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Editorial
Following race-based admissions scandal, UC faces a reckoning
Two UCLA schools face federal findings of race-based admissions just as UC faculty warn that students arrive unprepared for college math.
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City Hall Monitor
Journalist to supervisors: calling it 'pragmatic' doesn't hide that you want friendlier Sunshine referees
Richard Nee, a journalist and former member of the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, told the Board of Supervisors that at least one supervisor has said publicly they want to fill the task force with members who take a "pragmatic approach" ...
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City Hall Monitor
SF Planning Commissioner: Formula Retail Review "Pits Business Owners Against Each Other"
During deliberations on a formula retail conditional use permit for Therapy Stores, Commissioner Chyanne Chen raised pointed concerns about the city's formula retail review process itself. She recalled a prior case in which a dessert sho...
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City Hall Monitor
Planning commissioner with 30 years in SF construction: shadow appeals are "weaponized" to kill housing
Commissioner McGarry, speaking from three decades of San Francisco construction experience, told the Planning Commission that shadow objections have been deliberately used as a veto tool against housing projects, not as genuine environme...
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City Hall Monitor
A supervisor's aide says shadow-based CEQA appeals have stalled more than 2,000 SF homes since 2017
A aide presenting the Shade Act on behalf of Supervisor Bilal Mahmood tells the Planning Commission that CEQA appeals built on shadow analysis have delayed or killed more than 2,000 housing units across more than a dozen San Francisco pr...
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City Hall Monitor
Supervisor Melgar: SF clears only 14% of rape cases, half the national average
Supervisor Myrna Melgar tells the Board of Supervisors that San Francisco's rape case clearance rate has fallen to 14%, half the national average, and calls for a joint hearing on chronic understaffing in the SFPD Special Victims Unit. S...
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Discussion
Universal TK, one year in: real relief for parents, but who pays and who gets squeezed?
I run Lux Kids, an afterschool program for families in Southern California, and I started making short takes on California education news for parents who don't have time to follow it. Each one runs about 60 seconds and lists its sources ...
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Editorial
Abuse, Extortion, Racketeering: The Allegations Against SEIU Boss Dave Regan
A complete, sourced timeline of the misconduct allegations against Dave Regan, the SEIU boss behind California's wealth tax — from a 2009 assault claim to a 2026 racketeering suit.
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Editorial
The University of California Is Still Discriminating by Race
Federal investigators say the UC continues to circumvent repeated bans on racial preferences - including the most recent 2023 Supreme Court decision.
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Editorial
San Francisco Is Overhauling How It Pays for Homelessness Services —But the Hard Part Is Still Ahead
Mayor Lurie is rewriting all $500 million of the city's homelessness contracts around outcomes instead of expenses, following years of reporting on providers like HomeRise, which ran a complex where a resident lay dead for twelve days.
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Discussion
Q) fighting ai hate
Ai will lead to the greatest medical advances in 500 years, yet the constant demonization of extreme. Models like facial recognition fill the public’s enthusiasm for the future. How can we reclaim the conversation?
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Discussion
Group 1: Bay Area Housing Policy Reformers
Peninsula, East Bay, and South Bay housing advocates who work at the policy, planning, or legislative level — using state law, charter reform, or planning commissions to unlock housing. Complements the SF builders with a regional policy ...
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Discussion
Group 2: SF Public Safety Reformers
SF residents who have taken concrete action on public safety — supporting Boudin recall, backing Lurie/Jenkins, joining Stop Crime SF, or running for office on a safety platform. They share frustration with progressive policies that prio...
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Discussion
Group 3: SF Anti-Dysfunction Civic Operators
SF residents with deep civic roots — commissioners, former staffers, longtime residents — who are frustrated with city budget waste, departmental dysfunction, and progressive machine politics. They want to fix SF from the inside. **Thin...
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Discussion
Group 4: YC Founder Civic Awakeners – SF
YC-backed founders living in San Francisco who have recently become civically engaged, motivated by SF dysfunction around homelessness, housing, and safety. They bring startup-speed thinking to civic problems and are looking for fellow b...
