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A bad week for the Yimby narrative
New studies show that building more market-rate housing for rich people doesn't bring down rents for everyone else.
Drag queens fight for their home after Ellis Act eviction notice
Tenants claim LGBT discrimination in case that goes to trial in November; rally in support on Mon/6 5pm-7pm.
Campaign Trail
Breed, Wiener endorse transphobic School Board candidate
Josephine Zhao getting support despite comments about "public moral issues" with gender-neutral bathrooms.
Campaign Trail
The Chron hates ‘dark money’ — except in San Francisco
Plenty of outrage on the national front—but nothing but love for Ron Conway and his secret campaign money at home
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: Crazy Rich Asians, young skaters, Personal Problems
Panorama Colombia festival, Hard Ticket to Hawaii, Araby, a tribute to local legend Claude Heater and more in cinemas this week.
Arts Forecast
Arts Forecast: Pistahan, Salsa Festival, Ronnie Spector …
Marke B. -
Global Soul, Emo Night, Writers with Drinks, Harry Potter in concert, and more things to do besides Outside Lands.
Campaign Trail
Breed, Wiener endorse transphobic School Board candidate
Josephine Zhao getting support despite comments about "public moral issues" with gender-neutral bathrooms.
News + Politics
The very odd Breed Administration memo on homeless policy
Chron, Chamber of Commerce use unusual 'study' to attack ballot measure taxing the biggest businesses to provide housing and services
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: Crazy Rich Asians, young skaters, Personal Problems
Panorama Colombia festival, Hard Ticket to Hawaii, Araby, a tribute to local legend Claude Heater and more in cinemas this week.
News + Politics
A bad week for the Yimby narrative
New studies show that building more market-rate housing for rich people doesn't bring down rents for everyone else.
News + Politics
American Psychological Association beats back military psychologists
After torture collusion report, humanitarian orgs and progressive members unite to support ban at psychologists in Guantanamo Bay, black sites.
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Campaign Trail
Breed, Wiener endorse transphobic School Board candidate
Josephine Zhao getting support despite comments about "public moral issues" with gender-neutral bathrooms.
News + Politics
The very odd Breed Administration memo on homeless policy
Chron, Chamber of Commerce use unusual 'study' to attack ballot measure taxing the biggest businesses to provide housing and services
News + Politics
A bad week for the Yimby narrative
New studies show that building more market-rate housing for rich people doesn't bring down rents for everyone else.
News + Politics
American Psychological Association beats back military psychologists
After torture collusion report, humanitarian orgs and progressive members unite to support ban at psychologists in Guantanamo Bay, black sites.
News + Politics
Psychologists push to return to Guantanamo Bay
Debate over ban instituted after torture collusion report flares ahead of American Psychologists Association convention in SF.
News + Politics
Drag queens fight for their home after Ellis Act eviction notice
Marke B. -
Tenants claim LGBT discrimination in case that goes to trial in November; rally in support on Mon/6 5pm-7pm.
News + Politics
Huge crowd cheers Democratic Socialist message of Ocasio-Cortez
'In the wealthiest society in the history of humanity, we can have nice things.'
Opinion
OPINION: The cannabis industry should not disregard Chinatown’s voices
There are very good reasons to support a ban on cannabis outlets in this historic cultural, commercial, and residential district
News + Politics
OPINION: Yes we cannabis — even in Chinatown
Why neighborhood carve-outs banning a legal product are a bad idea
Foreign Correspondent
Why Trump will lose the trade war with China
The tariffs and sanctions are going to hurt everyone, in China, Mexico, Canada ... and the US
Campaign Trail
The Chron hates ‘dark money’ — except in San Francisco
Plenty of outrage on the national front—but nothing but love for Ron Conway and his secret campaign money at home
News + Politics
Why can’t we fix the DMV?
Assemblymember Phil Ting is taking on a problem that affects almost everyone in the state -- and that plays right into the Republicans' hands.
News + Politics
Homelessness and sexual violence
Why SF needs to better see the connections between these two horrific problems
News + Politics
Trump, the Deep State, and grassroots democracy
Understanding the two political narratives competing for public attention today - and the one that gets all the news media attention
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Arts + Culture
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: Crazy Rich Asians, young skaters, Personal Problems
Panorama Colombia festival, Hard Ticket to Hawaii, Araby, a tribute to local legend Claude Heater and more in cinemas this week.
Arts Forecast
Arts Forecast: Pistahan, Salsa Festival, Ronnie Spector …
Marke B. -
Global Soul, Emo Night, Writers with Drinks, Harry Potter in concert, and more things to do besides Outside Lands.
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: BlacKkKlansman, Atomic Cafe, Nico 1988…
The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, and more in cinemas this week
Puff
Puff: Growing like a weed
Little Mary Lou is growing up! More adventures in raising a cannabis plant at home.
