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Daniel Lurie’s bizarre, cynical pick for Sunset supervisor sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Daniel Lurie’s bizarre, cynical pick for Sunset supervisor
By appointing an unqualified, inexperienced candidate to the Board of Supervisors, the mayor is acting like the president he dare not name. It may come back to haunt him.
sfstandard.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Daniel Lurie’s bizarre, cynical pick for Sunset supervisor sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Daniel Lurie’s battle against city bureaucrats has only just begun sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Daniel Lurie’s battle against city bureaucrats has only just begun
When the administration steered a contract to a firm with ties to the mayor, it wasn’t playing favorites. It was showing who’s in charge.
sfstandard.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Daniel Lurie’s battle against city bureaucrats has only just begun sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Daniel Lurie’s art of the deal sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Daniel Lurie’s art of the deal
By playing to Donald Trump’s vanity while “very nicely” requesting he stay out of town, the mayor fended off a federal invasion.
sfstandard.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Daniel Lurie’s art of the deal sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
The audacity of Marc Benioff sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
The audacity of Marc Benioff
To distract from his National Guard comments, the CEO tried to get San Franciscans to believe Salesforce was growing its local investments. It’s not even close to true.
sfstandard.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The audacity of Marc Benioff sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
The case against Prop 50 — and why I’m voting for it anyway sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
The case against Prop 50 — and why I’m voting for it anyway
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s gerrymandering effort is an abomination. But it illustrates just how dire the situation in this country has become.
sfstandard.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The case against Prop 50 — and why I’m voting for it anyway sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
In the debate over Lurie’s Family Zoning Plan, emotions are still trumping facts sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
In the debate over Lurie’s Family Zoning Plan, emotions are still trumping facts
I called the mayor’s upzoning scheme “incremental.” Some readers were having none of it.
sfstandard.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
In the debate over Lurie’s Family Zoning Plan, emotions are still trumping facts sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Lurie’s rezoning plan is radicalizing foes — even though there’s nothing radical about it sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Lurie’s rezoning plan is radicalizing foes — even though there’s nothing radical about it
The mayor’s “family zoning plan” is raising neighborhood advocates’ ire, despite it being modest, incremental, and necessary.
sfstandard.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Lurie’s rezoning plan is radicalizing foes — even though there’s nothing radical about it sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
The sad truth of the Engardio recall: Democrats and Lurie hung an ally out to dry sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
The sad truth of the Engardio recall: Democrats and Lurie hung an ally out to dry
The moderate group that took over San Francisco’s Democratic Party did some weaselly stuff in an effort to avoid supporting Supervisor Joel Engardio.
sfstandard.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The sad truth of the Engardio recall: Democrats and Lurie hung an ally out to dry sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Aaron Peskin’s successor wants to undo his legacy. At least one local merchant can’t wait sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Aaron Peskin’s successor wants to undo his legacy. At least one local merchant can’t wait
With one fell swoop, District 3 Supervisor Danny Sauter is trying to clean out some of the legislative sludge his predecessor left behind.
sfstandard.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Aaron Peskin’s successor wants to undo his legacy. At least one local merchant can’t wait sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
An SF committee chair wants to kill off her own commission. It’s a great start. sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Prop E task force makes progress in cleaning up San Francisco's commission problem
San Francisco’s 130 advisory bodies and committees collectively cost $34 million to operate, an investment that’s getting harder and harder for City Hall to countenance.
sfstandard.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
An SF committee chair wants to kill off her own commission. It’s a great start. sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
A politician wants to make it even harder to open a business. An ally made her think twice sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
A politician wants to make it even harder to open a business. An ally made her think twice
The scene that unfolded at a recent commission meeting gave me hope that sanity is beginning to prevail in San Francisco.
sfstandard.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A politician wants to make it even harder to open a business. An ally made her think twice sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
SF schools chief wants focus on kids, not culture wars. If only it were so easy sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
SFUSD superintendent Maria Su faces a year of challenges
Maria Su is amiable, politically astute, and always on message. But will that be enough to save a school district on fire?
sfstandard.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
SF schools chief wants focus on kids, not culture wars. If only it were so easy sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: Why do SF supervisors ‘suck at governing’? Here’s a prime example sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion | Why do SF supervisors ‘suck at governing’? Here’s a prime example
A board fight over outmoded contracting rules and a powerless citizen’s panel shows the city can’t break its old, bad habits.
sfstandard.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Opinion: Why do SF supervisors ‘suck at governing’? Here’s a prime example sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: The missing details of Daniel Lurie’s homelessness pivot sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion | The missing details of Daniel Lurie's homelessness pivot
I asked the mayor's homeless czar to explain what success for their new plan looks like. His answer: We’ll know it when we see it.
sfstandard.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Opinion: The missing details of Daniel Lurie’s homelessness pivot sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: Daniel Lurie is taking exactly the right approach to Trump sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion | Lurie mum on Trump. Good!
