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We do a quick analysis of the most recent election (featuring some insightful observations from our friend and former United Democratic Club president Bobak Esfandiari) before getting into an EXHAUSTIVE analysis of the state of the upcoming may
Season 2 begins! We've got updates on what we've been up to, what to look forward to in upcoming episodes, and launch into the upcoming election season with an explainer on the 7 ballot measures on the March ballot (which you can do early votin
Today's remote recording was recorded live on site the Civic Center Carnival which was fun for us to record, but there were some challenges which we won't spoil in the description but will leave it to our listeners to discover.Today's Topic du
With no identifiable major topic, for today's episode we settled on a rapid-fire run through of a number of issues and topics. Spoiler alert: there's a singalong at one point.
After catching up on all our summer travels the aftermath of the Dolores Hill Bomb event is discussed with fun advocate Nate Albee. Also covered is the Chron's investigative piece on the network of dealers flowing from a small town in the Hondu
Sorry for the break! A previous show recorded live at Zuni Cafe turned out to have too much background noise to be usable (who could have possibly guessed?). Today we discuss the tragic shooting of Banko Brown, and interview San Francisco's new
We recorded this episode on Monday, April 3rd, moments after learning the shocking news about legendary drag queen Heklina, a beloved figure in the nightlife scene. We carried on, as Heklina would have wanted us to, and covered the Doom Loop, a
It has, as the kids say, been a minute since we dove into housing. This has been a top 3 issue in SF for many years, and while an hour isn't a lot of time, we did manage to cover a lot of ground. We also learned some things about Ben and his re
Today's Topic Du Jour is Healthy San Francisco a policy that collected hundreds of millions of dollars from businesses for worker healthcare that never wound up helping the workers. The City now wants to move the money into the General Fund whe
Today, after bemoaning recent misfortunes that have fallen on Fun Policers, we talk about the recent election (after 17 ballots!) of Supervisor Aaron Peskin to the presidency of the Board of Supervisors. We get into the technicals, the ambiguit
On today's episode we look at the recent news that hundreds of employees in the Department of Public Health have side gigs they did not disclose as required under City rules. We also learn why Sharky had more fun than Manny or Ben the past week
It's time to recap the election, and figure out who was the most right in our predictions (spoiler alert: we never got around to actually figuring that out, we just made fun of each other as usual). Also covered is a fun idea to make sure we ha
We explore the local races and offer our predictions. Who will be the rightest? We'll know soon enough!!!! Today's fun idea brought to you by Madeline.
Today we discuss the particulars of the infamous $1.7M Noe Valley toilet. What was the money for? How did it get budgeted? Most importantly: how do we fix this so it doesn't happen again? Also covered is a certain Fun Police host's sold out roc
The Fun Police talk to legendary legislative aide Andy Mullan about why he's leaving San Francisco, what he's learned during his time in City Hall, and one of the most difficult constituent encounters of all time. In today's fun idea we explore
The recent news about undated resignation letters is discussed and analyzed through the lens of three mayoral appointees - one of whom signed one of the letters. Also discussed: a pending potential collapse in the number of parklets, and the lo
The state of the D6 race between our remarkably human candidates Supervisor Matt Dorsey and Honey Mahogany is analyzed, the challenges facing policy work around people experiencing homeless is debated, and a fun idea for downtown office space i
Manny returns from his multi-month sojourn to Europe, and oh boy is there an awful lot to catch up on. Fashion trends in Europe, cell phone toxicity, plus local politics including the campaign of Prop B to eliminate Prop B, and how we are deali
The challenge of good politics vs. good policy is covered with Governor Newsom's veto of overdose prevention as case exemplar. The death of the 4am bill is mourned, a few rapid fire topics are covered (Nuru sentencing, DPW trash cans), and a fu
Between hot takes on TV shows and discussions of flesh eating bacteria we truly have a doozy of a Topic Du Jour today, which is how the Fun Police managed to find themselves in the middle of recalling.... a ballot measure???? The DA's race is a
Android users get dissed, a political fight over School Board Commissioner Ann Hsu's remarks is analyzed (probably not wisely), and upcoming ballot measures to change the election year, and what is likely a doomed effort to bring cars back to J
Our hosts discuss the new incoming DA and some of the issues surrounding her new job. Also discussed is the "Night Mayor" concept, which (spoiler alert) Ben hates, and on One Fun Idea we try to remember what words are.
Newly minted Legislative Aide for Assemblymember Matt Haney and occasional guest host/political assassin Nate Albee joins us to discuss the latest happening in Sacramento politics. We also have a lengthy discussion about safe injection sites.
Sharky and Ben have a fireside chat with San Francisco Chief Economist Ted Egan at the Entertainment Summit. Topics discussed include nightlife, economic recovery, the City's budget process, and Ted's fashion choices.
San Francisco is not the only city with a wild political scene. We take a look at the Mayor's race in Los Angeles, how their DA (who is originally from San Francisco) is doing, and review a promising fun idea to celebrate Pride.
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