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‘Wake up, Zuck’: Protesters gather outside of Facebook founder’s home, demand...
On Monday morning around 10 a.m., about 50 protesters gathered outside of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s home in the Mission District to protest the social media giant’s use of personal...
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Election 2020: Some 35,500 more votes are counted
As new election results were reported Wednesday, around 35,500 more votes were counted, leaving around 112,000 or so to count following Tuesday’s election. That 112,000 figure is a sharp uptick from...
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Zen and Art of Campaigning from Your Room: A chat with state senate hopeful...
On a computer screen, if you squint just enough, Jackie Fielder’s comforter looks like it’s covered in the white roses that have come to represent the Democratic Socialists of America. Fielder is,...
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Breaking: Deal reached to prevent state from clawing back hundreds of...
San Francisco breathes a potential $180 million sigh of relief After an agonizing weeks-long period that one San Francisco official confided “is literally killing me,” a prospective deal has been...
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Infamous lobbyist Jack Abramoff slammed with federal charges in a...
Disgraced lobbyist Abramoff purportedly met with undercover FBI agent in San Francisco, agreed to lobby member of Congress Federal prosecutors in San Francisco announced charges today against longtime...
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Pelosi challenger Shahid Buttar accused of sexual harassment, misogyny
The campaign of Shahid Buttar, the attorney hoping to unseat Rep. Nancy Pelosi from the left, is mired in a chaotic stretch, beset by allegations of sexual harassment from an acquaintance and of...
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The Mission reacts to Kamala Harris’ VP nom
Strong, strong and strong again – that is how Mission residents and workers described Senator and former San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s pick for vice president. Roberto...
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Kamala Harris is the woman for her time and place
Sometimes there’s a woman, well, she’s the woman for her time and place. She fits right in there. And that’s Kamala Harris in 2020. … Sometimes there’s a woman, sometimes, there’s a woman. Aw. I lost...
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Campaign offices declared ‘non-essential’ by Health Dept. — candidates...
The San Francisco Department of Public Health today put out a list of frequently asked questions regarding “electioneering” in which it declared campaign offices are “non-essential” — and, therefore...
View ArticleElection 2020: Pre-election grumbling may become post-election acrimony — if...
Follow Mission Local for up-to-the-minute election reporting and analysis Nearly 81 percent of registered San Franciscans cast a ballot in 2016. And, as of Friday, 16,000 more vote-by-mail ballots had...
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Election 2020: Check back all day for up-to-the-moment news and analysis...
Check back frequently for updates all day long and into the night. Update, 1 a.m. Wednesday: The final ranked-choice voting report of the night is in. And, in contested District 1, the margins are...
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Election 2020: District 1 race see-saws from Marjan Philhour to Connie Chan
The Department of Elections processed another 35,859 ballots today, pushing the turnout to 80.4 percent — with tens of thousands yet to be counted. And, in the only outstanding candidate race,...
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Election 2020: What just happened in San Francisco — and what happens next
San Francisco is a city that too much enjoys being scratched behind the ears by an adoring world, while ignoring its endemic sclerosis, soft corruption, casual misery and fiscal ticking time bombs....
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Mission residents say Biden inauguration marks a fresh start for the country
Inauguration day brought with it a sense of relief and hope for many Mission residents. Mission residents say Biden inauguration marks a fresh start for the country
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State assembly contenders debate at Potrero Hill Democratic Club
Last year, David Chiu accepted his new job as City Attorney, leaving his District 17 State Assembly seat behind. Four contenders seek to replace him, and on Tuesday, three presented […] State assembly...
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Assembly hopeful Bilal Mahmood is often a no-show on Election Day
Mahmood has criticized politicians treating elected positions as a stepping stone -- but his voting record indicates a lack of interest in elections Assembly hopeful Bilal Mahmood is often a no-show...
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Bob Planthold, giant of disability rights, dies at 73
If there’s one thing neighbors used to count on, it was spotting Robert Raymond Planthold at 16th and Church Streets. Routinely, for decades, Planthold faithfully waited for the J-Church train […] Bob...
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After recall, Chinese locals eye replacements — and each other
San Francisco’s Chinese community united to recall three school board members — but appears less unified on possible replacements. The shared allegiances that led to the toppling of Alison Collins,...
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SF Asians slam Boudin recall funders for anti-Asian posters
Eighteen leaders in San Francisco’s Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders community signed an open letter today denouncing the dissemination of election materials they deem anti-Asian by groups...
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Mayor introduces three new school board members
After nearly a month of waiting, Mayor London Breed swore in new school board members, all of whom are women and parents with children in public schools: Ann Hsu, Lainie […] Mayor introduces three new...
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La Raza loses $8M in grants following internal controversies
The La Raza Community Resource Center was passed over for $8 million in government rent relief grants following a series of recent conflicts between executive director Gabriel Medina and staff […] La...
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Supe Chan challenges Mayor to allocate $118M to to API communities
Supervisor Connie Chan, her Board of Supervisors allies, and members of Asian-Pacific Islander communities on Tuesday called for a $118 million investment in programs serving Asian-Pacific Islander...
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DA Brooke Jenkins sold to Chinatown crowd as scourge of anti-Asian ‘bandits’
At a celebratory Chinatown event on Saturday, newly installed DA Brooke Jenkins promised her largely monolingual Chinese audience to “bring all the bandits who attacked Asians and our community to […]...
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旧金山非营利组织向中文假信息开战
Read the English-language version here. 在美国华人社区流传的中文假新闻有一半以上是在微信上传播的。一家旧金山的非营利组织开始尝试打击微信以及推特和YouTube上的假新闻。...
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Chinese nonprofit fights Chinese-language misinformation
点击阅读本文中文版 More than half of the Chinese-language “fake news” circulating within the Chinese American community is spread on WeChat. Now, a San Francisco-based nonprofit is trying to counter the fake...
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SF’s downtown needs to lure people back, but how?
When asked, “who goes downtown for work five days a week?” fewer than 10 people raised their hands Tuesday night in the back room at Manny’s Cafe, packed with about […] SF’s downtown needs to lure...
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Charlie Walker, “king” of Bayview Hunters Point, dies at 89
Some 300 people from the local Black community last week attended Charlie Walker’s funeral, with city, state and even national political establishment figures delivering eulogies for the “Mayor of...
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Mayor’s new downtown plan is neither new, nor a plan
In recent months, Mayor London Breed and her office had been touting a proposal to revive San Francisco’s moribund city center that they called the “Downtown Economic Recovery Plan.” In […] Mayor’s...
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Supervisor who? Informal poll finds Mission residents are clueless about 2024...
The race to represent the Mission District is on, with five declared candidates and others waiting in the wings. No matter that the election for District 9 supervisor is still […] Supervisor who?...
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Diss track or not, some Asian voters unhappy with Mayor Breed
Chino Yang recently wrote a rap — a diss track, to be specific — about his frustration with anti-Asian hate, the current state of San Francisco and Mayor London Breed. […] Diss track or not, some...
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Explore: How much did your March 5 vote cost? Use our tool to find out.
While turnout in the March 5 primary election was predictably low at 46.6 percent of the city’s electorate casting ballots, the money spent was rather high. Some $11 million was […] Explore: How much...
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