Art Agnos

Dog Bites

Paper Trails

The Making of the Mayor 1995

In which Jack Davis repents, Clint Reilly froths, Roberta Achtenberg has a vision, Angela Alioto has an attitude, and the voters are the pigeons

Jordan vs. Jordan: Candidate Promises, Citizen Mayor Delivers?

In which Jack Davis repents, Clint Reilly froths, Roberta Achtenberg has a vision, Angela Alioto has an attitude, and the voters are the pigeons

Candidate Promises, Citizen Mayor Delivers?

In which Jack Davis repents, Clint Reilly froths, Roberta Achtenberg has a vision, Angela Alioto has an attitude, and the voters are the pigeons

Paper Trails

In which Jack Davis repents, Clint Reilly froths, Roberta Achtenberg has a vision, Angela Alioto has an attitude, and the voters are the pigeons

Paper Trails

In which Jack Davis repents, Clint Reilly froths, Roberta Achtenberg has a vision, Angela Alioto has an attitude, and the voters are the pigeons

Candidate Promises, Citizen Mayor Delivers?

In which Jack Davis repents, Clint Reilly froths, Roberta Achtenberg has a vision, Angela Alioto has an attitude, and the voters are the pigeons

Candidate Promises, Citizen Mayor Delivers?

In which Jack Davis repents, Clint Reilly froths, Roberta Achtenberg has a vision, Angela Alioto has an attitude, and the voters are the pigeons

The Longest Shot

Dark-horse mayoral hopeful Joel Ventresca wants your vote

Mayoral Web

Dark-horse mayoral hopeful Joel Ventresca wants your vote

Blowing Smoke, Breathing Fire (Part II)

The Fang family rides tabloid journalism and hardball politics to the winner's circle

Dog Bites

The Fang family rides tabloid journalism and hardball politics to the winner's circle

Masters of Disaster

The San Francisco Office of Emergency Services unveils its new post-apocalypse playbook

Chron insiders hate Willie Brown's new column

The San Francisco Office of Emergency Services unveils its new post-apocalypse playbook

Earl’s Last Laugh

Exiled in retirement after Fajitagate, ex–Police Chief Earl Sanders has re-emerged with a fresh account of the infamous Zebra murders. And his critics are on the warpath.

Cops Who SPY

Exiled in retirement after Fajitagate, ex–Police Chief Earl Sanders has re-emerged with a fresh account of the infamous Zebra murders. And his critics are on the warpath.

Finding His Niche

Steve Bingham, a famously exonerated ex-fugitive who advocates for the poor, helps lead the charge against Care Not Cash

The Great Left Hope

Matt Gonzalez wants to be mayor. And he doesn't mind climbing over fellow progressives to get the gig.

Sleeping With the Auditor

Why San Francisco and its outside accountants are a little too close for comfort -- and how it could threaten the city's financial integrity

The Great Minnow Hunt

Why did the U.S. Attorney's Office angle for fingerlings -- and apparently ignore trophy catches -- during its corruption investigation at the San Francisco Housing Authority?

Make Room for Dot-Coms

Forget about live-work lofts. The newest fight for San Francisco's soul is over multimedia office space.

Misplaced Trust

An audit finds the city's public guardian shorting the treasury and misusing funds

Back Door Memories

Tom Mazzolini speaks proudly of his San Francisco Blues Festival. But each musician is proud for a different reason.

Sticking Point

An AIDS vaccine designed by renowned researcher Don Francis is in final testing. The Plague could be over - but the gay and scientific establishments are utterly unenthused.

Cothran

An AIDS vaccine designed by renowned researcher Don Francis is in final testing. The Plague could be over - but the gay and scientific establishments are utterly unenthused.

The Grid

An AIDS vaccine designed by renowned researcher Don Francis is in final testing. The Plague could be over - but the gay and scientific establishments are utterly unenthused.

The Grid

An AIDS vaccine designed by renowned researcher Don Francis is in final testing. The Plague could be over - but the gay and scientific establishments are utterly unenthused.

