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The Agenda

A varsity letter at 79, a rally to free Malik ….

... plus saving homeless hotel rooms -- and should people who bought a building cleared by eviction get a financial bonus? That's The Agenda for March 1-8
Tim Redmond -
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Housing

The bad narrative of ‘bad choices’

It's an easy way to look away and blame homelessness on poor people.
Homelessness Tiny -
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Housing

SF can buy housing for thousands of people, now.

Tim Redmond -
With federal and local money, taking over hotels would cost a fraction of the price of building affordable housing.
Housing

SPUR, Yimbys say stealth state laws can force more housing

Zelda Bronstein -
But what happens if developers don't want to build anything but luxury condos -- and maybe not even those?
Homelessness

Supes move to open more hotel rooms for homeless

Tim Redmond -
Legislation could set up another confrontation with Mayor Breed, who wants to wind down the hotel program.

Elections

Scenes from an impeach Trump protest

San Francisco crowd pushes for an immediate end to the Trump era.
Elections Garrett Leahy -
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Elections

PHOTOS: Castro erupts in patriotic fervor as Biden named winner

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

Why did so many people vote for Trump?

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

COVID

Will Cuba have faster vaccinations than the US?

The tiny island nation with universal health care has its own vaccine, and could protect its people before the US does.
COVID Stuart Blackwell -
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COVID

Gig drivers demand better safety gear

Garrett Leahy -
Uber keeps getting richer -- but drivers say they lack masks, cleaning equipment.
COVID

No cell phone? No vaccine.

Marc Norton -
Seniors who aren't tech-savvy and don't have cell phones are completely left out of the vaccination process in SF.
Education

Big new cuts at City College

ESL, Disabled Programming, and other classes (and faculty) will be terminated after this spring.
Garrett Leahy -
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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Uighurs, disinformation, and US media coverage

Foreign Correspondent Reese Erlich responds to criticism of his piece on Chinese repression and US media coverage
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The Agenda

A varsity letter at 79, a rally to free Malik ….

... plus saving homeless hotel rooms -- and should people who bought a building cleared by eviction get a financial bonus? That's The Agenda for March 1-8
Tim Redmond -
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Education

Big new cuts at City College

ESL, Disabled Programming, and other classes (and faculty) will be terminated after this spring.
Garrett Leahy -
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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Uighurs, disinformation, and US media coverage

Foreign Correspondent Reese Erlich responds to criticism of his piece on Chinese repression and US media coverage
48 Hills -
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News + Politics

Teach-in focuses on atrocities in Ethiopia

Tigray community rallies to bring attention to suffering, sexual violence, and human rights violations
Stuart Blackwell -
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Homelessness

The bad narrative of ‘bad choices’

It's an easy way to look away and blame homelessness on poor people.
Tiny -
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Labor

The push for $15 an hour

Local demonstration joins national movement calling on senators to support increase in minimum wage.
Garrett Leahy -
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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: After COVID, a polar bear swims again

An open-water swimmer returns to the freezing sea, savoring the breath of life.
David McGuire -
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News + Politics

Supes call for investigation of Ferris Wheel money

Revenue goes not to the city, but to a private entity that's part of an FBI corruption probe.
Tim Redmond -
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COVID

Will Cuba have faster vaccinations than the US?

The tiny island nation with universal health care has its own vaccine, and could protect its people before the US does.
Stuart Blackwell -
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The Agenda

Denmark, taxes, happiness, racism …

... plus saving the SIP hotels, cracking down on serial permit scofflaws, and more problems with private prisons. That's The Agenda for Feb. 22-28
Tim Redmond -
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Education

Teaching Behind the Mask: Overcoming stereotypes to promote change

Public schools, private schools, privilege, and how I became an early-childhood educator.
Chandler Graddick -
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Foreign Correspondent

What’s really going on with China’s Uighurs?

Experts say US officials are seeking enemies, not the truth.
Reese Erlich -
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Housing

SF can buy housing for thousands of people, now.

With federal and local money, taking over hotels would cost a fraction of the price of building affordable housing.
Tim Redmond -
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COVID

Gig drivers demand better safety gear

Uber keeps getting richer -- but drivers say they lack masks, cleaning equipment.
Garrett Leahy -
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Housing

SPUR, Yimbys say stealth state laws can force more housing

But what happens if developers don't want to build anything but luxury condos -- and maybe not even those?
Zelda Bronstein -
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News + Politics

New documentary exposes COVID crisis at private SF prison

Adachi Project film shows the inside story of virus outbreaks -- and the Geo Group's failure to contain them.
Tim Redmond -
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Opinion

OPINION: The Ferris wheel must go!

