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Under fire, SF cops announce criminal investigation of reporter

Chief Scott, in a highly unusual move, says his department is looking into conspiracy charges against a journalist who was given a leaked document about the death of Public Defender Jeff Adachi.
Michael Toren -
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News + Politics

Court to hear arguments on police raid of reporters house

Search that embarrassed the city goes before a judge, leaving City Attorney Dennis Herrera to defend the cops in a pretty indefensible case. Plus: Harvey Milk's birthday events, UCSF and Dignity Health -- and 'politicizing' the Rent Board. That's The Agenda for May 20-26
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

The real lessons from the surging numbers of homeless people on the streets of SF

Mayor Breed opposed a measure that would have made a big difference. Now she can't fix the problem with a few hundred new shelter beds and a modest housing bond.
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

A hippie van and an annoying smart-phone dude

The clash of San Francisco values hits home in Precita Park.
David Talbot -
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News + Politics

Finally, a city study says public power makes perfect sense

San Francisco could buy out PG&E's local distribution system, provide cleaner, cheaper energy, and make money in the process.
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

BREAKING: Wiener’s housing deregulation bill on hold — for now

Senate committee bumps the measure into next year, but Wiener vows he will continue to push for urban upzoning.
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

Some perspective on the raid on a reporter’s house

The SFPD knows exactly which officers had access to that leaked document. Have their homes been raided and their phones and computer seized? And why did the TV stations think the Adachi file was news anyway?
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

New study challenges Wiener’s approach to housing

Eminent economic geographers say that deregulation and upzoning will make gentrification in cities like SF much worse.
Tim Redmond -
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The Agenda

News + Politics

Court to hear arguments on police raid of reporters house

Search that embarrassed the city goes before a judge, leaving City Attorney Dennis Herrera to defend the cops in a pretty indefensible case. Plus: Harvey Milk's birthday events, UCSF and Dignity Health -- and 'politicizing' the Rent Board. That's The Agenda for May 20-26
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

Protesting Uber’s IPO — and police secrecy

Tim Redmond -
Drivers ask why they keep getting pay cuts as the top execs prepare to become staggeringly rich -- and why is SFPD still dragging its heels on new police-misconduct disclosure laws? That's The Agenda for May 6-13
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News + Politics

Should the tech boom pay the costs of the tech boom?

Tim Redmond -
The IPOs will make the housing market even worse. Should we use the budget surplus to build affordable housing? That's The Agenda for April 21-28.
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News + Politics

Tenant representation and spy technology

Tim Redmond -
Supes committee to vote on Breed's Rent Board appointee -- and on a measure to control surveillance in San Francisco (which the cops are trying to derail). That's The Agenda for April 16-21
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News + Politics

The Agenda: Saving a SoMa park

Tim Redmond -
Russ Street project would block the sun on the only full-service park in the crowded neighborhood; will the supes defy the mayor and stop it?
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Opinion

News + Politics

The Sierra Club and the luxury-housing developer

Northern Alameda chapter backs San Leandro project in a sign that the pro-growth forces are trying to take over the environmental group.
Zelda Bronstein -
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News + Politics

A scary time in Venezuela

Carolina Morales -
The US is participating in an undemocratic coup.
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News + Politics

Conservatorship: The new ‘ugly laws’

Tiny -
Another tool to take individuality and power away from poor, disabled, and senior people will start in SF and LA.
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Opinion

Beyond Zuckerberg General Hospital

Bob Prentice -
Are philanthropy and charity really solutions to society's problems?
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News + Politics

Let’s start over, Mayor Breed

John Elberling -
How about showing some good faith by ending the homeless sweeps?
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Tenant Troubles

News + Politics

Tenant Troubles: What Prop. 10 is really about

The measure does nothing but allow local control; for a lot of tenants, it could make a huge difference
Dave Crow -
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Tenant Troubles

Tenant Troubles: My washer broke — should I sign a lease?

Dave Crow -
In San Francisco, if you don't have a lease it may be harder for the landlord to evict you.
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News + Politics

Tenant Troubles: Can I add two roommates? Should I?

Dave Crow -
Is it a good idea to move out, sort of, but keep a rent-controlled unit by subletting to new "roommates?"
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Tenant Troubles

Tenant Troubles: How do I get my roommate to leave?

