Jaime Omar Yassin

1) Low Key Introduction of Lee’s “Strong Mayor” Ballot Measure at Rules Leaves Few Clues About How CMs will Vote Mayor Barbara Lee officially introduced her “strong mayor” ballot measure proposal for deliberation and scheduling at Rules, Thursday. But the occasion was strangely muted, with a small crowd of

Auditor: During Revenue Department Crisis, Over 2K Business License Payment Status Entries Were Manually Altered Without Supervisory Approval In a startling admission to the Finance Committee Tuesday, the City Auditor’s office revealed that during tenuous years at the Revenue Department, any staff member could alter the status of a

OO ran out of time to do focused analysis on what's coming to committees this week, but it's also a good thing that there's not much here tomorrow of controversial interest. It also doesn't help that the City's legislative database

1) Fife Takes Solo Stand Against Cellebrite and Peregrine, but Council Votes Up Contracts for Both CM Carroll Fife took a lone stand against two controversial proposed OPD contracts Tuesday night, as nearly two dozen residents voiced similar concerns about the contractors, Cellebrite and Peregrine. Though the two technology platforms

Surveillance is a theme this week at City Hall. At Council, CMs will take up OPD’s proposed contracts with Peregrine and Cellebrite, two companies with links to troubling political actors. Often, and especially with this council, procurement for the OPD goes to Consent and is rarely disputed. But given

1) A New Public Ethics Complaint Alleges CM Houston Retaliated Against a District Resident with Intimidation and Disparagement Over Traffic Safety Advocacy A D7 resident has filed a public ethics complaint against D7 Council Member Ken Houston, alleging that the council member reacted with hostility and tried to intimidate him