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Homelessness

‘Throwing us out like garbage’

SIP hotel residents say the city's not living up to its promises -- and contracts.
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Housing

‘Throwing us out like garbage’

SIP hotel residents say the city's not living up to its promises -- and contracts.
Homelessness Tiny -
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Homelessness

Die-in protests mayor’s plan to shut homeless hotel rooms

Garrett Leahy -
But activists celebrate the right to challenge evictions.
Homelessness

Supes to push measure keeping homeless hotels open

Tim Redmond -
Proposal would set up another confrontation with the Mayor's Office over keeping unhoused safe during COVID.
Homelessness

On homelessness, no more about us, without us

Tiny -
People who have lived unhoused and in poverty need to be part of the official policy conversation.

Elections

PHOTOS: Castro erupts in patriotic fervor as Biden named winner

On a gorgeous Saturday afternoon, SF's traditional party neighborhood was full of rainbow flags and champagne
Elections Marke B. -
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Elections

A progressive wave in the East Bay

Bobbi Lopez -
Victories over big money in Oakland, Richmond, Berkeley, and Antioch shows the power of community organizing.
Campaign Trail

More votes in; D1 still a cliffhanger

Tim Redmond -
Just 87 votes between the mayor's candidate and the progressive in this key swing district.
Campaign Trail

A handful of votes were counted today

Tim Redmond -
Just 1,035 more ballots counted in SF -- but D1 race is closer. Expect a lot more results tomorrow.

COVID

COVID denial is a grim rerun of AIDS denialism

Two decades ago, a cult-like crowd believed that HIV was harmless and AIDS was a plot. Many of them ended up dead.
COVID Bruce Mirken -
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COVID

Inside the COVID explosion at San Quentin

Juan Moreno Haines -
With 26 dead and at least a third of the population infected, why isn't medical parole part of the solution?
Culture

Preserving stories of California life during COVID—and you can share yours

Emily Wilson -
Erin Garcia, director of exhibitions at the California Historical Society, and her colleagues were looking for ways to engage their audience digitally. What they...
City Hall

If SF bans smoking weed in your apartment, where could you get high?

Bill would criminalize pot smoking for a large part of the city's population.
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News + Politics

Bay View newspaper celebrates history — and a new era

New editors taking the helm of historic Black community newspaper
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Homelessness

‘Throwing us out like garbage’

SIP hotel residents say the city's not living up to its promises -- and contracts.
Tiny -
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City Hall

If SF bans smoking weed in your apartment, where could you get high?

Bill would criminalize pot smoking for a large part of the city's population.
Caitlin Donohue -
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News + Politics

Bay View newspaper celebrates history — and a new era

New editors taking the helm of historic Black community newspaper
Eleni Balakrishnan -
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News + Politics

Why it matters that Boudin is charging a cop with manslaughter

The DA's unprecedented decision sends a message that the police can't kill people with impunity.
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

Will the cops agree to an acceptable deal by next week?

POA and Mayor's Office still in secret talks with Dec. 1 deadline for final approval of a new contract.
Tim Redmond -
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Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: The upcoming fights over COVID vaccine

Who will be vaccinated first -- and in what country?
Reese Erlich -
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Homelessness

Die-in protests mayor’s plan to shut homeless hotel rooms

But activists celebrate the right to challenge evictions.
Garrett Leahy -
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Homelessness

Supes to push measure keeping homeless hotels open

Proposal would set up another confrontation with the Mayor's Office over keeping unhoused safe during COVID.
Tim Redmond -
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Opinion

Missing in Action on Veterans Day

Where is the discussion of military-dependent families? (Oh, and this day was supposed to be about peace, not war).
Herbert F. Mintz II -
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News + Politics

Supes approve police contract that many agree is a bad deal

Facing threats of layoffs and promises of POA remorse, board approves raises for cops with no guarantees they will stop blocking reforms.
Tim Redmond -
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COVID

COVID denial is a grim rerun of AIDS denialism

Two decades ago, a cult-like crowd believed that HIV was harmless and AIDS was a plot. Many of them ended up dead.
Bruce Mirken -
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Protest

PHOTOS: For Transgender Day of Remembrance, lighting candles and honoring those lost

Dozens gathered outside City Hall to mourn the loss of trans lives to violence—and continue the fight for equality.
Marke B. -
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Homelessness

On homelessness, no more about us, without us

People who have lived unhoused and in poverty need to be part of the official policy conversation.
Tiny -
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Homelessness

