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Housing

Berkeley’s city planning ‘cancel culture’

Small shops and the public cut out of the process of upzoning three neighborhoods
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Elections

COVID

Labor

Labor-led coalition calls for Airbnb boycott

The company is trying to get out of $120 million in local taxes. Labor is fighting back
JJ Lansing -
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Drug policy

Dorsey wants to block city funding for supportive housing that isn’t drug-free

Bill is a direct challenge to years of data-driven policy that focuses on 'housing first' and harm reduction
Tim Redmond -
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Housing

Berkeley’s city planning ‘cancel culture’

Small shops and the public cut out of the process of upzoning three neighborhoods
Zelda Bronstein -
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Labor

Labor-led coalition calls for Airbnb boycott

The company is trying to get out of $120 million in local taxes. Labor is fighting back
JJ Lansing -
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Drug policy

Dorsey wants to block city funding for supportive housing that isn’t drug-free

Bill is a direct challenge to years of data-driven policy that focuses on 'housing first' and harm reduction
Tim Redmond -
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Homelessness

Catch a new film about the brutality of sweeps and attacks on the unhoused

With no love from Hollywood, 'Crushing Wheelchairs' gets two Bay Area screenings
Tiny -
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City Hall

New poll shows resounding support for public bank in San Francisco

Across demographic groups, 67 percent favor the concept
Tim Redmond -
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The Agenda

A move to undermine SF’s law that controls police surveillance

Plus: Rent control for luxury apartments instead of affordable housing ... and Sup. Joel Engardio is 12 days from losing his seat. That's The Agenda for Oct. 6-13
Tim Redmond -
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Arts + Culture

$20+ monthly members get a free ticket to our Gala! Join us

Party with us on October 22 at El Rio—and help keep 48 Hills sustainable for another year.
Marke B. -
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Healthcare

RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine madness will make America sick again

The Health and Human Services Secretary's rampage at the CDC this summer exposed the dangers of his ignorance.
Bruce Mirken -
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Elections

D8 supe race will create fascinating political battle

It's the D8 incumbent and maybe the mayor against the Nancy Pelosi operation. What will Wiener do?
Tim Redmond -
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Protest

Booing the mayor isn’t political violence

Violence by the billionaire class has threatened vulnerable communities for years. You can't blame them if they show up and shout.
Tim Redmond -
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Arts + Culture

Keep 48 Hills alive! Come to our Gala on October 22 and party for our future

We need you! Let's fill El Rio in the Mission with community spirit and dancing—and ensure that independent media survives.
Marke B. -
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Immigration

Lurie appointee to Airport Commission opposed measure to block ICE in California

'So disappointing and scary for so many immigrants.'
Tim Redmond -
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The Agenda

How Scott Wiener is undermining affordable housing

Plus: A strange move to allow city donations to a law-enforcement group, and why SF should buy apartments from a bankrupt landlord. That's The Agenda for Sept. 28-Oct. 5
Tim Redmond -
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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the editor: The lack of fire safety on the West Side of town

Lurie wants more density in an area that has fallen behind in a key public safety area
Herbert F. Mintz II -
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Business + Tech

Neighborhood finds it’s hard to fight AT&T

Planners approve 104-foot tower in Diamond Heights over broad community opposition
Tim Redmond -
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Housing

New study shows why Lurie’s zoning plan will never make housing affordable

Detailed housing data from 2015 to 2022 shows that developers aren't building what the city needs—and are damaging vulnerable communities
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

Watch: 48 Hills’ Tim Redmond talks Engardio recall, ‘family zoning plan’ on Doomloop Dispatch

Our editor appeared on the podcast to delve into the roots of the housing crisis and discuss how to fight another tech takeover.
Tim Redmond -
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Immigration

New state ‘loitering’ law could lead to racial profiling and deportations

In the name of fighting sex trafficking, the state just opened the door to racial profiling, abuse, and helping ICE
Serena Finney -
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Housing

The bizarre incompetence of Wiener’s SB 79

Do that math: This will never work. And it undermines all the twisted efforts cities are making to comply with RHNA
Michael Barnes -
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The Agenda

