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Elected 2021
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Bay Area lawmaker says AI companies’ attempts to stifle regulation will ‘backfire’
Aug 30, 2025
“It can’t be that this arms race for AI comes at the expense of innocent lives,” Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan said in a Q&A with The Standard.
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Ex-leader of Dream Keeper Initiative under criminal investigation, sources say
Aug 25, 2025
Sheryl Davis, who ran former Mayor London Breed’s signature program for the city’s Black community, resigned last fall amid allegations of financial misconduct.
Scandal rocked this SF nonprofit. Now it’s fighting for its life
Aug 19, 2025
During a hearing about whether Collective Impact can receive public funding again, investigators said the nonprofit refused to hand over crucial financial information.
‘A Ponzi scheme’: Lawmakers skewer leaders of disgraced parks nonprofit
Jul 17, 2025
Supervisors on the Government Audit and Oversight Committee were left frustrated Thursday with answers from former Parks Alliance executives.
City attorneys warned commissioner about potential ethics breach. She ignored them
Jul 15, 2025
After an investigation by The Standard, Kathrin Moore said she would stop voting on projects by an architecture firm from which she receives income.
City official got paid by architecture firm while approving its projects
Jul 3, 2025
Kathrin Moore receives up to $100K a year from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, whose developments she’s helped advance on the planning commission.
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