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Mel Odom’s kaleidoscopic queer eye drew stunning art through AIDS

New short film aims to capture turbulent milieu and indelible imagery of New York artist and dollmaker.

Art Race Bannon - September 16, 2025

We will probably know Tuesday evening if Sup. Joel Engardio keeps his seat

Early results could tell the tale—and if the D4 supe is out, what will Lurie do?

Elections Tim Redmond - September 15, 2025

Strange (and maybe inappropriate) actions at the Planning Commission …

... plus an attack on preservation in North Beach, and has the privatized zoo improved enough to get another $3 million? That's The Agenda for Sept. 14 to 21

Housing Tim Redmond - September 15, 2025

Planning Commission passes Lurie plan over strong community opposition

Key measure advances to Board of Supes, where neighbors from the swing vote districts will be pitted against the mayor and the big developers

Housing Serena Finney and Tim Redmond - September 12, 2025

Housing

Mayor will face opponents to zoning plan at rallies outside of City Hall

Tim Redmond - September 10, 2025

Press conference, silent protest marks first official meeting on upzoning proposal. Here's what to look for

Housing

Opposition grows to Lurie’s zoning plan that would transform San Francisco

Tim Redmond - September 9, 2025

Tenants, neighborhood groups, and some supes are saying the plan will hurt renters and small businesses—and needs more environmental review

Featured

Fancy a beer with Tim Redmond?

Marke B. - September 9, 2025

We're looking for sponsors for our October 22 Gala—and sweetening the pot with a personal bull session with our editor.

Homelessness

The lie of ‘equity considerations’ in Oakland attack on the unhoused

Tiny - September 8, 2025

Use all the nice language you want—it still means destroying lives

The Agenda

Defining land-use battle heads to supes, Planning Commission

Tim Redmond - September 7, 2025

Plus: Who wins when transit loses—and another giveaway to market-rate housing developers. That's The Agenda for Sept. 8-15

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Development

The six fatal flaws in Mayor Lurie’s so-called ‘Family Zoning Plan’

Calvin Welch - September 7, 2025

It won't bring down housing prices. It will create displacement—and it's terribly divisive

News + Politics

Rec-Park director knew well in advance of major nonprofit problems—and did nothing

Tim Redmond - September 4, 2025

Public records show Phil Ginsburg was aware for more than six months that the Parks Alliance was failing, leaving community groups without their money

Transportation

Muni riders, bus drivers, bikers, people who walk beg SFMTA Commission to do its job

Tim Redmond - September 2, 2025

Panel allows mayor to open mid-Market to Lyft, Uber, Waymo, defying existing policy—and won't even vote on it

Best of the Bay

VOTE NOW in the 2025 Best of the Bay Readers’ Poll!

Marke B. - September 1, 2025

Our 51st installment of the Bay Area classic is 'new and improved' for 2025—and still full of local love.

News + Politics

Huge labor rally takes on the billionaires

Tim Redmond - September 1, 2025

Will that message trickle down into local politics, where oligarchs control City Hall—and the local Democratic Party?

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Opinion

Lurie is damaging transit, the environment—and democracy—on Market Street

Susan Vaughan - September 1, 2025

The mayor is undoing the will of the voters and opening the street to Uber, Lyft, Waymo—and others are sure to follow

The Agenda

The middle class is getting priced out of fun

Tim Redmond - August 31, 2025

Plus: A big labor day rally, a tax cut for telecoms, and gearing up for a major fight over West Side upzoning ... That's The Agenda for AUG. 31 to Sept. 6

News + Politics

How the Engardio recall has scrambled local politics

Tim Redmond - August 29, 2025

The billionaire-backed DCCC slate won with West Side Chinese voters—who want to get rid of Engardio. The big money seems willing to throw him under the bus

Opinion

Silence equals death—and that applies to AIDS and to antisemitism and to Palestine

Sasha Cuttler - August 29, 2025

Wars have no winners; we can end them, and we can end the AIDS pandemic

Homelessness

The unfairness of the RV eviction process

Charlie Fisch - August 27, 2025

The SFMTA can make life a lot easier for RV dwellers—but so far, the agency refuses

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News + Politics

Mel Odom’s kaleidoscopic queer eye drew stunning art through AIDS

We will probably know Tuesday evening if Sup. Joel Engardio keeps his seat

Strange (and maybe inappropriate) actions at the Planning Commission …

Planning Commission passes Lurie plan over strong community opposition

Mayor will face opponents to zoning plan at rallies outside of City Hall

Opposition grows to Lurie’s zoning plan that would transform San Francisco

Fancy a beer with Tim Redmond?

The lie of ‘equity considerations’ in Oakland attack on the unhoused

Defining land-use battle heads to supes, Planning Commission

The six fatal flaws in Mayor Lurie’s so-called ‘Family Zoning Plan’

Rec-Park director knew well in advance of major nonprofit problems—and did nothing

Muni riders, bus drivers, bikers, people who walk beg SFMTA Commission to do its job

VOTE NOW in the 2025 Best of the Bay Readers’ Poll!

Huge labor rally takes on the billionaires

Lurie is damaging transit, the environment—and democracy—on Market Street

The middle class is getting priced out of fun

How the Engardio recall has scrambled local politics

Silence equals death—and that applies to AIDS and to antisemitism and to Palestine

The unfairness of the RV eviction process

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