displacement Archives

Housing

Federal official tells SF to fix ongoing problems at ‘uninhabitable’ Plaza East public housing

Cydney Hayes - April 15, 2024

After years of organizing alongside their neighbors and demanding the city make the necessary repairs to their homes, Plaza East Apartments residents could finally...

The Agenda

The city’s budget battle comes into clear view ….

Tim Redmond - April 14, 2024

.... Plus broken elevators in SROs, a mess in the city's housing voucher program—and where did Breed's 'Dreamkeeper' money go? That's The Agenda for April 14-21

Art

The Great Migration travels beyond South to North in ‘Movement in Every Direction’

Lou Fancher - April 10, 2024

A BAMPFA show expands how we think about one of the biggest mass movements in US history.

Business + Tech

Wiener wants to regulate AI—but not help people whose jobs are destroyed

Tim Redmond - April 3, 2024

Half a million people in this state make a living as drivers; if robots replace them, how will they survive? That's not on the Wiener agenda.

Homelessness

SF prepares to evict people living in vehicles on Bernal Hill

Madeleine Matz - March 27, 2024

After years of tolerance, parking enforcement set to start this week—but residents are already getting citations.

Campaign Trail

What the March election really meant—and where the city goes from here

Calvin Welch - March 21, 2024

Big tech money and low progressive turnout carried the day—but what if there's a real mayor's race in November?

Opinion

The mayor’s upzoning plans will deeply damage SF’s neighborhoods

Dennis Antenore - March 14, 2024

Demolitions, speculations, and displacement are in store if the city moves forward with Breed's approach.

News + Politics

Declaring the end of progressive San Francisco is a bit premature

Tim Redmond - March 6, 2024

Only 20 percent of the votes have been counted. And we have heard this story before.

Art

Rosebud art gallery blossoms, helping re-queer the TL and Polk Gulch

Joshua Rotter - March 4, 2024

'Every time the press declares a 'doom loop,' it falls on queers and artists to think outside the box,' say co-founders.

Onstage

Playwright Ashley Smiley takes on neighborhood diplacement and Tesla-stamped MDMA

Emily Wilson - March 1, 2024

Her 'Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad' at Magic Theatre is a personal take on gentrification and the city's loss.

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