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Wiener-Newsom CEQA ‘reform’ is a dangerous fraud

Lithium battery factories without environmental review. Miami Beach development along the coast. And it's not going to make housing more affordable
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Housing

Wiener-Newsom CEQA ‘reform’ is a dangerous fraud

Lithium battery factories without environmental review. Miami Beach development along the coast. And it's not going to make housing more affordable
The Agenda Tim Redmond -
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The violence of towing homes

Berkeley’s Orwellian upzoning plan

Board of Appeals sets dangerous precedent for demolishing rental housing

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COVID

Culture

Shipyard tales celebrated 20th century Black migrant lives of success and sacrifice

'Holding Ground' event brought beleaguered yet vital area's past into the present, with future questions.
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News + Politics

Trump wants to censor US history at national parks

The truth about Tule Lake, Alcatraz, Sutro Baths and hundreds of other sites could be erased under an executive order
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The Agenda

Wiener-Newsom CEQA ‘reform’ is a dangerous fraud

Lithium battery factories without environmental review. Miami Beach development along the coast. And it's not going to make housing more affordable
Tim Redmond -
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Culture

Shipyard tales celebrated 20th century Black migrant lives of success and sacrifice

'Holding Ground' event brought beleaguered yet vital area's past into the present, with future questions.
Tom Molanphy -
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News + Politics

Trump wants to censor US history at national parks

The truth about Tule Lake, Alcatraz, Sutro Baths and hundreds of other sites could be erased under an executive order
Elaine Elinson -
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News + Politics

Demolish rent-controlled housing? New Wiener bill could wipe out restrictions

Plus: Politics and Pride. That's The Agenda for June 19-July 6
Tim Redmond -
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City Hall

SF, a sanctuary city for the billionaires

Will Mayor Lurie invite the rich New Yorkers who are scared of a democratic socialist to move here? Yikes!
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Immigration

Drag performer taken by ICE, morning after Pride Week pageant

Hilary Rivers was detained during a scheduled immigration appointment in downtown SF after Miss & Mr. Safe Latino Pageant.
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City Hall

Behind the late-night budget deal

The mayor got most of what he wanted. The process was a train wreck
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City Hall

Supes, mayor at budget impasse

Layoffs, housing money at issue as Lurie won't back down on cuts
Tim Redmond -
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City Hall

Lurie zoning plan has no support at all except the Yimby coalition

No small business group, no neighborhood group ... it's as if the mayor isn't even trying to find consensus
Tim Redmond -
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The Agenda

The silly ‘red scare’ over New York’s leading candidate for mayor

Mamdani's platform is just common sense, and it worked; is the Democratic Party Old Guard even paying attention?
Tim Redmond -
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Party Radar

PRIDE PARTY RADAR: Viva la Lesbianaissance + 35 more rainbows to ride

Pink Block, Juanita More Pride, Hard French, Purple Disco Machine, partying for prison abolition, a slew of dyke bars... too much? Never!
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Culture

Blue Bottle workers announce intent to organize union at four East Bay locations

Response from management at Nestle-owned company appears to be firing a popular worker leader.
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City Hall

Supes approve measure calling for local taxes on the very rich; news media doesn’t notice

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Homelessness

The violence of towing homes

I've lived through this. Taking peoples homes is a terrible approach
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City Hall

Lurie budget draws mass protest

Hundreds turn out to oppose massive cuts; are the supes paying attention?
Tim Redmond -
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Housing

Berkeley’s Orwellian upzoning plan

New language would undermine the Citizen Participation Element of the city's General Plan
Zelda Bronstein -
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Editorial

No, you can’t ‘save’ queer people by bombing them to death

Bastardizing the fight for gay rights to justify war, whether on Gaza or Iran, is ridiculous and must end.
Marke B. -
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The Agenda

Protesting the Lurie budget—and talking about long-term progressive solutions

Plus: Will the board defy a district supe and let Lurie shift money from housing into shelters? That's The Agenda for June 23-30
Tim Redmond -
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Housing

Board of Appeals sets dangerous precedent for demolishing rental housing

Ruling could encourage speculators to ignore city preservation policy
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

Funding Muni and BART: Should the very rich also pay?

