Supreme Court upholds Prop. C in major victory for SF homeless advocates
Ruling shows that the odious Prop. 13, which devastated schools and local government, is starting to crumble.
Two opportunities to address Black housing inequities
Midtown in SF and Golden Gate Village in Marin could become models for Black self-determination.
Monster in the Mission is now 100 percent affordable housing
A lesson in community organizing. Plus: Half the cops who broke the rules get no discipline -- and some new rules to prevent city ethics scandals. That's The Agenda for Sept. 7-14
A dramatic new report sheds real light on homeless policies
The Coalition on Homelessness released a dramatic new study today that – unlike most reports on the unhoused – relies on data collected directly from the people on the...
OPINION: Homeless sweeps and civil rights
Earlier this summer, law student interns with the Systemic Justice Project worked with local organizers to create Know Your Rights pamphlets for ten communities banded together in the Stop...
The New York Times fails on equitable cities
The New York Times has been hyping its America We Need series of stories, editorials, and events on future public policy, and the latest one was this afternoon. It...
Old SF money backing stealthy new right-wing group
Most start-up political organizations like a splash. They hold news events, press conferences, big galas to say: We have arrived. This is who we are, this is our agenda,...
Newsom, Chiu agree on bill that could lead to widespread evictions
Assemblymember David Chiu has reached a compromise with Gov. Gavin Newsom and the big landlord groups on a relatively limited bill to protect renters from evictions during the COVID...
Epic Sacramento showdown over looming eviction tsunami
In an important State Capitol legislative shift, on Thursday Berkeley Assemblymember Nancy Skinner agreed to amend her controversial housing bill, AB1085.
She said she will delete the section of that...
Lawyers say it’s unsafe to restart eviction cases
Last week, about 30 lawyers and organizers gathered outside the state building at 455 Golden Gate Avenue to demand that the state Judicial Council extend Emergency Rule 1, which...
