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Emily Hoeven

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San Francisco feels more hopeful than it has in years. Here’s why

San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie meets supporters in Chinatown on Nov 8. Enthusiasm is high for Lurie, who is entering city politics as a...

15.11.2024 6

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The Democratic Party is now Gavin Newsom’s to lead. Does he have what it takes?

06.11.2024 7

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While you’re waiting for election results, California could take a vote to raise your gas prices

Gas prices could go up if California amends its Low Carbon Fuel Standard as part of its strategy to decarbonize the transportation sector. In a few...

06.11.2024 8

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Are S.F. firefighters using dirty tricks to sway your vote on pension benefits — without you realizing it?

The foundation that supports firefighters and the S.F. firefighters union say the billboards they paid for are only meant to raise awareness about...

01.09.2024 10

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Mark Farrell says you can trust his campaign finances. A surprise trip to his office left me wondering

Mark Farrell’s mayoral campaign is sharing expenses with a ballot measure committee that he established to support Proposition D, an unusual move...

17.08.2024 10

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It’s hard to find a person not wearing headphones in S.F. Is my AirPod irritation irrational?

A person uses their phone and carries headphones (left) as they cross California Street on April 13, 2018, in San Francisco. I’ve recently become...

11.08.2024 7

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In San Francisco, even our solutions to the city’s dysfunction are dysfunctional

 There’s a growing consensus among moderates and progressives that San Francisco’s problems are bigger than any one political faction —...

31.07.2024 3

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He got a restraining order against his wife. Then an S.F. judge’s ruling let her ‘abduct’ their son to Kazakhstan

Guillaume searches for a photo of his son on his phone on June 6 in San Francisco. He was granted a domestic violence restraining order against his...

28.07.2024 10

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How a PG&E billing mistake nearly pushed this S.F. retiree back to Iowa

Patricia didn’t receive PG&E bills from September 2023 to May 2024. After she inquired, she found that her costs had skyrocketed. Patricia received...

17.07.2024 9

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I spent a month trailing S.F.’s top mayoral candidates. Here’s the good, the bad and the ugly

From left: The major San Francisco mayoral candidates — Ahsha Safaí, Mark Farrell, Daniel Lurie, London Breed and Aaron Peskin — debate at the...

06.07.2024 10

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Newsom wants California to be a bastion of democracy. Except where Prop 47 is concerned

Gov. Gavin Newsom doesn’t want California voters to approve a November ballot measure to roll back parts of Proposition 47. Gov. Gavin Newsom and...

02.07.2024 20

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Gavin Newsom is mentally checking himself out of California and into the White House

26.06.2024 10

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S.F.’s school board could finally focus on kids — if another political war doesn’t break out first

21.06.2024 20

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California Dems want to keep a high-profile crime measure off your ballot — and it’s shady

12.06.2024 40

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I tried to hike Yosemite’s Half Dome. Here’s what it taught me about failure

The attempt to summit Half Dome includes an 18-mile roundtrip hike and scaling the near-vertical rockface while hanging on to cables. Once I start...

07.06.2024 40

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‘Literally life or death’: California kids are disappearing from school and the workforce. No one knows where they are

In April, San Francisco’s Ida B. Wells High School had an astonishingly high chronic absenteeism rate of nearly 96%.  It’s an emergency hidden in...

22.05.2024 40

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California Democrats want to protect women’s rights around the country. They need to look at home, too

Gov. Gavin Newsom announces action in 2022 to protect women from other states seeking abortion services in California. Gov. Gavin Newsom and...

02.05.2024 30

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California’s budget problems are bad. How bad? We’re about to find out

Gov. Gavin Newsom announces his 2024-2025 state budget proposal, including his plans to deal with a projected $68 billion deficit, at the Secretary of...

27.04.2024 30

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California is trying to throw an olive branch to NIMBY cities. Will they take it?

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is sponsoring a bill by Assembly Member Buffy Wicks that would set clear standards for the types of projects...

02.04.2024 10

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S.F.’s latest housing debate shows the meaninglessness of the ‘moderate’ and ‘progressive’ divide

“Moderate” Mayor London Breed and “progressive” Supervisor Aaron Peskin arrive at an Election Night party for Proposition A on March 5. ...

29.03.2024 8

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I just moved to San Francisco. Yes, it has issues, but this city is still a dream

The view from Ina Coolbrith Park on Russian Hill is one of the many fantastic sights in San Francisco. Since moving to San Francisco from Sacramento...

28.03.2024 4

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Readers share their S.F. parking permit horror stories. What is Mayor Breed doing about it?

Anger over city fees underscores how small quality-of-life issues can pile up, eventually fomenting frustration, which Mayor London Breed’s...

15.03.2024 5

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$320 for a parking permit? How S.F.’s notorious bureaucracy even makes moving here a pain

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency charges at least $322 for temporary permits that hold a spot for moving vans to park legally. My...

09.03.2024 20

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Prop. 1 is too close to call. Gov. Newsom should never have left it to chance

Gov. Gavin Newsom strongarmed state lawmakers into postponing other initiatives originally set to appear on the March 5 primary ballot so that Prop. 1...

06.03.2024 5

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Everything you need to know about S.F.’s high-stakes DCCC election

Honey Mahogany, left, greets Mayor London Breed at a San Francisco Democratic Party event in 2019. Mahogany is the outgoing chairperson of the...

24.02.2024 10

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Could a new state agency solve California’s housing crisis?

A housing development goes up in downtown Hayward in October. Local governments are under a state mandate to plan for 2.5 million new homes by 2031. ...

23.01.2024 20

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She was viciously attacked by a dog at an S.F. beach. Here’s why the city couldn’t do anything about it

Allison Hooker was attacked and bitten by a pit bull at Baker Beach in San Francisco in November. A lifelong dog lover and owner, Allison Hooker never...

16.01.2024 30

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I started my career during lockdown. Here’s why I’m ready to be in an office

Some workers still prefer to commute to the office in San Francisco, even if they aren’t required to show up regularly. As many Bay Area residents...

08.01.2024 20

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Here's one bright spot for 2024 in California’s otherwise troubled education system

Students are seen working on their cursive writing in Oceanhawk’s third-grade class at Encompass Academy in East Oakland in 2012. Much of the news...

27.12.2023 10

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Brooke Jenkins says Breed’s plan to arrest drug users ‘isn’t working.’ That doesn’t mean...

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins says she hopes people struggling with addiction can find their way to treatment without law...

16.12.2023 5

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NIMBYs beware: California’s builder’s remedy just got a powerful legal ally

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the state Department of Housing and Community Development are requestinig to intervene in a builder’s...

13.12.2023 20

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He was assaulted on S.F.’s streets. Why did police make him file a citizen’s arrest?

Joseph Shapiro stands near where he was attacked in October 2022 in San Francisco. Shapiro was arriving at his work when he was hit over the head by a...

09.12.2023 10

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