Wiener makes clear that taxing the billionaires is not a priority as he seeks ways to fund transit
Tim Redmond -
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Lit

‘Queer Food’—or, the cruel enigma of the spinach soufflé

Author John Birdsall dishes about his new history of LGBTQ+ food writers and chefs, and how queer cookery can meet the moment.
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LGBTQ

SF Pride ED Suzanne Ford reacts to horrible anti-trans youth Supreme Court ruling

'The worst affront to the equal protection clause since Plessy v. Ferugson,' says longtime trans activist, urging unity.
Marke B. -
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The Agenda

The supes will at last have a serious discussion about income inequality and taxing the rich

Chen measure would ask the state Legislature to allow a local income and wealth tax on the richest San Franciscans
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Housing

Appeals Board hearing raises key issue about protecting existing rental units

Planning Department wants to allow the removal of what evidence shows was a rent-controlled housing unit, setting a potentially dangerous precedent
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Homelessness

SFMTA approves rules that would evict most people living in RVs

It's inhumane. It won't work. There's massive opposition. But the commissioners voted to approve it anyway.
Tim Redmond -
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Crime

A profoundly important new book exposes the truth behind crime mythology

'Copaganda' should be required reading for anyone concerned about police, jails, and lies—and that includes journalists
Tim Redmond -
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Housing

SF weaponizes parking rules to displace RV families: 6 takeaways from El Tecolote’s blockbuster report

Winston Drive community of working class families was torn apart in 2024—and now Mayor Lurie intensifies the crackdown.
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Onstage

At Fresh Meat queer arts fest, ‘conformity isn’t an option’

Mudd the Two Spirit, more brilliant performers continue to lay annual showcase's transformative groundwork.
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Featured

We need 100 more 48 Hills members to meet our spring goal!

Now is the time! Join us to save independent local media and stand up for San Francisco and the Bay Area.
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Contest

Win a free ticket to a Frameline Film Fest movie

Join us at the world’s original—and largest—LGBTQ+ film festival in the world for Pride month.
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The Agenda

Massive protests: Against Trump—and against the Lurie budget

Millions all over the country, including red states, oppose Trump. Plus: Brutal city budget comes down to the final weeks. That's The Agenda for June 15 to 22
Tim Redmond -
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City Hall

The Lurie budget is great for bad cops

Proposal slashes funding for Department of Police Accountability, eliminates sheriff inspector general.
Tim Redmond -
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City Hall

The budget is all about Mayor Lurie’s campaign promises to ‘clean the streets’

If we want to avoid civic failure, we need to rethink not just spending but how we finance San Francisco—and parking meters in the park won't do it
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

Amid ICE threats, city decimates Mission District housing and food programs

Since late 1990s, HOMEY has worked to keep neighbors safe and healthy. After budget cuts, it's fighting for survival.
Caitlin Donohue -
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News + Politics

Watch: 2 Palestinian activists detained at SFO after Trump signs travel ban

A humanitarian mission to speak at local synagogues and churches is derailed by "Muslim ban 2.0"
Andrew Brobst -
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The Agenda

The brutality of the Billionaires Budget starts to unfold

Here are some of the critical services on the chopping block—and why this doesn't need to happen
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

Lurie doesn’t say the words ‘Sanctuary City’ at supes meeting

Mayor still cautious on resisting Trump ICE raids; Walton challenges him on fairness of shelters for the unhoused
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

Dear Elon: I told you so

Now that Trump has turned on you, maybe you can call for higher taxes on the rich
Joel Schechter -
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Immigration

5,000 march against ICE in the Mission; where is Mayor Lurie?

Opposition to Trump crackdown just keeps growing—and the mayor, activists say, is way too quiet
Tim Redmond -
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The Agenda

Finally, some details on the mayor’s budget (we can only hope)

Plus: The debate over shelters, and new leadership at the Police Commission ... that's The Agenda for June 8-15
Tim Redmond -
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