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Should There Be Historical Preservation of Deeply Ugly Buildings?

Real Irish Not Dancing Jig Over Bawdy St. Patrick's Day Hi-Jinks

It takes more than a green suit and a buzz to make you Irish...​Bridget McManus' sister-in-law is in town from Ireland this week. And, as you can imagine, today is a momentous day for an Irish visitor. Naturally, she went to church first thing in the morning. After all -- it is St. Patrick's Day. ... More >>

S.F. Ticketing Program Could Open Costly Pandora's Box For City

Joe EskenaziFormer SPOT director Pat Tobin lectures a mover during a hearing. Contractors claim such hearings denied them their right to due process -- and members of the Police Commission worry this could be true.Wednesday night's hearing regarding a controversial police ticketing program was not n ... More >>

An Odd Tradition: Thousands of Dollars Flood to Winning S.F. Supes After Polls Close -- From Their Enemies

Joe EskenaziSupervisor John Avalos admits that taking post-election donations from former political enemies looks bad -- but having a massive campaign debt is badYou'd think making a donation to a San Francisco supervisorial candidate would be a bit like a horse race: You make your "bets," you cheer ... More >>

Building Overtime

Off-duty police officers making time and a half are swarming over construction sites, handing out tickets. Only in S.F.

Pay to Sway

Developers are funding junkets, buying equipment, and throwing parties for city planning staff. It doesn't smell right.

Readers Respond to Article on SF's New Seismic Standards, or Lack Thereof

Developers are funding junkets, buying equipment, and throwing parties for city planning staff. It doesn't smell right.

Up Theirs, Please

As a favor to a columnizing colleague, Social Grace gives San Francisco's swearing-obsessed politicians some damn good advice on cleaning up their whiny fucking acts

The Mayor's Quake Insurance Program

Stop the presses: a column in praise of Gavin Newsom's political courage in support of the public interest

The Daly Show

Why a supervisor needs to feel some love and back off a counterproductive assault on a nonprofit housing agency

The Looking-Glass Campaign

For Gavin Newsom and Matt Gonzalez, ideological labels may be misleading, or even drawkcab

Losin' It

Can Wade and O'Donoghue keep up in this brave broke world?

Griftin' on the Dock of the Bay

How waterfront developer Carl Ernst fished for political influence to help his struggling Pier 38 project

Letters

A Candidate's Complaint

Dog Bites

Hawaiian Shirts, Expensive Condos, and the Hoochie People

The Sound of Politics

District election format makes neighborhood singer Tony Hall a real challenge to Supervisor Mabel Teng

Mission Implacable

Peter Glikshtern used a tire iron on four interlopers in his Mission District bar. Then he beat their lawyer's attempt to make the fight a political caues.

Dog Bites

The Return of the Insider

Breaking Ranks

Union leaders endorsed Willie Brown, but the rank and file has other ideas

Cothran

Choke Hold on City Hall

Dog Bites

Choke Hold on City Hall

Cothran

Choke Hold on City Hall

Cothran

Choke Hold on City Hall

Disaster Corts the Mission

Choke Hold on City Hall

Cothran

Choke Hold on City Hall

Cothran

Choke Hold on City Hall

Letters

Choke Hold on City Hall

Healthy Investment

Ignore Davis, Fang, O'Donoghue, and Roselli; here's how renovating Laguna Honda could save taxpayers $500 million

Riff Raff

Ignore Davis, Fang, O'Donoghue, and Roselli; here's how renovating Laguna Honda could save taxpayers $500 million

Mecklin

Ignore Davis, Fang, O'Donoghue, and Roselli; here's how renovating Laguna Honda could save taxpayers $500 million

Randy Shaw's Power Plays

Sixteen years ago, Randy Shaw started a housing clinic with $50 and a good idea: educating tenants. Now he's got more than $900,000 a year to spend -- and clout to match.