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Bevan Dufty

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    "San Francisco Deserves a Gay Mayor," Claims Bevan Dufty Mailer

    Bow down before the one you serve, you're gonna get what you deserve...​There are plenty of reasons to like Bevan Dufty -- his sunny disposition, his obvious pride in being a urinal owner (we really do get it), and his willingness to speak with us after we ran this photoshopped image. Perhaps that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Bevan Dufty To Hold Student Forum -- at Bar

    We got your 'student issues' right here...​It is said that college is a fountain of knowledge -- where students go to drink. That being said, for undergrads other than seniors, possessors of false IDs, and those taking a play out of the Stalin or Mao book and opting for the Five-Year Plan, drinkin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Bevan Dufty Welcomes Ed Lee to the Race -- But Why?

    One of them welcomes Ed Lee to the race, and one of them doesn't ​Mayoral candidates alike are raging over Mayor Ed Lee's abrupt entrance into the fray. But not Bevan Dufty -- at least not in public. The former supervisor, who helped Lee attain his current position as interim mayor, has bent over ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Alex Tourk: Bevan Dufty Unconcerned With Investigation of New Hire

    Ethics Commission, Shmethics Commission...​Bevan Dufty goes through campaign managers like Spinal Tap went through drummers -- though, to our knowledge, none of his three prior field generals has exploded. He has hired a rather explosive campaign manger No. 4: Alex Tourk. Tourk is a resp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Bevan Dufty's Campaign Might be Unstable, but It's Not Nefarious

    Bevan's campaign, if nothing else, is entertaining ​The day after the June 30 campaign finance deadline, mayoral candidate Bevan Dufty fired off an e-mail to his supporters congratulating them for helping him reach a milestone mark in his once troubled campaign: He had raised more than $1 million. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Bevan Dufty Gets Campaign Manager No. 3

    Word on the street is Dufty's a having whale of a good time​Last week, we told you about Bevan Dufty's latest campaign shakeup when his manager, David Feighan, split. Dufty told SF Weekly at the time that he had plans to bring on a new leader with more political prowess, although he wouldn't say w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    Bevan Dufty's Campaign Manager Splits

    Bevan is getting a new right-hand man​Bevan Dufty, the former supervisor and mayoral candidate, told SF Weekly that he and his campaign manager, David Feighan, "parted ways" this week. Eager to be mayor, Dufty has already hired a new campaign manager who will start in two weeks.Dufty said there we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Wannabe Mayors Descend on S.F. This Weekend

    Seeking the Latino vote.​While everyone else is kicking back this weekend, the many, many aspiring mayors of San Francisco will spend their free time aggressively campaigning. On the exhausting list are a slew of events aimed to court voters of all types -- parents, mission hipsters, and dog lover ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Mayor Ed Lee, Candidates Use Cesar Chavez Day as a Chance to Schmooze

    We wish we were flies buzzing around them.​Politicos rolled out of bed early Thursday morning to make an appearance at the  8 a.m. Cesar Chavez Day breakfast in the Mission. They munched on $60 plates of eggs, frijoles, and tortillas to benefit the upcoming Cesar Chavez Parade & Festival ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Links: The Backstory on Britney in S.F., New Video of Sonny & the Sunsets, and Downer Party Release Show Tonight

    Sonny & The Sunsets from Scott McDowell on Vimeo.How S.F. Supervisor Bevan Dufty brought Britney Spears to the city for Good Morning America. [SF Gate]Sonny & the Sunsets do a set for video project Chasing the Moon in advance of their new album. [The Bay Bridged]

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Bevan Dufty Brings in the Big Bucks

    Money is good, but votes are better​Earlier this month, SF Weekly first reported that Bevan Dufty was officially rebuilding his beleaguered mayoral campaign. When it came to raising cash, Dufty knew he was in a bad position. At the time, he challenged us to call back in a month, promising that he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Bevan Dufty: Is He Making a Comeback in the Mayor's Race?