Dream Job

Do you like sleeping, eating, shopping, reading, TV watching, Internet surfing, large amounts of overtime pay, and small amounts of actual work? You may have a future as a dispatcher for the San Francisco Fire Department.

Portrait of the Soul-Jacker

Police call Bernard Temple the meanest hit man ever to roam the gang-infested streets of Bayview-Hunters Point. Temple calls himself a soul-jacker -- someone who kills to steal the spiritual power of his victims.

The Grid

Police call Bernard Temple the meanest hit man ever to roam the gang-infested streets of Bayview-Hunters Point. Temple calls himself a soul-jacker -- someone who kills to steal the spiritual power of his victims.

Blowing Smoke

Police call Bernard Temple the meanest hit man ever to roam the gang-infested streets of Bayview-Hunters Point. Temple calls himself a soul-jacker -- someone who kills to steal the spiritual power of his victims.

The Life and Times of T.J. Anthony

Combative pol fights his last battle

Merchant of Redemption

During his first three decades on Sixth Street, Tom McKnight Sr. used his various businesses to educate his children and counsel them in the doctrine of social obligation. Now his son must balance the demands of activism against the realities of commerce

Hinkle, Hinkle, Little Star (Part II)

There are two joys in life - making things and breaking things - and pirate journalist Warren Hinkle has excelled at both

Blowing Smoke, Breathing Fire (Part I)

The Fang family rides tabloid journalism and hardball politics to the winner's circle

Payback

Liberals mount a comeback in the juvenile justice system

Achtenberg's Third Act

Roberta Achtenberg bristles when anyone dares say that Williw Brown is the one who gets things done. "I have gotten things done my entire life, right?" she says, citing when her accomplishments as a law school dean, her 800-page book on sexual orientatio

Hey, Sailor!

The untold story of the selling of the USS Missouri

Matrix's Happy Face

New statistics contradict Jordan's spin on homeless crackdown

Pirate Cat Radio slapped with hefty fine, pushed off the FM dial

New statistics contradict Jordan's spin on homeless crackdown

When it comes to S.F. politics, Cleve Jones isn't here to recruit you

New statistics contradict Jordan's spin on homeless crackdown

Larry Bush, HUD Spokesman, Sues Agency: Claims Violations of Anti-Secrecy Laws

​Larry Bush, a former aide to San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos once known as The Dark Prince of City Hall has sued his current employer, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The 64-year-old veteran San Francisco politico claims he was instructed by a supervisor to violate federal ope ... More >>

Former Mayor Art Agnos Says City's Deficit Liable to Double

Art Agnos -- yes, that's him on the right, is ready to step in the mayoral ring once more​Former Mayor Art Agnos knows what it is to occupy Room 200 during down times. So will whomever wins the task of following Mayor Gavin Newsom. And, like Agnos himself, the former mayor predicts whomever is com ... More >>

Art Agnos For Mayor Deal Would Come as Surprise to Art Agnos

Art Agnos certainly can dress the part if chosen to be mayor...​A Monday Chronicle article rehashing the many roads board president David Chiu may take to cling to power included an eye-catching  reference to a hypothetical "deal" to "support the likes of former Mayor Art Agnos" as the city's ... More >>

Memo to Mayor Ed Lee Is Laced with Racial, Gender Quotas

Bean counting to achieve diversity ​At City Hall, being a black woman who is gay is like hitting a triple word score.Ensuring that city commissions and boards have just the right mix of diversity is much more calculated than one might think. Based on a memo distributed to Mayor Ed Lee on Jan. 26, ... More >>

Inefficient by Design: San Francisco's Commissions Are Uncountable — and Unaccountable

Bean counting to achieve diversity ​At City Hall, being a black woman who is gay is like hitting a triple word score.Ensuring that city commissions and boards have just the right mix of diversity is much more calculated than one might think. Based on a memo distributed to Mayor Ed Lee on Jan. 26, ... More >>