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The Agenda

The city’s climate plan will cost money; will Breed support progressive taxes to pay for it?

Tim Redmond - March 12, 2023

Plus: A long-awaited hearing on the city's reparations plan—and a debate over more money for the cops. That's The Agenda for March 12-19

Opinion

Opinion: A proactive vision for a flooded San Francisco

Stephen Torres - March 10, 2023

How could we change the cycle of damage? In a way, by turning back the clock.

Housing

Now SF urged to lower affordable-housing levels in market-rate projects

Tim Redmond - March 9, 2023

The mayor's housing policies make less and less sense the more you look into them.

Immigration

Jenkins backs off attack on sanctuary law after massive outcry

Tim Redmond - March 9, 2023

DA, mayor figured out that this particular 'tough on crime' trope was a loser.

Housing

Breed admits that the city’s Housing Element is destined to fail

Tim Redmond - March 7, 2023

Mayor says, for the first time, that she has no plan to deliver on the state mandates for local affordable housing.

Environment

The Hunters Point Shipyard: Art survives amid toxic waste

Tom Molanphy - March 5, 2023

Part II: As artists move into the former base, the level of contamination reaches the point where 'if it can't be cleaned, stay the hell out.'

The Agenda

Breed’s attack on the sanctuary ordinance, Jenkins’ attack on police accountability …

Tim Redmond - March 5, 2023

... plus remote public comments, the Housing Element, and a deal that limits the DA's role in police-shooting investigations. That's The Agenda for March 5-12

News + Politics

Budget Chair Chan prepares for serious challenges to mayor’s budget priorities

Tim Redmond - March 3, 2023

Police funding, tax cuts, and spending equity will be on the table as the supes take on a brutal budget season.

Immigration

Supes fail by one vote to approve Sanctuary City resolution that challenges ICE, Biden

Tim Redmond - March 2, 2023

Matt Dorsey, who wants to deport Fentanyl dealers, blocks approval, as 10 board members say his approach is deeply misguided.

Environment

The tragic toxic legacy of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard

Tom Molanphy - March 1, 2023

Aided by a USC fellowship, reporter Tom Molanphy and 48hills dug into the overwhelming history of data concerning the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, which...

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