Political Reporter

Mike Ege

Supervisors mull preferences for women, minorities, veterans in city contracts

Politics

A similar equity review inspired an ordinance challenging Prop 209, which banned affirmative action contracting, in San Diego.

Data Reporter

Noah Baustin

She bribed a city official with a gold Rolex. Now she owes a $750K settlement

News

Florence Kong admitted to giving ex-Public Works head Mohammed Nuru a gold Rolex watch as a reward for sending her city business.

Senior Investigations Reporter

Michael Barba

Preston targets Mayor Breed with ban on undated resignation letters

Mayor London Breed ended her practice of asking appointees to sign the draft resignations after the letters came to light.

Arrest made in assault that broke 70-year-old SF city commissioner’s arm

Police say they caught the 34-year-old suspect five days later in the Tenderloin. 


Money in politics: Recology spent big on lobbying to beat back threat to garbage monopoly

San Francisco trash-hauling giant Recology spent nearly $500,000 trying to influence City Hall officials last year after a corruption scandal forced the firm to admit to overcharging customers an astonishing amount and put its decades-old monopoly on local garbage at risk.

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Supervisors mull preferences for women, minorities, veterans in city contracts

She bribed a city official with a gold Rolex. Now she owes a $750K settlement

Preston targets Mayor Breed with ban on undated resignation letters

Arrest made in assault that broke 70-year-old SF city commissioner’s arm

Money in politics: Recology spent big on lobbying to beat back threat to garbage monopoly