Phil Matier

Bay Area political insider & journalist. Find me on @KCBSradio & @abc7newsbayarea. RT≠ endorsement Got a tip? [email protected]

[Phil Matier @philmatier]

You walk in, you walk out, you pick up the phone, you read the reports, you talk to people, you walk the walk, you find the story. You put it out there and then you go and do it again. @sfchronicle

[Phil Matier @philmatier]

How Mayor Willie Brown Celebrates the 4th 👠

[Emily Hoeven @emily_hoeven]

Why does Vance keep looking at the camera like this

[Doug Sovern @SovernNation]

Scoop: @SFFFLocal798 launches $1.2m ad buy to pass Prop H, to lower pension age to 55. The ballot measure's become a centerpiece of SF Mayor's race, with @LondonBreed opposed & the union endorsing @MarkFarrellSF instead. Exclusive details on @KCBSRadio:
https://t.co/tnxJgbT7vq

[CNN @CNN]

What’s really happening in San Francisco? @SaraSidnerCNN examines the city’s struggles with homelessness, drugs, crime, and the heavy cost to the community on a new episode of #TheWholeStory with @AndersonCooper. Tonight at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CNN

[Jonathan Martin @jmart]

NEW: Jerry Brown — 85 tmrw and animated as ever — has a message for Washington: don’t stumble into war w China

20 years after Iraq, Brown’s esp alarmed about the same bipartisan DC consensus on 🇨🇳

Plus: His vivid insights on Biden, Kamala, Gavin

https://t.co/BQLDzJQtBI

[Jonathan Martin @jmart]

Two St. Ignatius grads and the pride of the Mineola (Tex.) Colored High School #415

[Phil Matier @philmatier]

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[Lara Korte @lara_korte]

Inbox: @katieporteroc raises $4.5 million in Q1

[Lara Korte @lara_korte]

Packed house here in the swing space today as we prepare for the first hearing on two controversial housing bills — #SB4 and #SB423, both by @Scott_Wiener.

As with so many things, it's the Carpenters v. the Trades. #caleg

[Jeremy B. White @JeremyBWhite]

Weather has officially entered "Greek gods expressing their displeasure" status

[Doug Sovern @SovernNation]

New: tomorrow, @GavinNewsom will come to San Quentin to announce he plans to change it from a maximum security prison to a Scandinavian-style model of rehabilitation & education for inmates. It already has a remarkable array of programs unlike any other prison I’ve ever been to.

[CSPAN @cspan]

.@RepJeffries tribute to Nancy Pelosi.

#118thCongress

[Joe Garofoli @joegarofoli]

If this was @GavinNewsom last inaugural speech, he showed a different side of himself https://t.co/vraXr3kTco via @sfchronicle

[San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle]

President Joe Biden will welcome the Golden State Warriors to the White House on Jan. 17 to celebrate their 2021-22 NBA Finals victory over the Boston Celtics. https://t.co/IuZ5OlMCGK

[Jonathan Martin @jmart]

PELSOI, btw, says she's staying in the House "through the term" and has not yet talked to @sfpelosi about succession in SF. cc @philmatier

[Sophia Bollag @SophiaBollag]

Gavin Newsom takes aim at 'small men in big offices' as he's sworn in for a second term https://t.co/D0tGacZZDn

[KCBS 106.9 FM/740 AM @KCBSRadio]

#Listen 🔈California state school officials are trying to figure out where all the students have gone.KCBS Radio news anchors @jbellnews and @pattireising spoke with spoke with KCBS Radio Insider @philmatier to understand more.
https://t.co/NR4YOBa3Nt

[Phil Matier @philmatier]

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[CA High-Speed Rail 🚄💨 @CaHSRA]

NEW POLL: By a 5-3 margin (56% to 35%) voters support the plan to #BuildHSR in the Central Valley & expand to the Bay Area & LA.

The voters demanded electrified #CleanGreenHSR with Prop 1A & that's what we're delivering.

@CA_Trans_Agency @CAgovernor

🔗 https://t.co/fK5DajJ5ib

[John King @JohnKingSFChron]

In other news, I'm starting a three-month leave from @sfchronicle to write a book on our Ferry Building, and what its rise and fall and rebirth says about the ongoing evolution of urban waterfronts. Watch this space!

[Victoria Colliver @vcolliver]

Beautiful piece by @peterhartlaub about Chronicle cartoonist Don Asmussen's talent, his wit, his loves, and his drive to keep creating as long as he could. https://t.co/RnS5wl2IWa via @sfchronicle

[CA High-Speed Rail 🚄💨 @CaHSRA]

🚄 2021 was filled with exciting accomplishments for California high-speed rail.

🚧 We advanced construction, created more jobs, found new ways to engage the public, & led big construction tours.

📹 See all that & more in our 2021 Year In Review: https://t.co/vmkIaR7CIY