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The view from a homeless shelter

I am employed. I am clean. I have been living in a shelter for three years. I can't even go home when I'm sick or tired. Will someone give me a chance?

michelle - March 18, 2019

News + Politics

SF to pay $13.1 million to man who was framed by cops

Settlement ends the horror story that was the Jamal Trulove case -- but none of the people charged with putting an innocent man in jail has faced any discipline. Plus: The right sign for the Harvey Milk Terminal and report that shows where the real housing crisis is. That's The Agenda for March 18-24

Tim Redmond - March 17, 2019

News + Politics

Two oversight hearings sidetracked when mayoral staffers don’t show

Peskin says it's "bizarre and unacceptable" that the Mayor's Office couldn't get a key person to a committee hearing.

Tim Redmond - March 17, 2019

Lit

Race, labor, and activism on the waterfront

'Dockworker Power' explores how longshore workers on two sides of the world stood together in solidarity during the most racist, anti-leftist, and pro-capitalist period of the 20th century.

Alex Catsoulis - March 15, 2019

News + Politics

Could SF tax new IPO wealth?

Sup. Gordon Mar is raising the issue -- and asking about how to make sure the tech companies pay for the impacts they are having on the city.

Tim Redmond - March 13, 2019

News + Politics

Good for Gavin: Is this the end of the death penalty?

Newsom takes a bold stand that could have national implications.

Tim Redmond - March 13, 2019

News + Politics

Anchor Brewing workers vote for union

Contract could set new standards for fast-growing craft-beer industry.

Tim Redmond - March 13, 2019

News + Politics

Mayor makes smart move with public defender appointment

Manohar Raju is an excellent choice -- and he will almost certainly run unopposed in November.

Tim Redmond - March 11, 2019

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The Agenda

News + Politics

SF to pay $13.1 million to man who was framed by cops

Tim Redmond - March 17, 2019

News + Politics

Will the state Democratic Party support public power?

Tim Redmond - February 10, 2019

Plus: Kicking the NRA out of the SFPD, protecting the rights of minors to have a lawyer when they are questioned by the local cops -- and a Right of First Refusal for nonprofits to buy multi-family housing. That's The Agenda for Feb. 11-17.

News + Politics

Debate over $185 million windfall begins this week

Tim Redmond - February 3, 2019

Mayor, supes have some competing priorities for money from education fund. Plus a vacancy tax -- and why we need it. That's The Agenda for Feb. 4-11.

The Agenda

Fight the PG&E bailout!

Tim Redmond - January 27, 2019

Plus: Planning wants to give developers a bonus—and ignore the roots of the housing crisis. This week's Agenda.

News + Politics

The new supes, a public bank, police secrecy …

Tim Redmond - January 6, 2019

... and a pricey inauguration for a governor who has no apparent concept of the problem of economic inequality. That's The Agenda for Jan. 7-13.

Opinion

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The Sierra Club and the luxury-housing developer

Northern Alameda chapter backs San Leandro project in a sign that the pro-growth forces are trying to take over the environmental group.

Zelda Bronstein - February 17, 2019

News + Politics

A scary time in Venezuela

Carolina Morales - January 26, 2019

The US is participating in an undemocratic coup.

News + Politics

Conservatorship: The new ‘ugly laws’

Tiny - December 17, 2018

Another tool to take individuality and power away from poor, disabled, and senior people will start in SF and LA.

Opinion

Beyond Zuckerberg General Hospital

Bob Prentice - December 5, 2018

Are philanthropy and charity really solutions to society's problems?

News + Politics

Let’s start over, Mayor Breed

John Elberling - November 8, 2018

How about showing some good faith by ending the homeless sweeps?

Tenant Troubles

News + Politics

Tenant Troubles: What Prop. 10 is really about

The measure does nothing but allow local control; for a lot of tenants, it could make a huge difference

Dave Crow - October 24, 2018

Tenant Troubles

Tenant Troubles: My washer broke — should I sign a lease?

Dave Crow - July 19, 2018

In San Francisco, if you don't have a lease it may be harder for the landlord to evict you.

News + Politics

Tenant Troubles: Can I add two roommates? Should I?

Dave Crow - June 13, 2018

Is it a good idea to move out, sort of, but keep a rent-controlled unit by subletting to new "roommates?"

Tenant Troubles

Tenant Troubles: How do I get my roommate to leave?