Dave Crow -
It's not easy -- and it shouldn't be. Hiring a lawyer and doing an eviction is expensive and ugly, so look for other options
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Tenant Troubles

Tenant Troubles: Can my landlord refuse to let me have a service animal?

Dave Crow -
In many cases, no -- but be careful about the paperwork
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Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent

Bernie and Biden: A foreign policy analysis

Two of the leading Democratic presidential contenders have spent decades in DC. Here's a look at their records on war, interventionism, and other key issues.
Reese Erlich -
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Foreign Correspondent

Will Julian Assange get a fair trial in the US?

Reese Erlich -
He's pissed off pretty much everyone with any power in Washington DC.
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Foreign Correspondent

The Ukraine elections, Putin, and Trump

Reese Erlich -
How the presidential election in a former Soviet state is related to the Russiagate scandal
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Foreign Correspondent

How the media distort news from Venezuela

Reese Erlich -
Most of the reporters are echoing the lines of the Trump Administration -- as if anything Trump says is credible.
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Foreign Correspondent

What’s really going on in Kashmir?

Reese Erlich -
The geopolitics behind the recent military attacks from India and Pakistan
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Campaign Trail

Campaign Trail

Pete Buttigieg makes a splash in SF — but what does he really stand for?

He's suddenly a media star, but he admits his campaign is still a work in progress.
Michael Toren -
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Campaign Trail

Large, enthusiastic crowd welcomes Bernie Sanders to San Francisco

Haley Keizur -
Senator says it's pretty clear he is going to win California.
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Campaign Trail

Preston launches campaign with energetic event

Tim Redmond -
Vallie Brown is the incumbent, but it appears that Preston is the front-runner in the D5 race.
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Campaign Trail

Preston leads in D5 fundraising

Tim Redmond -
Challenger has more money than incumbent, setting the tone for the November race.
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Campaign Trail

Some reality facing the candidates for president

Tim Redmond -
Economic inequality and climate change will doom human civilization unless we take some pretty serious steps. I'm waiting for the candidate who is willing to say that.
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News + Politics

A hippie van and an annoying smart-phone dude

David Talbot -
The clash of San Francisco values hits home in Precita Park.
Read more
News + Politics

The real lessons from the surging numbers of homeless people on the streets of SF

Tim Redmond -
Mayor Breed opposed a measure that would have made a big difference. Now she can't fix the problem with a few hundred new shelter beds and a modest housing bond.
Read more
News + Politics

Court to hear arguments on police raid of reporters house

Tim Redmond -
Search that embarrassed the city goes before a judge, leaving City Attorney Dennis Herrera to defend the cops in a pretty indefensible case. Plus: Harvey Milk's birthday events, UCSF and Dignity Health -- and 'politicizing' the Rent Board. That's The Agenda for May 20-26
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Onstage

Cal Shakes begins new season fostering fresh voices in theater

Emily Wilson -
The company will examine 17th century gender roles in Madhuri Shekar's 'House of Joy'.
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News + Politics

Under fire, SF cops announce criminal investigation of reporter

Michael Toren -
Chief Scott, in a highly unusual move, says his department is looking into conspiracy charges against a journalist who was given a leaked document about the death of Public Defender Jeff Adachi.
Read more
News + Politics

New study challenges Wiener’s approach to housing

Tim Redmond -
Eminent economic geographers say that deregulation and upzoning will make gentrification in cities like SF much worse.
Read more
Exclusive

Uber’s plans include attacking public transit

Tim Redmond -
Documents filed for IPO reveal plans to privatize transportation, getting riders off public buses and trains and onto "Uber buses."
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News + Politics

Finally, a city study says public power makes perfect sense

Tim Redmond -
San Francisco could buy out PG&E's local distribution system, provide cleaner, cheaper energy, and make money in the process.
Read more
News + Politics

BREAKING: Wiener’s housing deregulation bill on hold — for now

Tim Redmond -
Senate committee bumps the measure into next year, but Wiener vows he will continue to push for urban upzoning.
Read more

Topics

Homelessness

News + Politics

The real lessons from the surging numbers of homeless people on the streets of SF