It’d be more fun if Lurie teed off on Trump. But not better for San Francisco.
sfstandard.com
June 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Opinion: Daniel Lurie is taking exactly the right approach to Trump sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: Can tax-code tweaks keep businesses from fleeing SF? sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion | Solid approach to business taxes in SF
Think business taxes are boring? You’re not wrong. But they’re important.
sfstandard.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Opinion: Can tax-code tweaks keep businesses from fleeing SF? sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: By caving to labor, Daniel Lurie fails his first big test as mayor sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion | By caving to labor, Daniel Lurie fails his first big test as mayor
He avoided angering the city's powerful unions by blunting the budget axe. But he may have missed a golden political opportunity.
sfstandard.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Opinion: By caving to labor, Daniel Lurie fails his first big test as mayor sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: Daniel Lurie’s budget-by-fire sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion | Daniel Lurie’s bad-answers-only budget - The San Francisco Standard
Does he squander goodwill with necessary cuts? Or kick the can down the road with accounting trickery? Either way, budget season may end in tears.
sfstandard.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Opinion: Daniel Lurie’s budget-by-fire sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: These supervisors have a good idea to fight homelessness. The mayor should reject it anyway sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion | These supervisors have a good idea to fight homelessness. The mayor should reject it anyway
A bill by Bilal Mahmood and Shamann Walton seeks to spread the pain all over the city. Daniel Lurie wants to gut it — for good reason.
sfstandard.com
May 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Opinion: These supervisors have a good idea to fight homelessness. The mayor should reject it anyway sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: The Nordstrom follies: How bad laws and whiny neighbors are slowing SF’s comeback sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion | The Nordstrom follies: How bad laws and whiny neighbors are slowing SF's comeback
Opposition might keep a prime retail space from being filled. It's another example of the city's out-of-control kvetchocracy.
sfstandard.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Opinion: The Nordstrom follies: How bad laws and whiny neighbors are slowing SF’s comeback sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: Are school closings back on the table? Maria Su is ready for the conversation sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion | Are school closings back on the table? Maria Su is ready for the conversation
A sit-down with the SFUSD superintendent as she passes the six-month mark of her nearly-impossible job.
sfstandard.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Opinion: Are school closings back on the table? Maria Su is ready for the conversation sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
I don't think anyone would disagree that getting the biggest employers in SF to return to the office more days a week is necessary for downtown revitalization.
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Opinion | Daniel Lurie's corporate 'partners' need to get serious, put butts in seats
The mayor is cajoling reluctant city workers back to their municipal cubicles. Now he needs to push his friends in the corporate world to do the same.
sfstandard.com
May 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I don't think anyone would disagree that getting the biggest employers in SF to return to the office more days a week is necessary for downtown revitalization.
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My latest column in The San Francisco Standard
If Steve Hilton wants to be California governor, he should ditch the MAGA baggage sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
If Steve Hilton wants to be California governor, he should ditch the MAGA baggage sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion | If Steve Hilton wants to be California governor, he should ditch the MAGA baggage - The San Francisco Standard
The Fox News host will need to appeal to a much wider base if he wants to pull a Schwarzenegger. So far, he's doing the opposite.
sfstandard.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My latest column in The San Francisco Standard
If Steve Hilton wants to be California governor, he should ditch the MAGA baggage sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
If Steve Hilton wants to be California governor, he should ditch the MAGA baggage sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: 100 days in, Daniel Lurie is still enjoying his honeymoon. Can he keep it going? sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion | 100 days in, Daniel Lurie is still enjoying his honeymoon. Can he keep it going?
An early-term assessment of the political neophyte who's shown an uncanny instinct for being a politician.
sfstandard.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Opinion: 100 days in, Daniel Lurie is still enjoying his honeymoon. Can he keep it going? sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: ‘Truly disgusted’: SF legal legend on Trump — and the law firms caving to him sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion | SF lawyer John Keker fights back against MAGA intimidation
He loves literature and Napoleon. President Trump? Not so much. A litigator makes his case for why lawyers must stand up for each other.
sfstandard.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Opinion: ‘Truly disgusted’: SF legal legend on Trump — and the law firms caving to him sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...