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: Alice Cooper, Cecil Beaton, Rahsaan Roland Kirk….
A trio of tributes to vastly different personalities. Plus: Miracle Mile, Christopher Robin, Good Manners, and more in cinemas this week
Arts
Tattoo legend “Lew the Jew” Alberts rediscovered at CJM
Local tattoo hero Don Ed Hardy displays art, letters, and more from the early 20th century body art pioneer.
Movies
‘Dark Money’ explores the terrible consequences of Citizens United
Kimberly Reed's new documentary follows a Montana journalist as he traces the pernicious effect of corporate money on politics.
Arts Forecast
Arts Forecast: Hip-hop pioneers, classic punks, Hawaiian fun…
Marke B. -
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Veronica Klaus, the Darts, Waterseed, Karen Solomon's pickling tips, and more to do this week.
Onstage
Review: ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ has powerhouse vocals, timely resonance
Bay Area Musicals' latest production is full of verve and tragic parallels to today—even if the songs aren't quite hummable.
Party Radar
Party Radar: Here, piggy, piggy (oink!)
Marke B. -
Dore Alley Fair and Sunset Campout fill the nightlife trough with gems. Plus: Gray Area Fest, Golf Clap, A Club Called Rhonda, Marvina 7, Pender Street Steppers, more.
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: Dark Money, Generation Wealth, Everything Else
McQueen, a Jacques Becker retrospective, Milford Graves: Full Mantis, and more in cinemas this week.
Puff
Happy trails! Checking out portable cannabis dab kits
Happy Dab Kits for on the go dabbers and fancier Anlerr Homles pipes—do they make the grade?
Party Radar
Party Radar: A Wicked weekend, indeed
Marke B. -
Gothic Lolita Ball, Doc Sleep, Magda, Pachanga Boys, Charlotte the Baroness—and Wicked celebrates 27 years of legendary raving!
Arts
Santana mural in the Mission vandalized: “a blatant act of hate”
Marke B. -
White paint splashed on mural sometime on Friday: Community organizer says "When people come out with hate, we’re coming out with love."
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: Jewish Film Fest, Eighth Grade, Blindspotting …
The Cakemaker, a double feature of classic French films starring Andrew Clement, Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti, and more in cinemas this week.
Culture
A night market bursting with flavor at Asian Art Museum
Chef Tu David Phu's fundraising Hawker Centre festival on Thu/19, offers hand-held treats from Bún Nhâm Hà Tiên to toasted rice soft serve.
Movies
‘Black Powers: Reframing Hollywood’ at SFMOMA celebrates plucky cinematic classics
Marke B. -
From 'Body and Soul' to 'Do the Right Thing,' the three-week series brings African American directors to the fore.
Arts
Fake news and viral lies: de Young show and panel examine propaganda
"Rumors, Retweets, and Reason" panel and "Weapons of Mass Seduction" exhibit look at the power and prevention of misinformation.
Arts
Pioneering machine artist Kal Spelletich is being evicted: Help save his robots!
Marke B. -
The teacher and inventor who brought robots and flamethrowers to Burning Man must leave his home and studio of 25 years.
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: Yellow Submarine, Sleaze Apocalypse, Star Wars with the Symphony …
Godmonster of Indian Flats, Ava, a day of home movies from the San Francisco Italian-American community, and more in cinemas this week
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Campaign Trail
Breed, Wiener endorse transphobic School Board candidate
Josephine Zhao getting support despite comments about "public moral issues" with gender-neutral bathrooms.
News + Politics
The very odd Breed Administration memo on homeless policy
Chron, Chamber of Commerce use unusual 'study' to attack ballot measure taxing the biggest businesses to provide housing and services
News + Politics
A bad week for the Yimby narrative
New studies show that building more market-rate housing for rich people doesn't bring down rents for everyone else.
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: Crazy Rich Asians, young skaters, Personal Problems
Panorama Colombia festival, Hard Ticket to Hawaii, Araby, a tribute to local legend Claude Heater and more in cinemas this week.
News + Politics
Wiener featured guest at banquet of landlord activist who opposes transgender rights
Josephine Zhao, who says allowing kids to use the right bathroom will lead to rape and moral decay, is host of Wiener event
News + Politics
American Psychological Association beats back military psychologists
After torture collusion report, humanitarian orgs and progressive members unite to support ban at psychologists in Guantanamo Bay, black sites.
Campaign Trail
The big right-wing money in key East Bay Assembly race
Govern for California, brought to you by charter-school lovers and Ron Conway, is a major player in the race for a Richmond-Berkeley-Oakland seat
News + Politics
Five myths about the homeless problem in San Francisco
Most of what the politicians and the media are telling you isn't true. Here's why.
News + Politics
Drag queens fight for their home after Ellis Act eviction notice
Marke B. -
Tenants claim LGBT discrimination in case that goes to trial in November; rally in support on Mon/6 5pm-7pm.