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Thursday, January 16, 2025

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News + Politics

‘The system is broken’

A photographer working with homeless people reflects on the utter failure of the city's sweeps and housing policy.

What the city can still do to control the rogue robotaxis

This is by no means over—but SF needs to get out in front of this kind of tech before it becomes such a huge problem

Legendary Oakland martial arts club—and its founder—face eviction

Casco's Martial Arts may be forced to close, and Sensei Owens and his wife forced into homelessness.

The myth of drug cartels is a cover for state-sanctioned violence

Author Oswaldo Zavala says the way we think about Mexican narcos is all wrong

The real problem with the CPUC’s robotaxi decision

Like AI, this is going to displace human employees. And nobody in government is demanding that the profits be shared with the people whose lives are damaged.

Can Burning Man ever be carbon neutral?

We hear a lot of talk. The reality on the ground is different—and a professor from SF State is gathering the data

Score a beer with Tim Redmond!

Help us meet $30K in matching funds, and even score a 1-on-1 with our founder and editor extraordinaire

The environmental case against robotaxis

They will further damage public transit—and they're no help to people with disabilities

Newsom’s CHP plan will not make Oakland safer

Communities with adequate resources have less violence than communities with a lot of cops

Homeless Commission hears about the SRO eviction crisis—but takes no action

For once, a public hearing on a key issue—but a panel dominated by mayoral appointees has limited ability to demand change.

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