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The Greenberg Brief: San Francisco’s Democratic Clubs Deserve Scrutiny

March 19, 2024 5:05 amMarch 19, 2024 5:06 am

Nancy Pelosi’s campaign brochure arrived at San Francisco voters’ homes just prior to the March 5th Primary elections. It joined the incoming avalanche of dozens of similar political fliers from local candidates, ballot measures, and independent PACs vying for your...

The Greenberg Brief: San Francisco’s Political Alliances Are About To Implode

March 14, 2024 2:48 amMarch 15, 2024 6:49 am

Supporting your preferred mayoral candidate is quickly becoming that much more difficult, as San Francisco’s eyes turn towards November. Power players and enthusiastic community advocates are quick to divert or jump ship. Some even make strange bedfellows. Case in point:...

Gov. Newsom Denies Parole Of Murderer Who Killed Teenager In SF In 2004

March 12, 2024 12:51 pmMarch 13, 2024 9:20 am

Governor Gavin Newsom reversed the state Parole Board’s decision of paroling Royce Miller, a murder convicted of killing a San Francisco high school student in 2004, during the weekend, sending him back to prison until his next parole board review...

San Francisco School Board Recall Leader Autumn Looijen Enters Supervisor Race

March 11, 2024 5:29 pmMarch 11, 2024 5:29 pm

San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston was challenged for his District 5 Supervisor seat on Monday by organizer and activist Autumn Looijen, who helped lead the successful 2022 recall of three San Francisco School Board members. As extensively covered by the...

Mayor Breed Introduces Plan To Bring 30,000 Residents, Students To Downtown By 2030

March 8, 2024 12:28 pmMarch 8, 2024 12:28 pm

In her State of the City Address on Thursday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed unveiled a new measure to bring 30,000 more residents and students to downtown San Francisco by 2030. Since the beginning of the decade, San Francisco’s downtown...

Three More Major Retail Locations Announce San Francisco Closures

March 7, 2024 5:49 pmMarch 7, 2024 5:49 pm

Several stores San Francisco announced on Wednesday that they would be closing this month, including cosmetics companies L’Occitane and Sephora at San Francisco Centre and outdoor equipment company The North Face at Union Square, becoming the latest casualties in the...

The Greenberg Brief: San Francisco’s Meaningless Apology

March 7, 2024 3:45 amMarch 8, 2024 6:41 am

Last Tuesday, February 27th 2024, Shamann Walton, member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (our eleven-member city council) proudly proclaimed the city of San Francisco has officially apologized for systemic racism and past atrocities perpetrated against Black residents and...