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Housing

Robots in the crash pad: The twisted takeover of the Red Victorian Hotel

How Haight-Ashbury countercultural ideals were distorted by a tech "co-living" experiment, and a trans performance community was displaced.

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - September 21, 2021

Crime

While people sit in jail cells, SF courts delay criminal trials

Judges hear civil cases while violating the law and delaying the right to a speedy trial for criminal defendants, public defender says.

Tim Redmond - September 21, 2021

Environment

A car-free JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park is finally close to reality

But there are some complicated equity issues that will require a lot more discussion.

Tim Redmond - September 20, 2021

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Housing

Robots in the crash pad: The twisted takeover of the Red Victorian Hotel

How Haight-Ashbury countercultural ideals were distorted by a tech "co-living" experiment, and a trans performance community was displaced.

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - September 21, 2021

Crime

While people sit in jail cells, SF courts delay criminal trials

Judges hear civil cases while violating the law and delaying the right to a speedy trial for criminal defendants, public defender says.

Tim Redmond - September 21, 2021

Environment

A car-free JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park is finally close to reality

But there are some complicated equity issues that will require a lot more discussion.

Tim Redmond - September 20, 2021

News + Politics

Remembering Spain’s 15-M Movement, Occupy’s scrappy precursor

As the US looks back a decade later, a necessary reminder that Occupy was a reverberation of a global movement.

Marke B. - September 20, 2021

The Agenda

Should SF ban the no-knock warrants that lead to Breonna Taylor’s death?

Plus: Juvenile justice, small-business rent relief, and a 'beach-to-the-Bay' bike path. That's The Agenda for Sept. 20-26.

Tim Redmond - September 19, 2021

Labor

Occupy San Francisco was a game-changer

Ten years later, remembering the movement that gave us "We are the 99 percent" and put economic inequality on the national agenda.

Tim Paulson - September 19, 2021

Labor

Giants food-service workers take job action, demanding safety

More than 200 briefly walk off the job and demand meeting with management; Giants brass ducks as strike looms.

Marc Norton - September 16, 2021

COVID

Why no COVID vaccine requirements for Giants fans?

Concession staffers have to get the shot—but people cheering and shouting in a packed stadium can threaten the workers and themselves.

Marc Norton - September 15, 2021

Environment

50 years ago, San Bruno Mountain was almost cut in half

Remembering a successful community campaign to save the local environment—as climate challenges loom.

Tom Molanphy - September 15, 2021

News + Politics

Newsom beats back recall handily; now he has to decide who his friends are

Labor and grassroots Democrats kept him in office. Will he remember that when it comes to making policy?

Tim Redmond - September 14, 2021

Police

New rules on search warrants moving forward with little public input

The public defender wasn't consulted. The DA hasn't been inolvolved. But the Police Commission wants a major policy change—now.

Tim Redmond - September 13, 2021

The Agenda

Why have DBI, Planning, and the cops gotten away with so much for so long?

Plus: $70 million for parking meters when the mayor says we can't afford to keep SIP hotels open to save lives. That's The Agenda for Sept. 13-19

Tim Redmond - September 12, 2021

Labor

Dandelion Chocolate workers’ union vote is approved by NLRB

Feds agree that the union won, narrowly; now comes the challenge of negotiating a contract.

Garrett Leahy - September 12, 2021

Environment

Will SF’s ambitious Climate Action plan ever actually happen?

Implementing the program will cost money and involve tough decisions. Is City Hall up to it?

Michael Redmond - September 10, 2021

Opinion

Opinion: The Great Highway shutdown fiasco

It's worse for the environment. It's infuriated residents. The city needs to rethink the highway closure—now, when a compromise is possible.

Steven Hill - September 9, 2021

COVID

COVID and wildfires are a double threat at state prisons

New outbreaks, and constant fire threats, have been largely ignored by the major news media.

Tim Redmond - September 8, 2021

News + Politics

The mystery of Jean Chang Kan Fung, 84, dead after an encounter with CHP

Grandmother disappeared after cops dropped her at a grocery store far from home. She washed up dead in the water off Pacifica.

Angela Hui - September 7, 2021

Homelessness

Keep the SIP hotels open to save lives, demonstrators tell Mayor Breed

Sup. Haney says feds will probably keep paying—but in the end, the city needs to buy these hotels as permanent housing.

Garrett Leahy - September 7, 2021

The Agenda

A tech-worker dorm in the Tenderloin? Or the end of the Yimby narrative?

Christian Science Church had an approved project—but the developer says family housing doesn't make enough money and is asking for tech dorms instead. That's The Agenda for Sept 7-13

Tim Redmond - September 6, 2021

Labor

With Ed Asner, you always got what you saw—integrity

Remembering a devoted, consistent, and aggressive labor leader.

Tim Paulson - September 6, 2021

Labor

DoorDash drivers go to CEO’s door to demand fair wages and working conditions

The company offered 120 precent of minimum wage when it wanted to pass Prop. 22. But workers say they are still getting a raw deal.

Garrett Leahy - September 2, 2021

Protest

Will Mayor Breed declare a state of emergency on drug-overdose deaths?

Activists, supervisors, DA all say it's time to defy the state and feds and set up city-backed safe-injection sites.

Garrett Leahy - September 1, 2021

Housing

BIPOC residents of Mission Bay feel more welcome than in the rest of SF

In a new community with 30 percent affordable housing, displacement and gentrification aren't creating instability.

Barbara Lopez - September 1, 2021

Labor

Giants ballpark workers set strike vote

Low wages, poor COVID safety, and a dismissive attitude by team management could lead to picket lines during the pennant race.

Tim Redmond - August 31, 2021

Labor

‘Don’t be a Giant idiot’—workers demand better COVID safety at ballpark

Growing number of positive tests set off alarm among the people who serve food and beverages at Oracle Park.

Marc Norton - August 30, 2021

Housing

The future of Mission Bay

There's still a lot to do to turn this former redevelopment area into a real community, a new survey shows.

John Elberling - August 30, 2021

Labor

‘It’s always been there:’ Dolores Huerta speaks out on racism and Jim Crow

At 91, the co-founder of the United Farmworkers Union is still active and speaking out against voter suppression.

Dennis J. Bernstein - August 29, 2021

Environment

Students demand that teacher pension fund revoke fossil fuel investments

CalSTRS holds $6 billion in fossil-fuel company stock, and the next generation wants to see a dramatic change.

Garrett Leahy - August 29, 2021

Housing

Bridge housing talks about community empowerment …

... and then supports two bad housing bills that do the exact opposite. And they want my money.

Zelda Bronstein - August 27, 2021

Homelessness

Medical professionals say that SIP hotel program is saving and changing lives

Data shows marked improvements in physical and mental health of formerly homeless—so why is SF shutting these hotels down?

Tim Redmond - August 26, 2021

Business + Tech

Waymo and the invasion of the corporate body-snatchers

Robot drivers who will put 10 million people out of work are coming to your neighborhood—now.

Herb Mintz - August 25, 2021

News + Politics

Judge blocks—for now—massive UC expansion in Parnassus Heights

Temporary order saves historic murals and could force the school to negotiate with the neighborhood that its development project will impact.

Tim Redmond - August 24, 2021

News + Politics

Campos takes first step toward state Assembly bid

If Chiu becomes city attorney, his seat will be open for a special election.

Tim Redmond - August 24, 2021

Crime

The data supports Chesa Boudin’s record: Why doesn’t the media tell us that?

Boudin is charging cases at the same rate as other local DAs. He has increased prosecutions of sexual assault cases. But the "balanced" Chron misses the point.

Tim Redmond - August 22, 2021

COVID