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Jim Stearns

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Ross Mirkarimi to Face Three Misdemeanors, Sources Say

    ​Sources tell SF Weekly that elected sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is expected to hold a press conference today, responding to domestic violence charges leveled against him. A source tells SF Weekly that the District Attorney will file three charges against Mirkarimi, including battery and child endange ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Ross Mirkarimi Update: Domestic Violence Groups Call on Sheriff to Resign

    ​Update 2:25 p.m.: Staff writer Joe Eskenazi was at City Hall and gave us a puzzling detail about this afternoon's press conference: Mirkarimi's wife, Eliana Lopez, stood in the crowd among reporters and anti-domestic violence advocates who were calling on her husband to resign as sheriff. Eskenaz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Ross Mirkarimi, Sheriff-Elect, Investigated for Alleged Domestic Violence

    ​Today's news will make for an awkward swearing in for Sheriff-elect Ross Mirkarimi, who is reportedly at the center of a domestic violence police investigation. According to media reports, a neighbor called police over New Year's to report a domestic violence incident between Mirkarimi and his wi ... More >>

  • News

    August 31, 2011

    The Billion-Dollar Bet: Which Pension Reform Measure Will Pass and Survive Legal Challenge

    ​Today's news will make for an awkward swearing in for Sheriff-elect Ross Mirkarimi, who is reportedly at the center of a domestic violence police investigation. According to media reports, a neighbor called police over New Year's to report a domestic violence incident between Mirkarimi and his wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Who's Behind the "Don't Run Ed" Facebook Ads?

    ​Mayor Ed Lee has not yet declared his candidacy and already the counter-campaigns have begun. Jim Stearns, political consultant for State Senator Leland Yee's mayoral campaign, made a YouTube video called "Promise" which highlights Lee's previous remarks, saying he would not be running for mayor ... More >>

  • News

    July 20, 2011

    Good Scout, Bad Boy: Examining the Virtues of Leland Yee

    ​Mayor Ed Lee has not yet declared his candidacy and already the counter-campaigns have begun. Jim Stearns, political consultant for State Senator Leland Yee's mayoral campaign, made a YouTube video called "Promise" which highlights Lee's previous remarks, saying he would not be running for mayor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Leland Yee: Why He's Ahead in the Polls

    People love to hate Leland and that always makes for a good front runner in a race​Last week, we detailed a story about how State Sen. Leland Yee is pro-medical marijuana -- until he's not. As SF Weekly reported, Yee attended a medical marijuana meeting, telling pot smokers that he supports them a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Why Leland Yee Won the Sierra Club Endorsement

    A snapshot of Leland Yee's environmental record​Somebody has it out for State Sen. Leland Yee -- someone aside from Rush Limbaugh. When the news hit that the highly esteemed Sierra Club tossed its support behind Yee for mayor, the Twitter activity started buzzing; City Hall insiders -- and even re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Leland Yee To Announce Mayoral Run

    Jim HerdLeland Yee, seen here with a werewolf campaigning against Prop. B, aspires to Room 200​Folks at political consultant Jim Stearns' office are playing coy, but let's be realistic: Sen. Leland Yee isn't "making an announcement" at the Department of Elections today to lecture the media on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Pension Reform Prop. B Helmed By Rookie Strategist Darcy Brown

    Darcy Brown's first job as a San Francisco campaign consultant won't be an easy one​On Monday, the Chronicle revealed that consultant Jim Stearns is being tapped to lead labor's charge against Jeff Adachi's Prop. B pension reform measure -- a move that was all but inevitable. Stearns is labor and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Which Is Worse? Newsom Boycotting Press, or Newsom Blowing off Substantive Questions and Being Nasty?

    BrainchildvnI am displeased in you, Hank Plante. ​By now many of you have seen the cringe-worthy Gavin Newsom/Hank Plante interview, an experience every bit as unpleasant as watching Ricky Gervais as David Brent pontificate and condescend in the British version of The Office. Most folks will remem ... More >>

  • News

    July 30, 2008

    Guv candidate Gavin Newsom eligible for $48,000 campaign donations

    BrainchildvnI am displeased in you, Hank Plante. ​By now many of you have seen the cringe-worthy Gavin Newsom/Hank Plante interview, an experience every bit as unpleasant as watching Ricky Gervais as David Brent pontificate and condescend in the British version of The Office. Most folks will remem ... More >>

  • News

    March 5, 2008

    SF Supervisor Aaron Peskin's Message to Newsom: Quit Attacking Me!

    BrainchildvnI am displeased in you, Hank Plante. ​By now many of you have seen the cringe-worthy Gavin Newsom/Hank Plante interview, an experience every bit as unpleasant as watching Ricky Gervais as David Brent pontificate and condescend in the British version of The Office. Most folks will remem ... More >>

  • News

    October 3, 2007

    Willie Brown Declares London Breed a Contender for Mark Leno's Seat

    BrainchildvnI am displeased in you, Hank Plante. ​By now many of you have seen the cringe-worthy Gavin Newsom/Hank Plante interview, an experience every bit as unpleasant as watching Ricky Gervais as David Brent pontificate and condescend in the British version of The Office. Most folks will remem ... More >>

  • News

    November 8, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    November 8-14, 2006

  • News

    October 18, 2006

    Dirty Laundry

    Why Doug Chan may be the best candidate for District 4

  • News

    October 8, 2003

    The Great Left Hope

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

  • News

    September 24, 2003

    Kamala's Karma

    She's smart, she's experienced, and she's running for DA. But she's Willie Brown's ex-girlfriend, and her opponents are trying to crucify her for that.

  • News

    February 21, 2001

    Who Is Clint Reilly, Really?

    He's running for mayor again, and this time he wants to define himself, before his enemies do it for him

  • News

    June 7, 2000

    Thrift and Consequences

    How a supervisor with just $42,500 in income services $1 million in mortgages

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