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Homelessness

Homeless numbers are declining—despite what the Breed Administration has done

Progressive initiatives, opposed by the mayor, seem to be working.

Tim Redmond - May 18, 2022

Economy

What if we let artists and homeless people take over all the empty SF office space?

The old work model is over, and downtown and the local economy is going to suffer—unless we get creative about the future.

Tim Redmond - May 18, 2022

Opinion

A public bank for San Francisco is moving forward, this week

Historic proposal that could transform municipal and nonprofit financing will present preliminary plans.

Rick Girling - May 17, 2022

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Homelessness

Homeless numbers are declining—despite what the Breed Administration has done

Progressive initiatives, opposed by the mayor, seem to be working.

Tim Redmond - May 18, 2022

Economy

What if we let artists and homeless people take over all the empty SF office space?

The old work model is over, and downtown and the local economy is going to suffer—unless we get creative about the future.

Tim Redmond - May 18, 2022

Opinion

A public bank for San Francisco is moving forward, this week

Historic proposal that could transform municipal and nonprofit financing will present preliminary plans.

Rick Girling - May 17, 2022

Housing

65-year-old cancer survivor is fighting Ellis Act eviction—for the second time

Community rallies around 'flower lady' as Apple engineer seeks to throw her out of her home in Bernal Heights.

Sam Lew - May 17, 2022

The Agenda

The price of Ellis Act speculation, and how SF can help tenants survive it

Plus: How is the city going to meet its state-mandate affordable housing goals? That's The Agenda for May 16-22

Tim Redmond - May 15, 2022

Homelessness

Crack down on homeless people—or prevent people from becoming homeless?

Two very different approaches to housing policy were under discussion this week.

Tim Redmond - May 12, 2022

Protest

Raging Grannies and Radical Women on protecting reproductive rights—and more

'We’ll tell them that if abortion is not legal, abortions won’t be gone, they will just be unsafe.'

Lou Fancher - May 11, 2022

Culture

Leaving prison, and entering a very different world—with very little support

Facing Life documents the lives of eight former lifers in their process of reentering society, after having spent decades in California prisons.

Ana Lucia Ralda - May 10, 2022

News + Politics

What the mayor’s D6 supe appointment means for the district—and the city

Matt Dorsey is smart, experienced—and seems to agree with the mayor's agenda on housing and the cops. He will face a tough battle in the fall.

Tim Redmond - May 9, 2022

The Agenda

Breed on affordable housing, places for homeless transitional youth …

... plus community policing and a creative approach to abortion rights in right-wing states. That's The Agenda for May 8-15.

Tim Redmond - May 8, 2022

Opinion

Mandelman’s shelter expansion plan isn’t a long-term solution to homelessness

It would just take funds away from permanent housing—and allow even more sweeps.

Sara Shortt - May 8, 2022

Police

Exposing ‘copaganda’ as SFPD spends $1.6 million on ‘strategic communications’

Why are the taxpayers subsidizing misinformation and spin with a political agenda coming out of a troubled department?

Tim Redmond - May 5, 2022

Opinion

An open letter to the City College Board of Trustees

You don't need to fire 50 teachers. There are other options that could help save the school.

Anita Martinez - May 5, 2022

Opinion

Unlike London Breed, I never took my mask off. Now COVID cases are up again

The mayor's 'back to normal' stance seems to mean reinvigorating the Financial District more than protecting her constituents

Charles Lewis III - May 5, 2022

Education

City College faculty set up tents, hold out for the end of brutal layoffs

Union members say cutting faculty will lead to a cycle of lower enrollment and less revenue; they have an alternative.

Garrett Leahy - May 4, 2022

News + Politics

Proud people who stutter hold event to mark first awareness week in SF

Verbal differences have caused alienation, isolation, and trauma—and the community is working to change that.

Dillon McNeil - May 4, 2022

News + Politics

Who is accountable for the end of Roe v Wade—and the awful, horrible, results?

Did the "moderate" Republicans and centrist Democrats not realize what they were doing—or did they just not care?

Tim Redmond - May 3, 2022

News + Politics

The morning-after drill

I've been writing about the threat to Roe v Wade for 35 years. I never thought this would happen. Here's what we need to do now.