    Looking for money in all the right places​Just last month, Bevan Dufty admitted that his mayoral campaign was foundering; he dropped his pledge to hit-up only local donors and has since been taking red-eye flights back-and-forth to the nation's capital.  And now we know why.In his effort to r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Bevan Dufty Abandons Self-Imposed Contribution Limit for Mayoral Race

    Tapped out​It seems Bevan Dufty is finally starting to admit that, financially, his mayoral campaign isn't going so swell. Well, he didn't actually say that, but more showed it when he told SF Weekly that he is going back on his earlier campaign pledge to cap contributions at $200 per person. Inst ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    Scott Wiener Shuns Predecessor Bevan Dufty, Endorses Dennis Herrera for Mayor

    Not Supervisor Scott Wiener's pick...for mayor ​On paper, it would seem to be a dead cert that Supervisor Scott Wiener would endorse his predecessor Bevan Dufty for mayor. They're both gay moderates from District 8 -- and incredibly tall (no, wait, that's just Wiener). Yet the tall one announced t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Main Library Wheels In Food Carts

    misocrazy/Flickr​Food Cart Smarts Where: San Francisco Public Library, Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room A and B, 100 Larkin (at Hyde), 557-4400 When: Thurs., Feb. 10, 5:30-7 p.m. Cost: Free The rundown: If you've never used the Internet or eaten a snack, maybe you haven't heard of the mobile ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    'It's On Like Donkey Kong': San Francisco Politics Illustrated

    ​When Supervisor Chris Daly last night punctuated his promise to Board President David Chiu that he'd "haunt him politically" by uttering "It's on like Donkey Kong," he transcended the bizarre and entered the sublime. He caused a legion of hardened City Hall-watchers to say something they never th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Bevan Dufty Says Newsom Didn't Influence His Vote For Ed Lee. Really?

    San Francisco Board of SupervisorsDo I Look Nefarious?​Supervisor Bevan Dufty isn't denying that he went right into Mayor Gavin Newsom's office last night after calling a 20 minute recess as the debate over who would be the interim mayor hit dramatic heights. What he is denying is that any sort of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Chris Daly Vows To Haunt David Chiu, San Francisco Moderates

    Interim Mayor...or is he?​The Board of Supervisors is on the precipice of anointing City Administrator Ed Lee interim mayor -- although the decision didn't come without cursing, fights ... and perhaps a little backroom dealing?The progressives failed in getting their pick -- Sheriff Michael Hennes ... More >>

  • News

    December 8, 2010

    Bevan Dufty's mayoral bid fizzling just as the race is really getting started.

    Interim Mayor...or is he?​The Board of Supervisors is on the precipice of anointing City Administrator Ed Lee interim mayor -- although the decision didn't come without cursing, fights ... and perhaps a little backroom dealing?The progressives failed in getting their pick -- Sheriff Michael Hennes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Supervisors Pass Streamlined Rules for Street-Food Vendors

    bkusler/FlickrSupervisor Bevan Dufty.​The Board of Supervisors yesterday unanimously passed legislation that streamlines rules for mobile vending, making it easier and cheaper to be a legal street-food vendor in San Francisco. At the Tuesday meeting, the Supes took up rules changes that in pas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    San Francisco Bans the Happy Meal -- With Veto-Proof Majority

    Veto-proof majority! Robble robble. ​It seems the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has accomplished what the Hamburglar never could. They've made off with McDonald's fare. The supes today passed an ordinance that will require meals to meet nutritional guidelines if restaurants wish to include a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Bevan Dufty Remains City's Burger Kingmaker as Happy Meal Ban Vote Looms

    What's inside the box? That depends on Bevan Dufty.​With the city's contentious "Happy Meal legislation" up for a vote tomorrow, Bevan Dufty, the city's least contentious supervisor, finds himself a popular man. Dufty, a moderate and mayoral candidate, would be the eighth vote in favor of a plan t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Bevan Dufty Will Be Deciding Vote on Happy Meal Toy Ban Tomorrow

    ​From our sister blog, The Snitch, comes the latest update in the ongoing saga of the Happy Meal Toy Ban. For those not in the know, supervisor Eric Mar introduced a measure that, if approved, would prevent McDonald's locations in San Francisco from distributing toys with Happy Meals, with the rea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    Happy Meal Ban Hinges on Swing Supe Bevan Dufty

