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SF Democrats oppose Airbnb tax cut—after some try to kill the resolution

A late-night move to defy labor and undermine tax justice narrowly fails
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News + Politics

Lurie plays small ball while San Francisco faces the abyss

Here are three huge issues the new administration is simply ignoring
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Budget battle begins as labor, CBOs push back against brutal Lurie cuts

Why does a city with 85 billionaires and big tech companies that want tax breaks have to settle for austerity?
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News + Politics

SF Democrats oppose Airbnb tax cut—after some try to kill the resolution

A late-night move to defy labor and undermine tax justice narrowly fails
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

Lurie plays small ball while San Francisco faces the abyss

Here are three huge issues the new administration is simply ignoring
Calvin Welch -
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News + Politics

Budget battle begins as labor, CBOs push back against brutal Lurie cuts

Why does a city with 85 billionaires and big tech companies that want tax breaks have to settle for austerity?
Tim Redmond -
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Development

Supes approve public notice for neighborhood zoning changes

Dorsey, Melgar, say the city should not 'alarm' people by telling them what's about to happen to their communities.
Tim Redmond -
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Protest

The Dyke March needs help to return full-throttle

New organizers launch fundraiser to restore Pride Weekend's radical centerpiece to its sprawling, outspoken self.
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Lit

‘A Greek Tragedy’ reveals the painful story of the human crisis of migration

One day, one shipwreck, one small island, hundreds dead—and multiple big lessons for society
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The Agenda

The basic idea of telling people about development runs into the Yimby agenda

Plus: The end of harm reduction as a primary policy. That's The Agenda for April 20-27
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Homelessness

Fielder proposal to protect unhoused families runs into opposition from ‘moderates’

Sauter, Sherrill try to kill a measure that would give a bit of hope to some of the city's most vulnerable residents
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Development

Small business groups push for protections from Lurie’s upzoning (and displacement)

The city and the state could make sure existing merchants aren't forced out as speculators demolish buildings for higher-density luxury housing
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

PG&E has no friends at a Planning Commission hearing

Report on public power system has unanimous support: 'A glorious thought.'
Tim Redmond -
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Development

Will the supes reject a simple measure notifying neighbors about upzoning?

The excuses for opposing Chan's bill are just political silliness to protect the real estate industry and the Yimby agenda
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

The city’s new Capital Plan is a ridiculous fantasy

And yet, the supes and the mayor are approving this as if it had even the most remote connection to reality.
Tim Redmond -
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Opinion

Rümeysa Öztürk’s ‘last’ Op-Ed

Expressing a provocative opinion is not a crime; if it is, I plead guilty.
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The Agenda

SF wants to run an untested experiment on West Side neighborhoods

Plus: Preventing families from eviction from shelters, and the next step in taking over PG&E. That's The Agenda for April 13-20.
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Housing

Planning hearing on upzoning shows the two worlds of housing advocates

Everyone wants lower prices. the Yimbys think the private market will provide it; community advocates say that doesn't work.
Tim Redmond -
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Crime

What if the DA broke the law? Where is the outrage from all the tough-on-crime folks?

State Bar sends Jenkins into diversion for improper conduct; the billionaire-backed politicians seem to think this is just fine. It's a radical double standard
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Culture

DOGE yanks California Humanities funding, sending artists reeling

For Bay Area documentary filmmakers like Brandon Tauszik, it's 'back to the drawing board'—and GoFundMe.
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Opinion

The Drain: Marke B. spouts off on poverty porn peddlers and the billionaires who love them

Our publisher popped on the popular podcast for a few laughs at tech oligarch Garry Tan and some thoughts on SF's political scene.
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Housing

Conditions at a Hunters Point housing project are disgraceful—and the private operators are ducking responsibility

Hearing shows for-profit companies running Alice Griffith failed to make basic repairs, and now want a city bailout.
Tim Redmond -
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LGBTQ

‘It’s DEFCON One’: People’s March and Rally to signal SF’s ferocious defense of queer, trans rights

Organizers Alex U. Inn and Juanita MORE! ponder what makes this year's protest different (fascism).
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Books

The hot new book ‘Abundance’ is just more neoliberal tech bro porn

What a wonderful future we could have if we just get rid of regulations! (It doesn't actually work that way, and it hasn't in 50 years).
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The Agenda

Can the West Side absorb more density without displacing existing tenants and small businesses?

