News + Politics

Lurie goes west to defend his Rich Family Zoning Plan ….

... and neighborhoods ask the supes to accept amendments—and bring state officials in to testify. That's The Agenda for Nov. 16-23

The Agenda Tim Redmond - November 16, 2025

Dear Gavin: Here are some (free) tips for your presidential campaign

You've been to Brazil, how about Wall Street? Maybe you can ask the rich to start paying taxes

Opinion Joel Schechter - November 16, 2025

Disability activist and oracle Alice Wong passes away at 51

'If we take care of everyone, that will contribute to a stronger society. It’s not a weakness to need help and no one is invincible.'

Remembrance Marke B. - November 15, 2025

Lurie’s D4 bungle: This is what happens when you have no political sense

The Lurie Administration is looking like amateur hour

News + Politics Tim Redmond - November 14, 2025

Music

Still hung up on ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor’

Joshua Rotter - November 14, 2025

A very gay ode to Madonna's glitter galaxy of a dance floor comeback, as it hits 20 with a deluxe re-release.

Housing

Is Chris Elmendorf a ‘folk economist?’

Zelda Bronstein - November 12, 2025

The Yimby champion is now attacking planners who supposedly don't know economics—but it appears that this law professor doesn't either.

City Hall

Can we ‘reform’ the City Charter without addressing economic inequality?

Tim Redmond - November 11, 2025

San Francisco could have lots of nice things. Maybe SPUR could help.

Exclusive

Score a FREE PAIR of Cirque du Soleil tickets (and help save local indie media, too)

Marke B. - November 10, 2025

New big top show ECHO comes to Oracle Park starting Nov. 20—here's how to get a ticket and support 48 Hills.

The Agenda

With a ‘heavy heart,’ tenant protections move forward at Planning Commission

Tim Redmond - November 9, 2025

Plus: The Chron's vicious attack on two sitting progressive supes ... that's The Agenda for Nov. 9-16

Sponsored link

Elections

Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s real legacy

Tim Redmond - November 9, 2025

She was always a neoliberal Democrat who dismissed the left and put the party and its power ahead of her constituents at home

Protest

Refuse Fascism launches sustained peaceful resistance movement in DC

Dorothy O'Donnell - November 8, 2025

Catching up with the young activists as they press for the removal of the Trump regime through multiple protest actions.

News + Politics

The death of a Lucky, and the rise (again) of a food desert in Bayview Hunters Point

Tom Molanphy - November 6, 2025

With little notice, a grocery store once promoted as a 'game changer' shuts down—just as people are losing their SNAP benefits

Elections

‘Let’s bring some of those vittles back to the table:’ What the Nov. 4 election means

Tim Redmond - November 5, 2025

Economic populism seems to be working. Siding with Trump doesn't. Where does the Democratic Party go now?

Housing

Rich Family Zoning Plan delayed again as data shows it will not lower rents

Tim Redmond - November 4, 2025

State Sen. Scott Wiener was (finally) front and center in the debate over a plan that has no funding or provisions for affordable housing

Sponsored link

Homelessness

Dorsey pushes an end to Housing First—and an end to controls on government spying

Tim Redmond - November 4, 2025

Supes oust Prop. C author from commission as Dorsey calls for an end to tight limits on surveillance technology

LGBTQ

75 years ago, they sparked the gay rights movement with ‘exhilarating freedom’

Joshua Rotter - November 4, 2025

Library event celebrates groundbreaking 1950 Mattachine Society, which helped shape modern queer identity.

The Agenda

Obscure bill could open more neighborhoods to chain stores (and undermine labor)

Tim Redmond - November 2, 2025

Plus: Conditions at a private prison in the Tenderloin, Lurie's Rich Family Housing Plan, and taxing the billionaires ... that's The Agenda for Nov. 3 to 10

Protest

Queer activists ‘Scare the State’ at ICE protest on Halloween

Marke B. - November 1, 2025

Colorful protest at 100 Montgomery drew attention to immigration court abductions, with drag, costumes, and piñatas.

Housing

New study makes clear: The Wiener-Lurie plan will NOT bring down housing prices

Tim Redmond - October 31, 2025

The Yimbys are furious that a new report says upzoning won't produce much new housing. The bigger story is that it will fail to produce affordability

Sponsored link

News + Politics

Lurie goes west to defend his Rich Family Zoning Plan ….

Dear Gavin: Here are some (free) tips for your presidential campaign

Disability activist and oracle Alice Wong passes away at 51

Lurie’s D4 bungle: This is what happens when you have no political sense

Still hung up on ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor’

Is Chris Elmendorf a ‘folk economist?’

Can we ‘reform’ the City Charter without addressing economic inequality?

Score a FREE PAIR of Cirque du Soleil tickets (and help save local indie media, too)

With a ‘heavy heart,’ tenant protections move forward at Planning Commission

Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s real legacy

Refuse Fascism launches sustained peaceful resistance movement in DC

The death of a Lucky, and the rise (again) of a food desert in Bayview Hunters Point

‘Let’s bring some of those vittles back to the table:’ What the Nov. 4 election means

Rich Family Zoning Plan delayed again as data shows it will not lower rents

Dorsey pushes an end to Housing First—and an end to controls on government spying

75 years ago, they sparked the gay rights movement with ‘exhilarating freedom’

Obscure bill could open more neighborhoods to chain stores (and undermine labor)

Queer activists ‘Scare the State’ at ICE protest on Halloween

New study makes clear: The Wiener-Lurie plan will NOT bring down housing prices

Be a 48 Hills Hero!

News

Politics

Arts

Culture