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Hannah Wiley
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Deputy politics editor at The San Francisco Standard. Before: Los Angeles Times & Sacramento Bee.
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Newsom rejects GOP warnings, sends new congressional maps to voters

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Newsom sends new district maps to voters for November election
Prop. 50, which Newsom dubbed the “Election Rigging Response Act,” is California’s response to gerrymandering efforts by President Trump and Texas Republicans.
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August 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Newsom’s trolls: Meet the soldiers leading the governor’s anti-MAGA meme war

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Meet the trolls leading Newsom’s online anti-MAGA war
Izzy Gardon and Brandon Richards are leading a social media blitz against Trump and his allies.
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August 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
July/August pie updates. I am getting better!
I admittedly skipped July because life is 🤪 right now so I present two pies for August.

A peach pie with my BEST crust to date and a blueberry pie that, despite my forgetting the egg wash and skipping a few baking steps, was by far more popular. Proving looks are not everything!
August 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Engardio recall ballots are sent to 50,000 Sunset voters. What to know about Prop. A / ✍️ @lihanlihan.bsky.social

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Prop. A explainer: Why is Joel Engardio facing a recall?
The effort to remove the supervisor from office began with his support for Prop. K, which closed the Great Highway to cars and ignited a political firestorm on the west side.
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August 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Reposted by Hannah Wiley
The start of the school year in the United States poses new threats for the spread of measles amid a record-breaking year for cases and lagging vaccination rates.
A massive US measles outbreak has slowed but the start of the school year brings renewed risk of spread | CNN
Texas hasn’t reported a new outbreak-related measles case in nearly a month — a hopeful sign that one of the largest outbreaks the United States has seen in decades is starting to slow. But the measle...
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August 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
ICYMI: Lurie spends big bucks on private consultants to bolster public image

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SF mayor pays $350K his own money on army of consultants
Mayor Daniel Lurie continues to pay a team of consultants to help craft his public image after his campaign shattered election spending records.
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August 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
SF Mayor Daniel Lurie won election after dumping $9.5 million of his own money into the race.

Now in office, new records show he continues to spend big bucks on private consultants to bolster his public image.

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SF mayor pays $350K his own money on army of consultants
Mayor Daniel Lurie continues to pay a team of consultants to help craft his public image after his campaign shattered election spending records.
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August 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Reposted by Hannah Wiley
Across the country, antigovernment “sovereign citizens” are flooding states and counties with liens, alleging government officials owe them money or property, a tactic the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service have identified as a form of “paper terrorism.”

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How people are weaponizing state systems: ‘We file liens that crush their credit’
Financing statements — meant to record legitimate business liens — are now a vehicle for conspiracy-laced claims, trillion-dollar demands and vendettas against politicians, businesses and public emplo...
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July 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
As Texas eyes redistricting, Newsom pledges to fight fire with fire

“Everything is at stake if we are not successful next year in taking back the House of Representatives,” the governor said Friday.

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Newsom wants California to fight Texas for congressional power in 2026
The two states have entered an all-out redistricting battle to determine which party takes control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 election. “Everything is at stake if we are not succ...
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July 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Opinion: Three things San Francisco Democrats can learn from Mamdani’s win in NYC

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Opinion | Three things San Francisco Democrats can learn from Mamdani’s win in NYC
Mamdani may not be the savior the left craves, but his win has important lessons for San Francisco's Democrats
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July 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
‘God is the only one who can stop him’: Fearing Trump and ICE, SF immigrants go underground

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Bracing for the ICE storm: SF immigrants go underground
Empty shops, workers staying home, and some even self-deporting. This isn’t the calm before the storm, but an anxious scramble — a collective rush to bar the doors, board up the windows, and get the h...
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July 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
‘It’s insulting’: LA Times owner stuns staff with plans to go public

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‘It’s insulting’: LA Times owner stuns staff with plans to go public
Inside the newspaper, the announcement landed with a thud.
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July 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Reposted by Hannah Wiley
A federal judge grilled a Trump administration lawyer during a crucial hearing on a lawsuit brought by Harvard University over the government’s decision to cancel billions of dollars in federal funds for the school.
Judge Challenges Trump Administration in Hearing on Harvard Funding
In a courtroom in Boston on Monday, a lawyer for Harvard called the Trump administration’s case against the school “cooked up.”
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July 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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2028 hopefuls aren't waiting for the DNC to set the presidential calendar; they’re testing the waters for themselves in South Carolina.
Democrats in South Carolina are barely pretending they're not already running for president
A whole lot of 2028 Democratic hopefuls seem to be visiting the state.
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July 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
ICYMI: ‘A Ponzi scheme’: Lawmakers skewer leaders of disgraced parks nonprofit

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Lawmakers grill leaders of disgraced SF parks nonprofit
Supervisors are probing the former leadership of the Parks Alliance, a once-influential nonprofit that closed in June after allegations of financial misconduct.
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July 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Darkened dreams: How a nonprofit for the blind squandered a $125 million windfall

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SF nonprofit went from $125M gift to fight for survival
A mysterious $125M gift transformed the San Francisco LightHouse for the Blind and Visually impaired. A decade later, layoffs, protests, and financial losses leave the nonprofit fighting to survive.
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July 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
City Hall’s ‘incredibly hard’ budget is done. Here are the winners and losers

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SF's budget battle is done. Who won and who lost?
The Board of Supervisors approved Mayor Daniel Lurie’s budget. Progressive Board of Supervisor member Jackie Fielder was the sole “no” vote.
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July 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Under pressure from Lurie, citywide homeless shelters go from mandate to suggestion / ✍️ @lihanlihan.bsky.social

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SF mayor, supervisors reach compromise on citywide shelter plan
The original bill mandated that each supervisorial district approve at least one homeless shelter by mid-2026, but faced pushback from Mayor Daniel Lurie.
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July 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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San Francisco balances on thin blue line with Trump ICE arrests
Violent clashes involving federal agents have raised difficulty questions inside the SFPD and City Hall.
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July 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
City attorneys warned commissioner about potential ethics breach. She ignored them

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City warned official about ethics breach with former employer
Planning Commissioner Kathrin Moore approved multiple projects for her former employer, architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, despite being warned by city attorneys that her votes could violat...
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July 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The new rules of SF’s drug markets / ✍️ David Sjostedt

"It’s past San Francisco’s bedtime. The buses have mostly stopped running, and the skyline has dimmed. But many of the city’s drug dealers are just clocking in for work."

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The new rules of SF's drug markets
Despite a highly publicized crackdown over the past two years, the illegal drug market lives on.
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July 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Introducing the GavTracker: Our non-scientific Gavin Newsom presidential forecaster sfstandard.com/2025/07/08/n...
The GavTracker: Will Newsom run for president in 2028?
Today we launch the GavTracker, a tool to track whether the ambitious California governor appears more or less likely to launch a bid for the White House in 2028.
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July 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
City official got paid by architecture firm while approving its projects

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SF official got paid by architecture firm while approving its projects
A member of the SF planning commission earns up to $100K in income from an architecture firm while approving its projects, The Standard has learned.
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July 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM