Garrett Leahy, Author at 48 hills

Business + Tech

Taxi drivers protest, demand relief from SF’s failed permit program

December 7, 2021

Drivers decimated by Uber and Lyft say SF cheated them out of millions, and they want action, now.

Transportation

Walton calls for SFMTA to restore a key bus line in Vis Valley

December 5, 2021

Route that takes Southeast residents to Soma and Chinatown was cut in the pandemic, and the community wants it back.

Housing

Union workers need more affordable housing, new study shows

November 3, 2021

Collaboration between labor and housing activists shows that current market-driven policies won't keep workforce in town.

Homelessness

A scathing report says SF fails to give services to people in homeless camps

October 7, 2021

Study shows that most unhoused people never get shelter—but many lose all of their belongings.

Housing

Eviction-free SF: Advocates say that renters still have options

October 2, 2021

Know your rights—the moratorium is over but renters still have a lot of protections.

Education

City College hires new chancellor

September 27, 2021

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

Labor

Dandelion Chocolate workers’ union vote is approved by NLRB

September 12, 2021

On Thursday, after roughly five months, contested ballots cast by Dandelion workers deciding whether to unionize under International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 6...

Homelessness

Keep the SIP hotels open to save lives, demonstrators tell Mayor Breed

September 7, 2021

Sup. Haney says feds will probably keep paying—but in the end, the city needs to buy these hotels as permanent housing.

Labor

DoorDash drivers go to CEO’s door to demand fair wages and working conditions

September 2, 2021

The company offered 120 precent of minimum wage when it wanted to pass Prop. 22. But workers say they are still getting a raw deal.

Protest

Will Mayor Breed declare a state of emergency on drug-overdose deaths?

September 1, 2021

Activists, supervisors, DA all say it's time to defy the state and feds and set up city-backed safe-injection sites.

Garrett Leahy