    Does Bevan Dufty want that Happy Meal? ​Supervisor Eric Mar's attention-grabbing plan to mandate only acceptably nutritious restaurant meals be permitted to come with toys -- complete with a "multigrain amendment" -- yesterday cleared a Board of Supervisors committee.The full board will vote on th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Supes Pass Alcohol Fee -- By Non-Veto-Proof 7-3 Vote

    Demon rum lives to fight another day...​The Board of Supervisors has just passed the controversial "Charge for Harm" Alcohol fee, which aims to fund the city's detox centers by raising $16-odd million from San Francisco alcohol wholesalers. The proposal stands about as much chance of making it int ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Supervisor Bevan Dufty Listed as 'Devan Bufty' On Swank Mailer

    'Dufty Beaver' and daughter​SF Weekly was honored to recently receive a hand-signed invitation to a big-time charity fund-raiser. It was an event in which you could hardly hurl a bottle of '96 Pommard off the balcony without bloodying up a scalp or two of those the Chronicle deems "Swells." A numb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Your Rundown on the Week in S.F. Government

    Plastic bags have unintended consequences​San Francisco public officials love -- and we mean really, really love -- to dabble in bold social experiments. Whether they're trying out a novel scheme for government-controlled electricity service, legally enshrining the right of cats to keep their nail ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Bevan Dufty a Satisfied Urinal Owner

    www.urinal.netI call that a bargain -- the best I ever had​While informing us yesterday about the city's new program to provide environmentally friendly toilets for the city's low-income residents, Supervisor Bevan Dufty said something that bowled us over. He noted that he recently installed a uri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    City to Shower the Poor with Free Toilets

    Image | Audrey FukumanBevan Dufty and the PUC want to give low-income San Franciscans a new, low-flow throne​In a novel new take on the populist slogan of "a chicken in every pot," the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission today is announcing a program of providing free toilets for low-inc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Dolores Park Renovation Sparks Paltry Offline Response: There's No 'PBR' in Democracy

    GreenkoziNot fueling civic activism in the real world, apparently...​We at The Snitch had best come clean on something to start off: You can count us among those who sometimes wish a meteor would crash directly into Dolores Park on a Saturday afternoon, annihilating at a stroke every fixed-gear bi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2009

    Tracking City Employees Is Money Well Spent?

    via flickr by wstera2time is money ​We understand that parents want to know where their kids are at all times, and that the state should keep track of the whereabouts of sex offenders. But in this era of government waste, it doesn't seem necessary for San Francisco to shell out hundreds of thousan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Muggings and Beatings on the Bus, Oh My! Bevan Dufty Plays Wizard of Muni

    Jim Herd​The winners of the Top-3 Most Dangerous Muni Routes are: the 14-Mission, the 9X-San Bruno Express, and the 38-Geary. In that order.But be not afraid: Supervisor Bevan Dufty is on it (or so he'd like you to think). The supervisor from the Castro continued to hone what is shaping up to be h ... More >>

  • News

    September 23, 2009

    A mayoral wannabe confronts MUNI safety, but gets run over by the accident data

    Jim Herd​The winners of the Top-3 Most Dangerous Muni Routes are: the 14-Mission, the 9X-San Bruno Express, and the 38-Geary. In that order.But be not afraid: Supervisor Bevan Dufty is on it (or so he'd like you to think). The supervisor from the Castro continued to hone what is shaping up to be h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    SF Gov InAction: Your 'Labor Day' Guide to What the F*#@k Happened in the Last Eight Months

    With a federal holiday appears on the calendar, city hall's motto becomes: "Ask not what your country can do for you, but how much time off you can take from your country". In this particular case, The supervisors like to celebrate Labor Day by pretending to have labored, while their staff likes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    Pride Rides: How Will Our Elected Officials Be Cruising This Weekend?

    Bevan Dufty's sweet ride...In case you missed the proliferation of rainbow flags and the huge influx of prideful people heading into our fair city, things are ramping up for the big Pride Parade on Sunday, June 28.As the knives begin to come out behind the scenes in the city's simmering budget battl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    You Don't Know When the Rec Center's Open -- and Neither Does the City

    According to a fairly recent -- and completely unreported -- city controller's report, a reduction in hours for S.F.'s 63 city recreation centers is almost inevitable. It's not because the city doesn't have the money -- for once, it does -- but because it doesn't have the staff. But no one can say h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2009

    Why The Hell is Supervisor Bevan Dufty the Anonymous Poster Boy For an HIV Drug?

