/2026/09/lur…
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San Francisco is on par to have another very expensive election cycle, new filings show. Mayor Lurie's charter reform measures have raised over $11 million, more than all other measures combined. via @kellywaldro missionlocal.org/2026/09/lur…
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District 8 supervisor candidates Gary McCoy and Darshini Patel are encouraging their supporters to rank the other candidate second on their ballots. The alliance could help propel McCoy past Manny Yekutiel. via @io_y_g missionlocal.org/2026/09/san…
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The San Francisco Unified School District confirmed that its senior executive director for labor relations, a former middle school principal, was indicted in New Mexico over an alleged sex crime with a child. missionlocal.org/2026/09/sfu…
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GrowSF is expecting to pour more money into its endorsed candidates in San Francisco's school board race than in June. While SF Parents Action shares two of its slate members with GrowSF, they and the teachers union are trying to make up the gap. missionlocal.org/2026/09/san…
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The S.F. Democratic Party voted to back Flock cameras and rejected tighter safeguards, despite more than 1.6 million illegal searches of city Flock data in 2024 and 2025. from @frankieduryea missionlocal.org/2026/09/san…
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The entire San Francisco Board of Supervisors signed a letter demanding Ho Yin Mo's release. ICE detained Mo, an aide to Assemblywoman Catherine Stefani and former London Breed campaign staffer, at a Las Vegas airport last week. missionlocal.org/2026/09/san…
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The arguments in this editorial are confusing. Yes, we voted on 15 measures in 2024. If Prop. D was in effect at that time, we would've voted on 12 or 13. It won't make us San Jose. Citing the Moritz/Farrell measure as "corruption" is also odd: (Next):
OPINION: You don’t need to be a policy wonk to see that San Francisco has a ballot measure problem, the editorial board writes. Opponents say Mayor Lurie’s fix has a poison pill. Are they right? sfchronicle.com/opinion/edit…
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We published a deep dive for @axios Media Trends Executive of how rapidly internet economics are shifting in the AI era. --> TLDR: Chatbots will never make up the rapid loss of referrals to news sites from search
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Happening tonight! Come to KALW's studio to listen to @EskSF and @kellywaldro talk about the interests and dollars influencing San Francisco politics. 7 p.m. at 220 Montgomery St. More details: kalw.org/events?gad_source=1…
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S.F. promised to slow cars on eight Sunset streets. Five years later, only one is done. “The demands are incredibly basic," said a Sunset parent. "We’re just asking [the city] to complete the projects that they committed to years ago.” by @junyao98 missionlocal.org/2026/09/sf-…
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Abbott slaps halt on Texas data center permits dlvr.it/TVb0g4
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Walter Wong was San Francisco's biggest fixer. His 95K square foot former HQ was bought by adult film company Kink.com These are not squeamish people. When they saw what as in here, they called the FBI. My latest column: missionlocal.org/2026/09/wal…
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Walter Wong was San Francisco's biggest fixer. His 95K square foot former HQ was bought by adult film company Kink.com These are not squeamish people. When they saw what as in here, they called the FBI. Latest column from @EskSF missionlocal.org/2026/09/wal…
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MS NOW said its journalists were denied access to the White House grounds Saturday, a day after President Trump said he would ban the outlet, as well as CNN and Politico, from the site. The president said Friday he disliked how they covered him. wapo.st/46RUEip
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Gov. Newsom had the chance to sign a California law requiring an AI kill switch two years ago He vetoed it after industry & congressional lobbying, he said it would have a “chilling effect” on the AI industry, & would apply too “stringent” of standards The winds have changed
18,000 posts in a matter of hours…. That’s what happens when you meet a moment people are deeply concerned about with action. Gavin Newsom is setting the pace.
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