Bevan Dufty

Pride Committee Picks Strange Bedfellows for Grand Marshals This Year

Famed San Francisco bar owner Marlena, aka Garry McClain, aka the Absolute Empress XXV, exulted after hearing he' d be one of several grand marshals at this year's LGBT pride parade -- a noteworthy comeback after the sale of his beloved eponymous drag bar. He'll stand -- or rather, ride and wave a ... More >>

Pooping Puppies Hurt by Decline in Print Newspaper

Turns out, newsrooms aren't the only ones seriously affected by the decline in print newspaper. The shifting media landscape has also created a bathroom emergency for peeing and pooping puppies over at the local Animal Care & Control. As we understand it, the local shelter has been relying on old ... More >>

Bevan Dufty Is Sure Adorable Puppies Will Solve S.F.'s Panhandling Problem

What former Mayor Gavin Newsom couldn't seem to accomplish, perhaps Spot can. We were both puzzled and thrilled to read this morning that former Supervisor-turned-homeless-czar Bevan Dufty had big plans to finally combat the aggressive panhandling that perpetually turns tourists off to San Francisco ... More >>

"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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

'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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Newsrack fee hike could create more empty boxes

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

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

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?"

Castro Halloween Costume Photos Are In

Coming to Terms

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

Beer: 1, Dufty: 0

Letters to the Editor

Badlands Confidential

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

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?

Speed Kills. Again.

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