    If Bevan Dufty were the frontman for a Hair Club for Men billboard, we'd assume he's bald. So what are we supposed to think when we see the District 8 supervisor as the poster boy for an HIV pill? Not since Gavin Newsom and Fiona Ma -- the Prom King and Queen of San Francisco politics -- appeared t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    How Could Progressive Coalition Shatter? Let Us Count the Ways

    Will it be the House of Harmony or the House of Pain? The answer is: Yes. Progressive Supervisors banded together last week to elect a compromise-candidate Board President, which raises a crucial question: "Since when have progressives compromised on anything?" In a town that views compromise ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    SF Gov InAction: The Supes are Dead! Long Live the Supes! Plus: Why It Doesn't Matter Who the New Board President Is

    By Benjamin Wachs I cannot imagine a board without Aaron Peskin, Jake McGoldrick and Gerardo Sandoval - let alone Tom Ammiano. As the old board reaches its end and transitions to the new this week, I find myself hoping that - like a bad sitcom - our departing cast members will come back as guest ... More >>

  • News

    August 13, 2008

    Newsrack fee hike could create more empty boxes

    By Benjamin Wachs I cannot imagine a board without Aaron Peskin, Jake McGoldrick and Gerardo Sandoval - let alone Tom Ammiano. As the old board reaches its end and transitions to the new this week, I find myself hoping that - like a bad sitcom - our departing cast members will come back as guest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2008

    Sf Government InAction: Is Ross Mirkarimi Captain Ahab? Is Burma a Root Vegetable? And Who is that Masked Supervisor, Anyway?

    By Benjamin Wachs I cannot imagine a board without Aaron Peskin, Jake McGoldrick and Gerardo Sandoval - let alone Tom Ammiano. As the old board reaches its end and transitions to the new this week, I find myself hoping that - like a bad sitcom - our departing cast members will come back as guest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2008

    Sandoval Ducks, Mirkarimi Covers, and the Community Justice Center goes Down Down Down...

    By Benjamin Wachs I cannot imagine a board without Aaron Peskin, Jake McGoldrick and Gerardo Sandoval - let alone Tom Ammiano. As the old board reaches its end and transitions to the new this week, I find myself hoping that - like a bad sitcom - our departing cast members will come back as guest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2008

    SF Gov InAction: Same Old Shit Gets Bigger Tax Breaks; Jake McGoldrick's Charter Amendment Retirement Tour Heats Up, and Did Somebody Say "Peaker Plants?"

    By Benjamin Wachs I cannot imagine a board without Aaron Peskin, Jake McGoldrick and Gerardo Sandoval - let alone Tom Ammiano. As the old board reaches its end and transitions to the new this week, I find myself hoping that - like a bad sitcom - our departing cast members will come back as guest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2007

    Castro Halloween Costume Photos Are In

    By Benjamin Wachs I cannot imagine a board without Aaron Peskin, Jake McGoldrick and Gerardo Sandoval - let alone Tom Ammiano. As the old board reaches its end and transitions to the new this week, I find myself hoping that - like a bad sitcom - our departing cast members will come back as guest ... More >>

  • News

    April 4, 2007

    Coming to Terms

    Pols weigh how to sell voters term-limit extensions. How about adding Gavin to the mix?

  • News

    May 24, 2006

    Beer: 1, Dufty: 0

    Pols weigh how to sell voters term-limit extensions. How about adding Gavin to the mix?

  • News

    July 20, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Pols weigh how to sell voters term-limit extensions. How about adding Gavin to the mix?

  • News

    June 29, 2005

    Badlands Confidential

    Is there a race problem at a Castro gay bar -- or a propriety problem in a city supervisor's office?

  • News

    January 19, 2005

    Make Public Dog Sex Legal

    Why does San Francisco, the supposed home of equal rights, continue to discriminate against dogs that make love in the park?

  • News

    November 3, 2004

    Speed Kills. Again.

    Dog Bites sniffs the Public Health Department's new Crystal Mess ad campaign

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