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OPINION: The serious problems with Dorsey’s sober-housing legislation

It bans all supportive housing that isn't 'drug free.' This will make the situation on the streets worse.
Opinion Jordan Wasilewski -
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Berkeley’s city planning ‘cancel culture’

Small shops and the public cut out of the process of upzoning three neighborhoods
Housing Zelda Bronstein -
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How Scott Wiener is undermining affordable housing

Plus: A strange move to allow city donations to a law-enforcement group, and why SF should buy apartments from a bankrupt landlord. That's The Agenda for Sept. 28-Oct. 5
The Agenda Tim Redmond -
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New study shows why Lurie’s zoning plan will never make housing affordable

Detailed housing data from 2015 to 2022 shows that developers aren't building what the city needs—and are damaging vulnerable communities
Housing Tim Redmond -
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Immigration

New state ‘loitering’ law could lead to racial profiling and deportations

Serena Finney -
In the name of fighting sex trafficking, the state just opened the door to racial profiling, abuse, and helping ICE
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Housing

The bizarre incompetence of Wiener’s SB 79

Michael Barnes -
Do that math: This will never work. And it undermines all the twisted efforts cities are making to comply with RHNA
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Elections

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

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

Planning Commission passes Lurie plan over strong community opposition

Serena Finney and Tim Redmond -
Key measure advances to Board of Supes, where neighbors from the swing vote districts will be pitted against the mayor and the big developers
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Housing

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

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

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

Calvin Welch -
It won't bring down housing prices. It will create displacement—and it's terribly divisive
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News + Politics

How the Engardio recall has scrambled local politics

Tim Redmond -
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
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Homelessness

The unfairness of the RV eviction process

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

The missing 120 beds at Laguna Honda

teresa palmer -
While hundreds of San Franciscans are shipped out of town for skilled nursing care, why isn't the city fighting harder for the space that's already available?
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Music

Watch: Who we loved (and what we ate) at Outside Lands 2025

Marke B. -
Our online reporters and food & drink crew were out in full force to capture the tasty musical spectacle.
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Crime

When a minor parole violation becomes another life sentence

Timothy Peoples -
State law now limits "one-year-to-life" sentences. But many are still stuck in prison for very small violations
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Letters We Answer

Letters we answer: Why aren’t cities fighting back against Wiener’s buildathon?

Tim Redmond -
And why can't San Francisco buy these empty or unbuilt units for affordable housing?
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Culture

A long, strange trip from counterculture to $6,000 tickets and fancy hotels

Serena Finney -
Not the old Dead scene—but the power of the music remains
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Homelessness

Trump’s attack on the unhoused is nothing new

Tiny -
We've seen this for years, from Newson to Lurie. And we are fighting back
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Opinion

The cruelty of RV evictions

Armando Bravo Martinez -
Forcing people out of their homes and communities isn't a glitch; it's the point.
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