Housing advocates protest mayor’s plan to close hotels

'Closures of the SIP hotels will put thousands of people at risk of returning to the streets and hundreds of essential workers being laid off.'
Garrett Leahy -
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Arts Forecast

Supes to vote on cops contract — as new records show history of blocking reform

Documents reveal a stunning pattern of the POA trying to prevent reforms -- but a deal to give the cops raises with no concessions is still pending approval.
Tim Redmond -
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Housing

Supes, service providers stunned at mayor’s plan to close homeless hotels

Hearing shows that there is no financial reason to kick people out of hotel rooms, and no place for them to go.
Tim Redmond -
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Opinion

Progressives are winning the Battle of San Francisco

The powerful moderates -- and their financial supporters -- lost overwhelmingly in the Nov. 3 election.
John Elberling -
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Elections

PHOTOS: Castro erupts in patriotic fervor as Biden named winner

On a gorgeous Saturday afternoon, SF's traditional party neighborhood was full of rainbow flags and champagne
Marke B. -
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News + Politics

Where will homeless people moved out of hotels go?

Plus: A continuing progressive majority on the board, protections for small businesses -- and who in SF is going to DC? That's The Agenda for Nov. 8-16
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

Labor celebrates Biden win …

... but activists worry about his priorities.
Garrett Leahy -
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Elections

A progressive wave in the East Bay

Victories over big money in Oakland, Richmond, Berkeley, and Antioch shows the power of community organizing.
Bobbi Lopez -
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News + Politics

Why did so many people vote for Trump?

Radical economic inequality causes social breakdown. We're seeing it right now.
Tim Redmond -
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Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: The challenge for Joe Biden

If he’s smart, the likely President-elect will stop the unpopular endless wars and use the money to help our domestic economy.
Reese Erlich -
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News + Politics

Connie Chan now leading in D1

Voting trend now favors progressive candidate.
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

Supes panel declines to reject police contract

Deal that committee members agree is deeply flawed will move forward to full board.
Tim Redmond -
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Campaign Trail

More votes in; D1 still a cliffhanger

Just 87 votes between the mayor's candidate and the progressive in this key swing district.
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

Major police reform item at supes committee Thursday

Should the city give raises to the POA without any new accountability?
Tim Redmond -
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Campaign Trail

A handful of votes were counted today

Just 1,035 more ballots counted in SF -- but D1 race is closer. Expect a lot more results tomorrow.
Tim Redmond -
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Campaign Trail

Connie Chan now in tight race in D1

Marjan Philhour takes 53-vote lead; next ballot count at 5pm.
Tim Redmond -
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Elections

Cannabis for president: Legalization, decriminalization ruled ballots nationwide

Last night, US voters proved ending prohibition is the one thing they can agree on, from Arizona to Mississippi.
Caitlin Donohue -
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Culture

Big money didn’t win in San Francisco

The city's voters roundly rejected Uber and Lyft's Prop 22—though it won statewide—and elected a progressive majority Board of Supervisors, despite the Mayor's best efforts.
Tim Redmond -
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Elections

ELECTION 2020: LIVE UPDATES

Follow us here for live election results and analysis throughout the evening
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Elections

30 SF candidates sound off on how they would support sexual assault survivors

The Coalition of Local Anti-Rape Advocates questionnaire grills candidates on how they would support houseless, undocumented, and incarcerated survivors.
Caitlin Donohue -
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News + Politics

Follow us on Election Night for live results and analysis!

We'll be posting live updates on the 48 Hills site and social media during and after the elections.
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Elections

The stunning Big Money trying to buy SF’s election

Latest filings show huge cash infusions in district supe races from people who also oppose property-tax reform.
Tim Redmond -
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Campaign Trail

The GOP hits keep coming in D7

Trump supporters launch last-minute attack on Melgar and Nguyen
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

Letter from Kenosha: A community under seige

A police shooting, a right-wing vigilante, military humvees, and a small town trying to heal
Gabe Fuente and Sean Edwards -
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Housing

More election sleaze: Fake tenant groups in District 1

Organizations that didn't exist a month ago are suddenly saying that tenants support Marjan Philhour.
Garrett Leahy -
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News + Politics

The deep problem with the new Supreme Court

The 'original' Constitution is all about individual liberty, and not about any collective responsibility for our common humanity.
Peter Gabel -
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News + Politics

The sleaze reaches high tide in D5

Bizarre attack on Dean Preston defies facts, logic, and reality -- but that doesn't stop Big Real Estate and Big Tech.
Tim Redmond -
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