Plus: Is the privatization of public housing working in SF? That's The Agenda for April 6-13
Tim Redmond -
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Protest

Thousands rally against the Trump Agenda in SF—and around the world

It's weird to see Scott Wiener saying he stands up to billionaire oligarchs—but on a sunny day, a huge crowd refused to be intimidated by Trump
Tim Redmond -
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Labor

Militant union on strike at Urban Ore in Berkeley

IWW members say salvage yard makes plenty of money, but won't offer a fair contract.
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News + Politics

Finally, some talk about local taxes—but not in a progressive direction

Airbnb wants a tax refund. Wiener wants sales taxes. Oakland sales tax isn't polling well. But taxing the rich seems like a popular idea.
Tim Redmond -
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Opinion

Listen to the rank and file: Political lessons from something I missed 25 years ago

The Democratic leadership in Congress needs to learn from a big mistake I made as a union organizer.
Tim Paulson -
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News + Politics

Is the new Berkeley mayor really a conciliatory outsider?

Her history as president of the League of Women Voters suggests otherwise
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LGBTQ

PHOTOS: Families march on Newsom’s house for trans rights

On Trans Day of Visibility, more than 100 parents and kids descended on the governor's Kentfield residence—and then danced to 'Pink Pony Club.'
Marke B. -
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Opinion

A $50,000 Rolex faces deportation

The secret signal chat between Trump and Kristi Noem
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Homelessness

Workers, families face eviction as racetrack in Pleasanton closes abruptly

Alameda County Fairgrounds stops horse racing—so stable workers lose their jobs, and their homes
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The Agenda

Note to Matt Dorsey: UCSF doctors support harm reduction

Plus: SFPD still seems to have problems with illegal searches. That's The Agenda for March 31-April 6
Tim Redmond -
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Healthcare

When fundamentalist religious thought replaces science, we are in serious trouble

Under RFK Jr, researchers are looking for data that supports their political agenda, not data that seeks the truth.
Bruce Mirken -
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Opinion

Three bills that threaten the rights of sex workers—and civil rights in general

Sacramento is again cracking down on sex work—in ways that will just further criminalize vulnerable people
Maxine Doogan -
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LGBTQ

Poem: ‘Trans Power and Unity’

For Trans Day of Visibility, a meditation on the electric manifestations of trans power.
Nina Ruth Mir -
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Housing

New study by Fed economists directly contradicts Yimby narrative on housing prices

Dramatic data suggests gentrification and income inequality are far more important than 'constraints' on development as the cause of high housing prices
Tim Redmond -
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Opinion

OPINION: SF teachers fight to rebuild what Trump is tearing down

To save public education, start with fully staffed schools and fair pay for teachers
Cassondra Curiel -
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LGBTQ

City College names building after Harry Britt

Legendary LGBTQ+ leader gets his due four yeas after his death. We spoke to his friend Tom Ammiano about why it's important.
Andrew Brobst -
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Join us at Acterra’s ‘Promise to the Planet 2025’ celebration

The 55-year-old environmental action nonprofit's May 17 event will be truly special. Save $100 in early bird tickets!
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Opinion

OPINION: Time for local Democrats to step up the resistance to Trump

State and local party leaders should be looking for solutions here at home, including taxes on the rich and protections for vulnerable communities. Here are some ideas.
John Avalos -
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Drug policy

Another War on Drugs measure passes, with only two dissenting votes

Fielder and Chan oppose plan that has serious flaws and could lead to more deaths. 9-2 votes are becoming a pattern.
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