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Plus: more taxpayer dollars for bad cops, and 248 people locked up beyond the legal time for a speedy trial because SF courts are lagging ... that's The Agenda for Nov. 29-Dec. 5

Arts

Art

Photo show provides a flaneur’s eye view of 1940s San Francisco

Emily Wilson - November 30, 2021

Minor White captured changing demographics, architecture—and the side street shoeshines that gave the city life.

Music

Under the Stars: Jingle beats, from holiday mixes to local gift-y get-downs

John-Paul Shiver - December 2, 2021

C'mon Grinch, everyone needs a merry mixtape in the back pocket of their snowpants.

Opinion

Memo to SF supes: On affordable housing, don’t be Joe Manchin

Kim Tavaglione - November 29, 2021

Approving money for social housing is a clear mandate—and the opposition talking points are the same old tired nonsense we have heard before.

Crime

Housing

Supes pass key affordable housing bill with a veto-proof majority

Tim Redmond - November 30, 2021

Vote demonstrates a clear mandate that the Mayor's Office use Prop. I money for social housing.

Education

City College hires new chancellor

Garrett Leahy - September 27, 2021

David Martin, CCSF vet, will take helm—and now some very difficult work begins, starting with changing the state funding rules.

News + Politics

SF destroyed the lives of cab drivers—and is now trying to duck responsibility

Tim Redmond - December 2, 2021

SFMTA sold drivers expensive permits, then let Uber and Lyft undermine the industry. Now the permits are worthless—and the city is doing nothing.

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Music

Under the Stars: Jingle beats, from holiday mixes to local gift-y get-downs

John-Paul Shiver - December 2, 2021

C'mon Grinch, everyone needs a merry mixtape in the back pocket of their snowpants.

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Culture

A very Bay Area gift guide

Alan Chazaro - December 2, 2021

From elite Warriors gear to jewels celebrating graffiti greats, these are the holiday goods for your local legends.

Onstage

‘Plot Point in Our Sexual Development’ dissects a history of trans love

Charles Lewis III - December 1, 2021

Definitions of "comfort" are contested as a couple rolls through their sexual triumphs and trials.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: The underwhelming nuns of ‘Benedetta’—and a Coppola fest!

Dennis Harvey - December 1, 2021

Critic Dennis Harvey runs down the releases to ease you into the holidays, from a run of Coppola's SF productions to a spate of uneven blockbusters.

Music

Bandcamp Friday picks: Seeing the future with Seven Davis Jr.

John-Paul Shiver - December 1, 2021

Prime yourself for the best day of the month to support artists with new releases from the SF producer, plus 8ulentina, Risa T, and Latanya Alberto.

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Supes pass key affordable housing bill with a veto-proof majority

Housing Tim Redmond - November 30, 2021

Vote demonstrates a clear mandate that the Mayor's Office use Prop. I money for social housing.

Join us tonight Wed/1 for a public discussion on climate justice in SF

Environment Tim Redmond - November 30, 2021

As part of our post-COVID progressive agenda, we will be discussion what climate justice means. It's open to anyone who sends an email to tim@48hills.org

Good Taste: Hella local holiday food gifts

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - November 30, 2021

Culinary delights to bring to a gathering or just hoard for a “me party.”

Acid jazz through a neoteric prism: Get to know MF Robots

Music John-Paul Shiver - November 30, 2021

The British group's latest album 'Break the Wall' shows funk prowess.

Photo show provides a flaneur’s eye view of 1940s San Francisco

Art Emily Wilson - November 30, 2021

Minor White captured changing demographics, architecture—and the side street shoeshines that gave the city life.

Review: ‘Father/Daughter’ challenges audiences with surprising double roles

Onstage Charles Lewis III - November 30, 2021

The first Aurora Theatre Company show for live audiences since February of 2020 explores serious daddy issues.

On Twain’s birthday, remembering the writer’s anti-imperialism

Lit Bruce Mirken - November 30, 2021

"I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land.”

Memo to SF supes: On affordable housing, don’t be Joe Manchin

Opinion Kim Tavaglione - November 29, 2021

Approving money for social housing is a clear mandate—and the opposition talking points are the same old tired nonsense we have heard before.

Screen Grabs: You need a bizarre film moment like Another Hole in the Head

Screen Grabs Dennis Harvey - November 29, 2021

This year, the offbeat film fest sports 30+ features and 200+ shorts. Here's our critic's top picks.

Puff: Cannabis hits the Westfield—are we ready for mall weed?

Puff Dan Karkoska - November 29, 2021

A streamlined ordering process raises the question; what if all cannabis retail had it so easy?

Let them eat handbags

Letters to the Editor Mira Martin-Parker - November 29, 2021

Can someone please explain to me why the stealing of mere symbols of social goodness (i.e., social status) is somehow worse than the stealing of actual goodness.

An ethical landlord calls for more social housing

Letters to the Editor Spike Kahn - November 29, 2021

Why the supervisors should approve $64 million in spending with a veto-proof majority

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