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California Fair Political Practices Commission

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Gavin Newsom Stars in Video Touting His Winery a Day After Vetoing Booze Fee

    And if more of you buy my environmentally friendly, low-tax wines, I'll be richer still...​One day after San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom vetoed a fee on alcohol sales aimed at paying for  treatment of chronic drunks, he starred in a video on Forbes Magazine's website touting a Napa Valley wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    Lt. Gov Candidate Hahn's 'Desperate Ploy' to Limit Newsom Fund-Raising Fails

    Free to raise boatloads of cash...​Earlier this month, would be-lieutenant governor Janice Hahn filed a complaint with the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) alleging that Democratic opponent Gavin Newsom was violating campaign finance guidelines by having the option to go back ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Ethics Commission Whistleblower Beats 'Retaliatory' Complaint

    ​Our most eagle-eyed readers may remember a series of stories we wrote about a whistleblower within the Ethics Commission being hit with a series of oddly timed threats regarding his employment culminating in an anonymous complaint that could have resulted in his ouster from city government. Ethic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    San Francisco's Campaign Finance Laws Are Complex. Eluding Them? That's More Simple.

    'It's good to be the king' -- and it's always good to have powerful folks in your corner pulling some stringsSan Francisco's campaign finance rules are so beastly complex that professional treasurers with decades of experience have been known to drive sharpened pencils through their palms in fits of ... More >>

  • News

    September 17, 2008

    Gavin Newsom's out-of-town businesses with SF addresses

    'It's good to be the king' -- and it's always good to have powerful folks in your corner pulling some stringsSan Francisco's campaign finance rules are so beastly complex that professional treasurers with decades of experience have been known to drive sharpened pencils through their palms in fits of ... More >>

  • News

    February 16, 2005

    Unbalanced Budgeting

    The city's proposed parking-rate increases are a scandal. They aren't nearly large enough.

  • News

    September 27, 2000

    How to Kill a Nonprofit

    A federal audit reveals the waste and mismanagement that ruined a once-promising minority aid program

  • News

    November 17, 1999

    Indecent Disclosure

    Willie Brown plays hide-and-seek with his tax returns

  • News

    August 25, 1999

    Political Economy

    How a Willie Brown real estate venture snagged tens of millions of dollars in government subsidies and opened the way for Democratic heavyweight Angelo Tsakopoulo to make even more money

  • News

    January 31, 1996

    Blowing Smoke, Breathing Fire (Part I)

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

  • News

    July 26, 1995

    Home Improvements

    Renovation tricks from our slippery, deadbeat mayor

  • News

    July 5, 1995

    City Slackers

    A guide toSan Francisco political corruption -past, present, and future

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