Here’s what Scott Wiener has done

Plus: A massive Amazon delivery center bringing more pollution to Bayview? That's The Agenda for Sept. 22-29
Tim Redmond -
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Opinion

Some modest suggestions for Mayor Lurie to appoint for D4 supe

A lot of people who could add some progressive humor to the city seem to be out of jobs
Joel Schechter -
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News + Politics

The Engardio recall, Yimby urbanist elitism, and the next step in SF politics

Is there a potential alliance around growth and development that brings together a broad range of voters?
Tim Redmond -
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Culture

Folsom 2025 brings Twisted Windows, joyful gates, a continually expanding Playground

Four of the kinky fair's players take us behind the juicy scenes (and history) of this year's fetish fest.
Joshua Rotter -
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Opinion

The Engardio recall and the failure of conservative politics in SF

In the first test of the new 'moderates' and their policies, the voters said, 'no thanks.'
Dean Preston -
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Elections

Voters recall Engardio, by huge margin

Now it's up to Lurie to appoint a D4 supe—and it won't be an easy choice
Tim Redmond -
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Art

Mel Odom’s kaleidoscopic queer eye drew stunning art through AIDS

New short film aims to capture turbulent milieu and indelible imagery of New York artist and dollmaker.
Race Bannon -
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Elections

We will probably know Tuesday evening if Sup. Joel Engardio keeps his seat

Early results could tell the tale—and if the D4 supe is out, what will Lurie do?
Tim Redmond -
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Housing

Strange (and maybe inappropriate) actions at the Planning Commission …

... plus an attack on preservation in North Beach, and has the privatized zoo improved enough to get another $3 million? That's The Agenda for Sept. 14 to 21
Tim Redmond -
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Housing

Planning Commission passes Lurie plan over strong community opposition

Key measure advances to Board of Supes, where neighbors from the swing vote districts will be pitted against the mayor and the big developers
Serena Finney and Tim Redmond -
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Housing

Mayor will face opponents to zoning plan at rallies outside of City Hall

Press conference, silent protest marks first official meeting on upzoning proposal. Here's what to look for
Tim Redmond -
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Housing

Opposition grows to Lurie’s zoning plan that would transform San Francisco

Tenants, neighborhood groups, and some supes are saying the plan will hurt renters and small businesses—and needs more environmental review
Tim Redmond -
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Featured

Fancy a beer with Tim Redmond?

We're looking for sponsors for our October 22 Gala—and sweetening the pot with a personal bull session with our editor.
Marke B. -
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Homelessness

The lie of ‘equity considerations’ in Oakland attack on the unhoused

Use all the nice language you want—it still means destroying lives
Tiny -
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The Agenda

Defining land-use battle heads to supes, Planning Commission

Plus: Who wins when transit loses—and another giveaway to market-rate housing developers. That's The Agenda for Sept. 8-15
Tim Redmond -
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Development

The six fatal flaws in Mayor Lurie’s so-called ‘Family Zoning Plan’

It won't bring down housing prices. It will create displacement—and it's terribly divisive
Calvin Welch -
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News + Politics

Rec-Park director knew well in advance of major nonprofit problems—and did nothing

Public records show Phil Ginsburg was aware for more than six months that the Parks Alliance was failing, leaving community groups without their money
Tim Redmond -
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Transportation

Muni riders, bus drivers, bikers, people who walk beg SFMTA Commission to do its job

Panel allows mayor to open mid-Market to Lyft, Uber, Waymo, defying existing policy—and won't even vote on it
Tim Redmond -
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Best of the Bay

VOTE NOW in the 2025 Best of the Bay Readers’ Poll!

Our 51st installment of the Bay Area classic is 'new and improved' for 2025—and still full of local love.
Marke B. -
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News + Politics

Huge labor rally takes on the billionaires

Will that message trickle down into local politics, where oligarchs control City Hall—and the local Democratic Party?
Tim Redmond -
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Opinion

Lurie is damaging transit, the environment—and democracy—on Market Street

The mayor is undoing the will of the voters and opening the street to Uber, Lyft, Waymo—and others are sure to follow
Susan Vaughan -
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