Golden Gate Park should not be a commercial amusement park with diesel generators and bright lights.
Ann McPherson, David Romano, Linda Shaffer, and Steph Wiseman -
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News + Politics

Rally responds to anti-Asian violence

After attacks, a call for more community-based public safety solutions.
Garrett Leahy -
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News + Politics

So San Francisco isn’t broke. Where is the money?

What if we tried to attract artists instead of tech companies? Hearing will look at post-COIVD economy. Plus: A huge payout to victim of police abuse. That's The Agenda for Feb. 15-21
Tim Redmond -
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COVID

No cell phone? No vaccine.

Seniors who aren't tech-savvy and don't have cell phones are completely left out of the vaccination process in SF.
Marc Norton -
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COVID

We can reimagine the post-COVID San Francisco

The future should be up to us -- not the corporate overlords who have controlled city planning for decades.
Tim Redmond -
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COVID

Inside the COVID crisis at San Quentin

A view from behind bars as the disease spread and officials looked the other way.
Rahsaan Thomas -
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News + Politics

Leaders under 30: SF Youth Commissioner Jayden Tanaka on valuing diverse young voices

A high school student talks about the role of young people in the political process -- and why we need more affordable housing.
Isabel Ostroff -
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Education

It takes a city to open the schools

Testing, tracking, vaccines -- and Muni! -- have to be part of the plan, and neoliberal leadership isn't going to help.
Calvin Welch -
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Homelessness

Supes move to open more hotel rooms for homeless

Legislation could set up another confrontation with Mayor Breed, who wants to wind down the hotel program.
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

SF moved people onto Treasure Island despite serious toxic dangers

Navy and its contractors gave inaccurate info on chemicals and radiation as development of housing moved forward, data at hearing shows.
Tim Redmond -
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Labor

The Super Bowl billionaires

Sports team owners, including Charles Johnson of the Giants, made $98.5 billion during the pandemic. Their stadium workers are suffering.
Marc Norton -
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News + Politics

Exposing the toxic crisis at Treasure Island

Plus: Will the Police Commission finally pass reforms -- and will it matter? That's The Agenda for Feb. 8-14
Tim Redmond -
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COVID

Bay View editor won’t face immediate discipline for holding press conference

Malik Washington could have faced a return to prison, but at the urging of a federal judge any action has been postponed.
Tim Redmond -
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Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: What Trump and the Myanmar coup have in common

The Asian country’s military overthrew its government over baseless claims of voter fraud. Sound familiar?
Reese Erlich -
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News + Politics

Are SF departments ‘corruption resilient?’

Despite assurances from the Controller's Office, it sure doesn't look that way.
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

OPINON: Democrats need to stay strong — or get rolled again

AOC shows us bipartisanship -- with a bite.
David Talbot -
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Homelessness

The next battle for People’s Park

Once again, UC is displacing people to expand its campus. It's a pattern.
Tiny -
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COVID

Editor sues over gag rule at private prison in Tenderloin

Keith Malik Washington, who runs the SF Bay View, was punished for telling a reporter about a COVID outbreak at a halfway house operated by the Geo Group.
Tim Redmond -
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COVID

A heroic CD makes life on the streets a bit easier

Street Sheet vendors now have another product to sell—and it's made a huge difference.
Jackie Blandón -
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COVID

Covering up workplace COVID

The law says employers have to report virus outbreaks and health departments have to make that public. It hasn't happened.
Marc Norton -
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News + Politics

Can SF supes take on political corruption?

Committee hearing will give us a clue. Plus: Protecting SRO tenants, preventing evictions and saving nightlife venues ... that's The Agenda for Feb. 1 - 8
Tim Redmond -
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COVID

Protest caravan demands Newsom release vulnerable prisoners

More than half the state's prison population is positive for COVID -- and they don't need to die.
Garrett Leahy -
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News + Politics

OPINION: The importance of prosecuting cops for killings

What DA Chesa Boudin is doing will make a huge difference.
Bruce Neuburger, Robin Larsen, Dolores Perez Heilbron, and David Heilbron -
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Homelessness

Supes to push for more hotel rooms for unhoused

The feds will pay for 100 percent of the cost -- so why is the Breed Administration moving so slowly?
Tim Redmond -
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