Plus: Another developer giveaway. That’s The Agenda for July 27-Aug 2 By Tim Redmond July 27, 2026 (48hills.org) The Planning Commission has been down to four members, the minimum to hold a meeting, for more than a month now, after the terms of three members appointed by the Board of… Continue reading
by Yujie ZhouJuly 27, 2026 (MissionLocal.org) Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s communications director, Ian Krager, will be Supervisor Connie Chan’s congressional campaign’s communications director starting Aug. 1, according to Chan’s campaign. Political consultants say the move is yet another sign that Pelosi is putting her thumb on the scale for Chan. Pelosi… Continue reading
‘The same fight that sustains my dad,’ former mayor’s son says, ‘Is the fight necessary to sustain San Francisco’ by Joe Eskenazi July 27, 2026 (MissionLocal.org) Art Agnos stepped off a Greyhound Bus in San Francisco on Labor Day weekend in 1966 as the son of a shoeshine man. Christ “Christy”… Continue reading
House candidate Connie Chan is backed by Pelosi, Adam Schiff, and now TrackAIPAC, signaling the growing influence of a politics skeptical of Israel. Jonah Valdez July 21 2026 (TheIntercept.com) Connie Chan, candidate for U.S. Congress, with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco on May 29, 2026. Photo: Jason Henry/Bloomberg… Continue reading
Reilly, who died over weekend at 79, was a political consultant, real estate baron, media tycoon and a legendarily difficult boss. But he may have been most difficult on himself. by Joe Eskenazi July 22, 2026 (MissionLocal.org) Clinton Thomas Reilly was, in many ways, a quintessential San Franciscan. He was a… Continue reading
Following pushback from local lawmakers and other leaders, District 5 Supervisor Bilal Mahmood said he will introduce new legislation aimed at improving residents’ access to groceries. The Board of Supervisors Rules Committee on Monday tabled Mahmood’s Affordable Groceries Act, which would have placed on the November ballot a pair of… Continue reading
‘I’m gonna do what I can to help her win’ by Yujie Zhou June 17, 2026 (MissionLocal.org) Saikat Chakrabarti, who failed to score a place on the November ballot for California’s 11th congressional district, said Wednesday that he will support Connie Chan’s race through the November election. Already, his newly formed… Continue reading
By Megan Fan Munce, Alyce McFadden, Staff Writer July 19, 2026 Gift Article (SFChronicle.com) Supervisor Bilal Mahmood said Sunday he’ll drop a controversial proposal to tax vacant chain grocery stores, shifting his focus to an ordinance to support smaller grocery stores.Scott Strazzante/S.F. Chronicle San Francisco lawmakers killed a package of ballot measures… Continue reading
Plus: No Planning Commission? No Sunshine Task Force? That’s The Agenda for July 19-26 By Tim Redmond July 20, 2026 (48hills.org) State Sen. Scott Wiener was not invited to the Trans March. He was really, really not invited: In fact, Gabriel Haaland, one of the founders of the march, told… Continue reading
If San Francisco wants to support housing, small businesses or green infrastructure, it already has abundant tools to do so with far less risk By Prasad Krishnamurthy, Contributor July 18, 2026 Gift Article (SFChronicle.com) San Francisco doesn’t require a public bank to subsidize the construction of affordable housing or other worthy… Continue reading
