Senior Politics Reporter

Josh Koehn

United Council of Human Services has been plagued by allegations of financial impropriety and had its nonprofit status suspended last year.

The chemical additives used in food dyes are already banned in the European Union based on public health concerns.

In his proposed budget, the mayor eliminated four positions from the Ethics Commission.

Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen is the largest donor in the race, giving $100,000 in attempt to unseat a sitting jurist.

Legal vendors in the Mission say that permit enforcement is minimal, and new legislation could drown them with an overflow of unpermitted peddlers.