Dave Crow - June 7, 2018

It's not easy -- and it shouldn't be. Hiring a lawyer and doing an eviction is expensive and ugly, so look for other options

Tenant Troubles

Tenant Troubles: Can my landlord refuse to let me have a service animal?

Dave Crow - May 17, 2018

In many cases, no -- but be careful about the paperwork

Foreign Correspondent

What’s really going on in Kashmir?

The geopolitics behind the recent military attacks from India and Pakistan

Reese Erlich - March 8, 2019

Foreign Correspondent

How the war in Yemen could end — in a matter of days

Reese Erlich - February 21, 2019

Enforcing an obscure US law 'would affect their ability to fight immediately.'

Foreign Correspondent

Venezuela: Democratic uprising or US coup?

Reese Erlich - February 8, 2019

Trump is strangling the country while US oil companies envision big profits.

Foreign Correspondent

Does Cuba censor the Internet? Think again

Reese Erlich - January 25, 2019

Despite US rules that have made phones and connections expensive, many Cubans have free access to global media.

Foreign Correspondent

Trump: The sudden anti-war champion?

Reese Erlich - December 28, 2018

Sorting out the president's impetuous moves in Syria and Afghanistan

Campaign Trail

Preston launches campaign with energetic event

Vallie Brown is the incumbent, but it appears that Preston is the front-runner in the D5 race.

Tim Redmond - February 24, 2019

Campaign Trail

Preston leads in D5 fundraising

Tim Redmond - February 1, 2019

Challenger has more money than incumbent, setting the tone for the November race.

Campaign Trail

Some reality facing the candidates for president

Tim Redmond - January 22, 2019

Economic inequality and climate change will doom human civilization unless we take some pretty serious steps. I'm waiting for the candidate who is willing to say that.

Campaign Trail

A progressive candidate files for DA, opening up the 2019 race

Tim Redmond - January 15, 2019

Chesa Boudin, a deputy public defender whose life has been shaped by the criminal justice system, offers a new perspective in a campaign dominated by tough-on-crime candidates.

Campaign Trail

Mar declares victory in D4 as Jessica Ho concedes

Tim Redmond - November 8, 2018

Progressives will have seven votes on the Board of Supes.

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The view from a homeless shelter

michelle - March 18, 2019

I am employed. I am clean. I have been living in a shelter for three years. I can't even go home when I'm sick or tired. Will someone give me a chance?

Culture

Don’t cry for Golden Gate Fortune Cookie, owner says, despite huge rent jump

Tamara Palmer - March 18, 2019

57-year-old local institution's monthly rent goes up $4350; Kevin Chan vows to continue, points to tough times citywide.

News + Politics

SF to pay $13.1 million to man who was framed by cops

Tim Redmond - March 17, 2019

News + Politics

Two oversight hearings sidetracked when mayoral staffers don’t show

Tim Redmond - March 17, 2019

Peskin says it's "bizarre and unacceptable" that the Mayor's Office couldn't get a key person to a committee hearing.

Lit

Race, labor, and activism on the waterfront

Alex Catsoulis - March 15, 2019

'Dockworker Power' explores how longshore workers on two sides of the world stood together in solidarity during the most racist, anti-leftist, and pro-capitalist period of the 20th century.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: The terror that is ‘Us’

Dennis Harvey - March 20, 2019

Jordan Peele's latest doesn't disappoint. Plus: Tiny Dance Festival, The Mustang, Transit, the Juniper Tree, and more in cinemas this week.

All Ears

San Pablo’s Los Cenzontles ramps up its Mexican rhythms

Caitlin Donohue - March 19, 2019

A new sound system and renovated space, a collaboration with Linda Ronstadt, youth programs, a cross-border documentary—what can't this cultural academy (and band) do?

News + Politics

Could SF tax new IPO wealth?

Tim Redmond - March 13, 2019

Sup. Gordon Mar is raising the issue -- and asking about how to make sure the tech companies pay for the impacts they are having on the city.

Dance

Reviews: Gender under the microscope in ‘Queent’ and ‘Boys in Trouble’

Marke B. - March 18, 2019

Fauxnique and VivvyAnne Forevermore exploded drag's cliches, Sean Dorsey Dance took on toxic masculinity and gender performance.

