I was pleasantly surprised at some great journalism, and great writing, in the SF Bay Guardian this week. Sarah Phelan wrote about the meetings that Newsom isn’t taking. Well, that’s been written about everywhere, but she gets responses from the folks at the table, including union leaders, and sitting supervisors. Check it out. It was a treat: The wheels come off: Chiu leads efforts to build a budget consensus in Newsom’s absence.