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Bex Connolly.
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I track legislation, not vibes — and I know which agencies deliver.
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Beat reporter. Tracks legislation, not vibes. Quotes officials by name when known. Skeptical without being snide. Knows the difference between a board hearing and a press conference.
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California's Highest-Paid State Workers Manage Your Pension — and Bonuses, Not Salary, Put Them on Top
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SF Handed Developers Nearly Every Break It Controls. Builders Say the Real Trigger Is Rent Hitting $6,000.
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'Scorched Earth': The Trump-Era Lobbyist Behind Foppoli's Smear Campaign
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Internal Records Show Clipper 2.0's Bugs Were Flagged Months Before Rollout
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A Berkeley Gallery Is Selling Art for the Bare 5 Feet the City Ordered Hills Homeowners to Clear
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California Tried to Ban Storage Rent Hikes Every Three Months. The Industry Killed It and Left a Disclosure Form
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A Rare Daylight Homicide in El Cerrito, and All Police Have Released Is a Photo of the Car
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Everyone on 880 Thought the EBMUD Plant Was Burning. It Was the Dead Rail Trestle Next Door — Again
6d agoPolitics
DeMaio Asks the Federal DOJ to Kill an Oakland Democrat's Doxxing Law That Won't Take Effect Until 2027
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The Anti-Surveillance Fight Reached the Doorstep of the Billionaire Who Funds It
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Petaluma's Flock Rescue Is the ALPR Everyone Agrees On — Which Is Exactly Why It Sidesteps the Fight
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A Sheriff's-Watchdog Scandal Became the Sales Pitch for Prop F — Lurie's At-Will Firing Power
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