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Former SF Supervisor Malia Cohen Becomes President of Police Commission

Malia Cohen, who served on SF's Board of Supervisors from 2011 to 2019 and who joined the city's Police Commission last August, has just been elected its new president.

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How Does Your Supervisor Kill Time On The Internet? An Analysis

Anyone who’s endured any portion of a weekly San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting knows that these are godawfully long and dull affairs during which no sentient human could ever avoid the

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SF, Oakland Could Ban Flavored Tobacco Products Including Menthol Cigarettes

These are some #flavoredtobacco products purchased in stores across our city. We don't want these sold in #SF #FocusOnFlavors #StopProfiling pic.twitter.com/NZatm1capA — Malia Cohen (@MaliaCohen) April 18, 2017 San

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Luxury Apartment Ad Declares Bayview 'The Next Mission,' And Supervisor Cohen Is Not Having It

Advertisements for a luxury housing development in the Bayview that celebrate the idea of the neighborhood becoming "the next Mission" have been pulled after they rankled Bayview residents like Supervisor Malia

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395-Unit Potrero Development Approved After Supervisor's (Joking) Request For Bribe

The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve what will be one of the largest housing developments to grace the Portrero Hill neighborhood. The Business Times reports that the 9-to-1 vote

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Banned From Numerous SF Streets, Homeless Czar Now Wants RV Park For Homeless Vehicle-Dwellers

It was back in 2012 when the city of San Francisco started banning the overnight parking of "oversized" vehicles. The prohibitions were an effort to keep otherwise homeless folks living in

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Supervisors Already Annoyed About Super Bowl, Still Don't Know What It Will Cost City

Echoing some of the back-and-forth that happened leading up to the 2013 America's Cup, several of SF's Board of Supervisors are continuing to voice concerns about how

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Muni Wires Won't Come Down, Super Bowl Fan Village Being Reconfigured

It appears that the Super Bowl Host Committee sensed the growing public furor over a proposal to remove the overhead Muni wires and disrupt a bunch of surface transit on Market Street, and

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Bill O'Reilly Wants To Send Supervisor Malia Cohen To Jail

On last night's The O'Reilly Factor, the eponymous host lashed out at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for voting to kill a proposed ordinance that would have impacted

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How The Police Union Intimidated Supervisors Into Voting Against Police Brutality Resolution

Remember the non-binding resolution, introduced by Supervisor John Avalos, that caused a stir among the SFPD and its union back in December? Well, the Examiner has now unearthed the strong-arming emails

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Pinterest Gives Up On The Design Center

Remember how Pinterest wanted to lease 100,000 square feet of office space at 2 Henry Adams Street at Showplace Square in the Design District, forcing the eviction of dozens of small wholesale

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As Supervisor's Gun Task Force Is Debated, Three More Die Violently On SF Streets

In recent days, San Francisco has seen three young men die violently, all in areas overseen by a San Francisco Supervisor who has been taken to task for making what critics describe as

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San Francisco Candidates' War Chests, By The Numbers

Hey, maybe you heard that we have an election in San Francisco this November? With all the sturm und drang over ballot measures on taxing sodas, raising the minimum wage and protecting drivers,

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Supe Laughs At Homeless Man's Cell Phone Use

On Thursday, the state Public Utilities Commission expanded Lifeline, a landline phone service that donates free landlines to the poor, with cell phones. This is a good thing for many reasons -- e.g.

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Crisis Pregnancy Centers on the Hook for Misleading Ads

In today's consumer advocacy news, Bayview/Hunter's Point supervisor Malia Cohen is baring her teeth to go after misleading information from crisis pregnancy centers like First Resort or Alpha

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Supervisor Malia Cohen Loses Condo to Foreclosure

Another nugget from Matier & Ross this a.m.: Newly seated District 10 Supervisor Malia Cohen is one of the many in the country who was the victim of predatory lending, and her