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Discussion
Group 5: AAPI Civic Leaders – SF & Peninsula
Asian American civic leaders in SF and the Peninsula who are engaging on AAPI representation, anti-Asian crime, meritocracy in education, and community safety. They share an identity-informed pragmatism and frustration with progressive f...
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Discussion
Group 6: SF Education Reformers
SF residents who have taken concrete action to reform public schools — leading school board recalls, opposing union dysfunction, or advocating for accountability over ideology in SFUSD. They share a parent-activist identity and frustrati...
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Discussion
Group 7: South Bay & Silicon Valley Pro-Housing Coalition
San Jose, Fremont, Cupertino, and South Bay residents who support pro-housing reform, tech-sector pragmatism, and results-oriented local governance. They admire Matt Mahan's San Jose leadership and want to build a South Bay civic network...
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Discussion
Group 8: Immigrant Entrepreneur Reformers
First- and second-generation immigrants who built companies and are now civically engaged, motivated by the contrast between their home country's dysfunction and California's untapped potential. They bring authentic free-market, anti-cor...
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Discussion
Group 9: SoCal Pro-Growth Reform Network
Southern California and Central Valley residents — Los Angeles, Mission Viejo, Modesto — who are engaged in pro-housing, pro-growth reform and feel disconnected from the Bay Area-dominated California civic conversation. They want to buil...
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Discussion
Group 10: AI Policy & Ethics Builders
Founders, researchers, and policy professionals who are working on AI policy — not just building AI products, but actively shaping regulation, safety standards, or government adoption of AI. They bridge the technical and policy worlds. ...
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Discussion
Group 11: Fiscal Conservatives & Anti-Tax Reform Advocates
Fiscally conservative Bay Area residents — including CPAs, finance executives, and entrepreneurs — who are focused on government waste, tax burden, and budget accountability. They share Reagan/Lurie-inspired fiscal instincts and frustrat...
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Discussion
Group 12: Transit & Urban Mobility Advocates
Urban transit advocates across the Bay Area who want to fix BART, MUNI, and regional transit through operational reform, fare enforcement, and infrastructure investment — not just more funding. They share an urbanist, pro-density worldvi...
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Discussion
Group 13: Young Founders & Student Civic Leaders
College students, recent graduates, and early-career founders (under ~28) who are becoming civically engaged for the first time — often through frustration with university policies, local dysfunction, or AI's impact on society. They repr...
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Discussion
Group 14: Bay Area Housing Policy Reformers (1 of 7)
Peninsula, East Bay, and South Bay housing advocates who work at the policy, planning, or legislative level — using state law, charter reform, or planning commissions to unlock housing. Complements the SF builders with a regional policy ...
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Discussion
Group 15: Bay Area Housing Policy Reformers (2 of 7)
Peninsula, East Bay, and South Bay housing advocates who work at the policy, planning, or legislative level — using state law, charter reform, or planning commissions to unlock housing. Complements the SF builders with a regional policy ...
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Discussion
Group 16: Bay Area Housing Policy Reformers (3 of 7)
Peninsula, East Bay, and South Bay housing advocates who work at the policy, planning, or legislative level — using state law, charter reform, or planning commissions to unlock housing. Complements the SF builders with a regional policy ...
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Discussion
Group 17: Bay Area Housing Policy Reformers (4 of 7)
Peninsula, East Bay, and South Bay housing advocates who work at the policy, planning, or legislative level — using state law, charter reform, or planning commissions to unlock housing. Complements the SF builders with a regional policy ...
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Discussion
Group 18: Bay Area Housing Policy Reformers (5 of 7)
Peninsula, East Bay, and South Bay housing advocates who work at the policy, planning, or legislative level — using state law, charter reform, or planning commissions to unlock housing. Complements the SF builders with a regional policy ...
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Discussion
Group 19: Bay Area Housing Policy Reformers (6 of 7)
Peninsula, East Bay, and South Bay housing advocates who work at the policy, planning, or legislative level — using state law, charter reform, or planning commissions to unlock housing. Complements the SF builders with a regional policy ...