Mayor Breed opposed a measure that would have made a big difference. Now she can't fix the problem with a few hundred new shelter beds and a modest housing bond.
Tim Redmond -
Read more
News + Politics

New study challenges Wiener’s approach to housing

Tim Redmond -
Eminent economic geographers say that deregulation and upzoning will make gentrification in cities like SF much worse.
Read more
Arts + Culture

Who can ask for anything more? A review of Tony Bennett in San Jose

Tony Robles -
His songs touched a nerve in a town wracked by loss.
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News + Politics

Homeless, at the airport

Tiny -
The view from LaGuardia, where people hide and move along and live in a world where there's no place for poor people to go.
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News + Politics

Tenant representation and spy technology

Tim Redmond -
Supes committee to vote on Breed's Rent Board appointee -- and on a measure to control surveillance in San Francisco (which the cops are trying to derail). That's The Agenda for April 16-21
Read more

Development

News + Politics

The real lessons from the surging numbers of homeless people on the streets of SF

Mayor Breed opposed a measure that would have made a big difference. Now she can't fix the problem with a few hundred new shelter beds and a modest housing bond.
Tim Redmond -
Read more
News + Politics

New study challenges Wiener’s approach to housing

Tim Redmond -
Eminent economic geographers say that deregulation and upzoning will make gentrification in cities like SF much worse.
Read more
Culture

Queering Psychedelics conference aims to expand definitions, minds

Marke B. -
As psychedelics become mainstream, this groundbreaking gathering addresses everything from two-spirit ecology to queer jam band fans.
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Arts + Culture

Arts Forecast: The week’s best moments to honor Momma

Caitlin Donohue -
Plus: The 48th annual Stanford Powwow, a musical benefit for immigration advocates RAICES, Diana Gameros, and the Walking Distance Dance Festival.
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News + Politics

Wiener’s ‘transit-oriented development’ bill screws public transit

Calvin Welch -
More cars, more trucks, more private tech shuttles -- but not a penny for Muni in SB 50.
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Evictions

News + Politics

The real lessons from the surging numbers of homeless people on the streets of SF

Mayor Breed opposed a measure that would have made a big difference. Now she can't fix the problem with a few hundred new shelter beds and a modest housing bond.
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

Activists warn of a new landlord scam: Seismic upgrade evictions

Tim Redmond -
Hearing on Telegraph Hill building sheds light on a potential threat to thousands of SF renters.
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News + Politics

The SF supes’ salvo against Wiener’s housing deregulation bill

Tim Redmond -
A 9-2 vote against SB 50 puts SF on record against a measure that adds no new affordable housing or transit funding while encouraging more luxury housing.
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News + Politics

The bizarre argument in favor of Wiener’s housing bill

Tim Redmond -
Sup. Vallie Brown tries to make the convoluted case for letting the private market solve our housing crisis.
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News + Politics

How to take housing out of the private market

Tim Redmond -
The Agenda: Sup. Fewer has an idea that—with adequate funding—could radically change homelessness, gentrification, and the way the city handles housing.
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Activism

Art Looks

‘Queer California: Untold Stories’: a confetti shower of the overlooked

Bracing, sometimes exhausting show at Oakland Museum brims with hidden history, magical connections, and fascinating footnotes.
Matt Sussman -
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Arts + Culture

Queer medalist Adam Rippon talks youth advocacy and post-rink living

Joshua Rotter -
We got the inside scoop on the athlete's upcoming memoir and celebrity interview series.
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Movies

Hello Kitty to ‘Happy Cleaners’: Asian American film shines at CAAMFest

Dennis Harvey -
37th edition of the wide-ranging film festival showcases local stories like 'Chinatown Rising' and 100-year-old classic 'The Dragon Painter'
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Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Easter with the Sisters returns to Dolores Park, more

Marke B. -
Helen of Troy, a 4/20 Blowout benefit, Caminos Flamencos, art from the AIDS era, Prince's early years, a cowboy 'Hamlet,' and more.
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News + Politics

The SF supes’ salvo against Wiener’s housing deregulation bill

Tim Redmond -
A 9-2 vote against SB 50 puts SF on record against a measure that adds no new affordable housing or transit funding while encouraging more luxury housing.
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