Homelessness

News + Politics

How the Twitter tax break continues to damage San Francisco …

... plus big city contracts that never got the proper oversight, smoking weed in public -- and Scott Wiener's plan to further gentrify San Francisco. That's The Agenda for March 11-17

Tim Redmond - March 10, 2019

News + Politics

Cops continue homeless sweeps, even in the cold rain

Tim Redmond - March 7, 2019

Tents are still being confiscated despite dangerous weather, police official admits at public hearing.

News + Politics

The inhumanity of homeless ‘sweeps’

Tiny - March 6, 2019

When did taking people's possessions, destroying their shelter, and leaving them to suffer in the rain become the new normal?

News + Politics

The Democrats in Sacramento want to deregulate housing — but that has never worked

Tim Redmond - March 3, 2019

The 'grand bargain' for Bay Area housing is a sham -- the developers get what they want, vulnerable communities get nothing. And homelessness continues to increase.

News + Politics

Has Breed made an impact on homelessness?

Tim Redmond - February 25, 2019

The mayor brags that 1,000 people have left the streets since she took office. The real numbers are a bit more complicated.

Development

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Brazilian classics, the Gospel of Eureka, a Silicon Valley scam….

Campy Australian horror, RIP Albert Finney, a Chinese gangster epic, Albany Film Fest, and more in cinemas this week.

Dennis Harvey - March 11, 2019

News + Politics

How the Twitter tax break continues to damage San Francisco …

Tim Redmond - March 10, 2019

... plus big city contracts that never got the proper oversight, smoking weed in public -- and Scott Wiener's plan to further gentrify San Francisco. That's The Agenda for March 11-17

News + Politics

The inhumanity of homeless ‘sweeps’

Tiny - March 6, 2019

When did taking people's possessions, destroying their shelter, and leaving them to suffer in the rain become the new normal?

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Berlin & Beyond, Woman at War, The Mystery of Picasso ….

Dennis Harvey - March 5, 2019

Mapplethorpe, Styx, Giant Little Ones, tributes to Delphine Seyrig and Hirokazu Kore-eda, and more in cinemas this week.

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Reptaliens, Spear of Destiny, V Vale….

Marke B. - March 5, 2019

An epic Peter Murphy residency, Kitka, DJ Saoirse, Electric Church, Flashing After Dark, The Great SF Corn Dog Festival, and more.

Evictions

News + Politics

How the Twitter tax break continues to damage San Francisco …

... plus big city contracts that never got the proper oversight, smoking weed in public -- and Scott Wiener's plan to further gentrify San Francisco. That's The Agenda for March 11-17

Tim Redmond - March 10, 2019

News + Politics

The Democrats in Sacramento want to deregulate housing — but that has never worked

Tim Redmond - March 3, 2019

The 'grand bargain' for Bay Area housing is a sham -- the developers get what they want, vulnerable communities get nothing. And homelessness continues to increase.

News + Politics

Has Breed made an impact on homelessness?

Tim Redmond - February 25, 2019

The mayor brags that 1,000 people have left the streets since she took office. The real numbers are a bit more complicated.

News + Politics

Will the state Democratic Party support public power?

Tim Redmond - February 10, 2019

News + Politics

What the regional housing “compact” amounts to — so far

Zelda Bronstein - January 10, 2019

Plenty of bills that will please developers and landlords; not so many for tenants and vulnerable communities.

Activism

Lit

Race, labor, and activism on the waterfront

'Dockworker Power' explores how longshore workers on two sides of the world stood together in solidarity during the most racist, anti-leftist, and pro-capitalist period of the 20th century.

Alex Catsoulis - March 15, 2019

News + Politics

Community celebrates the life of Jeff Adachi

Tim Redmond - February 27, 2019

More than 1,000 gather to mourn -- but also to insist that the public defender's legacy will continue.

Onstage

Review: A marvelous Chinatown ride in ‘King of the Yees’

Elaine Elinson - February 3, 2019

From a Sichuan Face Changer to an onstage 'Shrimp Boy,' Lauren Yee's play is a hilarious, thought-provoking experience.

News + Politics

Building momentum and the Women’s March

Tim Redmond - January 21, 2019

Plus: Newsom's got the housing crisis all wrong -- and SF negotiates with PG&E over CLeanPowerSF. That's The Agenda for Jan 21-28.

Arts + Culture

Black Panthers, today: A 1968 photo series exploring the activists’ humanity finds significance in 2019

Caitlin Donohue - January 18, 2019

SFAI students and contemporary Black artists re-contextualize Pirkle Jones and Ruth-Marion Baruch's influential and controversial images

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