Laura Fraser - May 3, 2022

News + Politics

ALERT: Abortion ruling/reproductive rights protest Tuesday in SF at 5pm

Rally set for this evening outside US Courthouse/Federal Building to protest overturn of Roe v. Wade

Marke B. - May 3, 2022

Housing

Letter to the Editor: Supply and demand doesn’t apply to housing — or really anything

Emphasizing supply intentionally ignores what drives demand: tax subsidies for multi-billion-dollar corporations

Mary McFadden - May 2, 2022

The Agenda

Will the mayor spend money the voters approved for social housing?

And if the taxpayers are spending $1 million a year on police PR, why can't we get even basic information from SFPD? That's The Agenda for May 2-9.

Tim Redmond - May 1, 2022

Elections

Initiative would tax Amazon et al. to fund SF guaranteed income program

Early polling shows strong support for the concept.

Tim Redmond - May 1, 2022

Housing

City report shows that upzoning neighborhoods won’t create more affordable housing

In fact, eliminating single-family zoning won't create much new housing at all.

Tim Redmond - April 28, 2022

Housing

Supply sophistry: How academics miss the point on the cost of urban housing

There is still no good evidence that upzoning leads to more affordability—in New York or in San Francisco.

Zelda Bronstein - April 27, 2022

Crime

Two misleading anti-Boudin ads are going to hit local TV this week

The allegations that the DA ignores domestic violence and car break-ins don't add up.

Tim Redmond - April 26, 2022

Environment

Does SF have enough water to give some back to the salmon—and the ecosystem?

SF is hoarding water and killing fish—or it's preserving a precious resource from impending drought. Depends whose numbers you believe.

Tom Molanphy - April 25, 2022

Opinion

The ultimate troll just bought Twitter. Expect more pain for SF

Elon Musk hates BART, taxes, worker protections, marginalized folks, and the free press. Now he has a huge platform.

Charles Lewis III - April 25, 2022

News + Politics

Cars, bikes—and equity—as supes consider road closure in Golden Gate Park

Plus: Is the board ready to end single-family housing in San Francisco? That's The Agenda for April 25-May 1

Tim Redmond - April 24, 2022

Opinion

Money talks and bullshit walks

The election outcome was first and foremost a victory of massive campaign spending.

Calvin Welch - April 24, 2022

Elections

The district gerrymander is back—and looks like the final supes map

A map the community could live with is rejected, and replaced with one that favors conservatives and allies of the mayor.

Tim Redmond - April 22, 2022

Housing

Haney’s victory does not mean progressive candidates have to move to the right

The entire local media narrative is wrong, again. The real issue is why no local reporters ever question the fantasy of the Yimby narrative.

Tim Redmond - April 21, 2022

City Hall

Final, final, deadline for supes map is Thursday—unless it isn’t

City attorney says Task Force has to approve lines; various others talk about lawsuits.

Tim Redmond - April 20, 2022

Elections

Real-estate industry, Yimbys, and Breed win a victory in state Assembly race

After changing his politics to run to the right, Haney wins; what does this mean for the progressive movement?

Tim Redmond - April 19, 2022

Campaign Trail

What to watch for in the Assembly election

When to get results, how to read the early numbers—and what it all means.

Tim Redmond - April 19, 2022

Elections

It’s Election Day Tuesday. The supes districts lines are still not finished.

Plus: Are the cops doing their job, and do they really need more money? That's The Agenda for April 18-24

Tim Redmond - April 17, 2022

News + Politics

Task Force finally listens to community, moves 5-4 to reject gerrymandered map

Community organizing forces panel to adopt a more acceptable map—for now.

Tim Redmond - April 14, 2022

News + Politics

There was never anything resembling an ‘independent’ Redistricting Task Force

The evidence is now abundantly clear: The Mayor's Office was running the show, and the final lines were drawn to please Breed and her allies.

Tim Redmond - April 13, 2022

News + Politics

Task Force members say Mayor’s Office was calling the shots on redistricting

The mapping was wired from the start, members say—'I wish you could have been honest.'

Garrett Leahy - April 12, 2022

News + Politics

Wheels fall off the redistricting process

At 3am Sunday, bad-faith gerrymandered map approved as four task force members walk out and community responds in disgust.

Tim Redmond - April 10, 2022

News + Politics

Elections panel does nothing about problems with Redistricting Task Force

Panel ignores clear evidence that right-wing groups are trying to gerrymander the supes districts to change the makeup of the board.

Tim Redmond - April 9, 2022

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