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Now Lurie is grasping for more power, looking to SPUR, the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association, a conservative think tank for inspiration. SPUR was responsible for guiding urban renewal projects in the 1950s and 60s that saw the displacement of a once-thriving Black community in the city’s Fillmore District. Recently, SPUR issued Charter for Change, a scheme that Phoenix Project columnist Exavier Morrison-Wells describes as a scheme “to strip San Francisco governance of democratic friction.”
Ayah Ali-Ahmad
Michael Barba, Brooke Park
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City Hall
Is San Francisco’s homeless point-in-time count pointless?
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Politics
Political Notes: CA LGBTQ candidates see race lineup changes
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A San Francisco congressional candidate has a not-so-secret weapon: Being Chinese
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Trump links Greenland threats to Nobel snub as Europe eyes tariff retaliation
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Public Safety
Man says he was hurt by a Zoox in S.F., but robotaxi company calls contact ‘unavoidable’
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Workweek Catchup: San Francisco Records First Homicide of 2026 After Mission District Shooting
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Man dies days after assault in San Francisco; suspect arrested
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Immigration
What You Need to Know About Filming ICE
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Bay Area Turns to Protest and Service on MLK Day Amid Trump Immigration Policies
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Business
SF Food News This Week: Taco Bell’s Hyped, Waterfront Cantina Opens in SF Tourist Hot Spot
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PG&E to test equipment damaged in December fire during planned Civic Center outage
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Silicon Valley is done watching you sleep. Now it’s getting handsy in the bedroom
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Culture
SF’s best cheap eats, according to a panel of restaurant pros
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Human Rights
Demonstrators in San Francisco call for regime change in Iran
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Demonstrators in San Francisco show solidarity with Iranian protesters, call for regime change
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Opinion
Time is running out for the Giants to make critical offseason upgrades
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Arts and Events
Community in San Francisco remembers beloved alligator Claude
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Bad Bunny Disappoints Local Short Fans With Height Requirement for Super Bowl Show Staff
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Green Day to Open Super Bowl 60 With Special Ceremony Honoring Six Decades of MVPs
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Miscellaneous
Sunday Links: 3,600 Civic Center PG&E Customers to Lose Power for 12 Hours Monday for Repairs
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Planned TL power outage tonight — tell your neighbors!
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