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CEQA change moves faster in SF than Sacto

04.16.13 - 3:45 pm | Tim Redmond |
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So the Guv says he doesn't think he's going to be able to gut CEQA this year. I think he's right: The party he supposedly leads (but doesn't tend to follow him) won't go for it, any more than the party Obama leads will got for cuts to Social Security.Read more »

Boston, a day later

04.16.13 - 1:02 pm | Tim Redmond |
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It's hard to know what to say about the Boston Marathon bombings. Except that I don't believe the guy on the roof did it, and I don't believe the government did it to get its hand down our pants, and nobody has any idea if some organized domestic or foreign terrorist group was responsible or if it was a lone nut. Read more »

An art benefit -- for the artists

04.16.13 - 10:57 am | Tim Redmond |
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All sorts of political campaigns and causes raise money by asking artists to donate work that can be auctioned off. It's not often that the artists themselves get the benefits.

So Matt Gonzalez -- former supervisor, longtime criminal defense lawyer, and big fan of local arts -- is putting together a different type of fund-raiser. It's an art auction -- to benefit the artists.Read more »

Faux cabs: A tourism industry perspective

04.15.13 - 5:34 pm | Tim Redmond |
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I got a fascinating letter from a person who's worked in the tourism business in San Francisco for many years, and he's very worried about the impact of the faux cabs on the city's biggest industry. Here's his note:Read more »

Treasure Island: Is this the end?

04.15.13 - 1:42 pm | Tim Redmond |
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So Mayor Lee goes to China with plans to celebrate the signing of a deal that would bring $1.7 billion in Chinese investment into the lagging Treasure Island redevelopment project, and instead the whole thing falls apart. Not good for the cross-Bay rivalry: Gov. Brown, a former mayor of Oakland, landed $1.8 billion in Chinese money for his city's big project, while Lee lost out.Read more »

When conservatives love Leno

04.15.13 - 12:47 pm | Tim Redmond |
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State Sen. Mark Leno is used to facing opposition. His efforts to regulate chemicals, end gender discrimination in insurance, and force cell-phone makers to come clean about radiation levels put him up against some of the most powerful interest groups in the state. Read more »

Ron Lanza, queer impressario, dies at 78

04.12.13 - 1:50 pm | Tim Redmond |
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Ron Lanza, a pioneer in San Francisco’s gay rights movement and an impressario who promoted queer arts through the worst of the AIDS crisis, has died after a long battle with colon cancer. He was 78.Read more »

Dealing with the faux cabs

04.11.13 - 12:33 pm | Tim Redmond |
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Lots of comments on my article outlining the problems with the fake cabs that are riding around town without medallions or proper screening. The main complaint the trolls have appears to be their dislike of cab drivers and the difficulty of getting a cab in some places and at certain times. I've never had a bad experience with an SF cab driver in 30 years of living here and taking cabs, but I'm sure there are others who have; no industry is perfect.Read more »

What cabs really do

Don't deregulate cabs out of being the essential city service that they are

04.09.13 - 6:57 pm | Tim Redmond |
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tredmond@sfbg.com

EDITORS NOTES There are two ways to look at the taxicab industry in San Francisco: Either it's purely a business, out to serve customers with the products that are most profitable -- or it's part of the city's public transportation infrastructure, and thus subject to regulations that ensure all parts of the city are properly served.Read more »

Where the wild dogs are

An opinionated guide to local parks where your canine can run free

04.09.13 - 6:50 pm | Tim Redmond and Emily Savage |
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San Francisco has more dogs than children, which might be a comment on the price of housing — even the largest canine companion doesn't need a bedroom. But with all of those furry beasts seeking exercise in a dense urban area, the city's made a point of finding places for dogs to run, romp, and play — with some success, and some ... well, not such great success.Read more »