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Mayor Breed sides with the Yimbys and developers

Appointments make clear her housing agenda -- which works very well for the developers and speculators, but not for everyone else.
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

Is Mayor Breed planning more homeless sweeps?

A new, dystopian-sounding holiday program for 'clean streets' has advocates for homeless people nervous.
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

Four years in prison — for driving without a license?

Oakland man arrested in SF faces long prison term -- despite a jury finding him not guilty of two felonies.
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

Breed refuses to sign housing bill

Haney's legislation charging developers for affordable housing will become law anyway -- but the mayor's message is stunning.
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

Should a developer lawyer be on the Planning Commission?

Plus: Taxing vacant storefronts, controlling new technology before it takes over the sidewalks, and housing issues in D4: That's The Agenda for Nov. 18-24
Tim Redmond -
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Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: A New Arab Spring in Lebanon and Iraq

Once again, people in the Middle East want democratic reforms and an end to corruption and foreign domination
Reese Erlich -
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News + Politics

OPINION: Is SF General Hospital ready for a disaster? I fear not.

A trauma nurse explains the dangerous staffing shortage at the region's only Level One trauma center.
Christa Duran -
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Campaign Trail

Sup. Brown concedes in D5 election

With campaign now over, Preston prepares to take office -- and to run again in 12 months.
Tim Redmond -
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The Agenda

News + Politics

Should a developer lawyer be on the Planning Commission?

Plus: Taxing vacant storefronts, controlling new technology before it takes over the sidewalks, and housing issues in D4: That's The Agenda for Nov. 18-24
Tim Redmond -
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The Agenda

Guess who’s a lawyer for the city’s worst planning scofflaw? (Hint: He writes for the Chron)

Tim Redmond -
Plus: A key vote on Haney's housing bill -- and why has the Chron completely ignored the Vallie Brown eviction story? That's The Agenda for Oct. 27-Nov. 3
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News + Politics

SF’s housing policy failure on full display this week

Tim Redmond -
Plus: Limiting tax pass-throughs to tenants and a report card on the SFPD. That's The Agenda for Oct. 21-27
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News + Politics

SF Planning’s really weak ‘Community Stabilization Policy’

Tim Redmond -
Plus: A developer lawyer on the commission? And Sups. Haney and Ronen to grill DPH on mental-health beds. That's The Agenda for Oct. 14-20
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News + Politics

DA deal? D5 money … and will an 11-year EIR ever die?

Tim Redmond -
Plus a move to get cars off Market Street. That's The Agenda for Oct. 7-13
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Opinion

News + Politics

Should the Dems impeach Trump — next summer?

Progressives may find that the best timing for a devastating blow to the GOP is for Democrats to keep the investigations going, keep the dirt coming out -- and file articles of impeachment in July 2020.
John Elberling -
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News + Politics

UC’s deal with Big Pharma should raise red flags

Tina Stevens -
Why is there so little outcry over GlaxoSmithKline's role in a new genomic lab at two public universities?
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News + Politics

There are no Yimbys

Denis Mosgofian -
It's not Yes in My Back Yard -- it's Yes in Your Back Yard. A perspective from a long-time working-class family home owner (aka Land Baron).
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News + Politics

The Sierra Club and the luxury-housing developer

Zelda Bronstein -
Northern Alameda chapter backs San Leandro project in a sign that the pro-growth forces are trying to take over the environmental group.
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News + Politics

A scary time in Venezuela

Carolina Morales -
The US is participating in an undemocratic coup.
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Tenant Troubles

News + Politics

Tenant Troubles: What Prop. 10 is really about

The measure does nothing but allow local control; for a lot of tenants, it could make a huge difference
Dave Crow -
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Tenant Troubles

Tenant Troubles: My washer broke — should I sign a lease?

Dave Crow -
In San Francisco, if you don't have a lease it may be harder for the landlord to evict you.
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News + Politics

Tenant Troubles: Can I add two roommates? Should I?

Dave Crow -
Is it a good idea to move out, sort of, but keep a rent-controlled unit by subletting to new "roommates?"
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Tenant Troubles

Tenant Troubles: How do I get my roommate to leave?

Dave Crow -
It's not easy -- and it shouldn't be. Hiring a lawyer and doing an eviction is expensive and ugly, so look for other options
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Tenant Troubles

Tenant Troubles: Can my landlord refuse to let me have a service animal?

Dave Crow -
In many cases, no -- but be careful about the paperwork
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Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: A New Arab Spring in Lebanon and Iraq

Once again, people in the Middle East want democratic reforms and an end to corruption and foreign domination
Reese Erlich -
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Exclusive

Special report: Bay Area academics visit Kurds in Northern Syria

Reese Erlich -
Expedition connected with Rojava citizens in months before Turkey's devastating invasion. Exclusive photos by Beth LaBerge
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Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: The Brexit mess

Reese Erlich -
Untangling the strange politics of Britain, the EU, neoliberalism and the left.
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Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Trump dumps Kurds as the empire crumbles

Reese Erlich -
In less than two weeks, The Donald has created an entirely avoidable international crisis.
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Foreign Correspondent

Foreign correspondent: Turkey plans attack on Syrian Kurds

Reese Erlich -
A "voluntary" resettlement plan isn't working out very well.
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Campaign Trail

Campaign Trail

Sup. Brown concedes in D5 election

With campaign now over, Preston prepares to take office -- and to run again in 12 months.
Tim Redmond -
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Campaign Trail

The future of SF politics

Tim Redmond -
Is young, diverse, progressive -- and winning. The mayor doesn't seem to have noticed. Plus: taxing landlords who leave property vacant. That's The Agenda for Nov. 11-17
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Campaign Trail

Preston, Boudin are winners as vote-count nears finish

Tim Redmond -
Stunning victories for progressive candidates are also major losses for Mayor Breed.
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Campaign Trail

Boudin now in the lead, Preston still ahead

Tim Redmond -
It's down to the provisional ballots and the progressives are in front.
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Campaign Trail

Late ballots break in progressive direction

Tim Redmond -
Dean Preston now leads by 35 votes. Chesa Boudin has picked up enough that if the trend continues with the remaining votes, he will be very close.
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News + Politics

Is Mayor Breed planning more homeless sweeps?

Tim Redmond -
A new, dystopian-sounding holiday program for 'clean streets' has advocates for homeless people nervous.
Read more
News + Politics

Mayor Breed sides with the Yimbys and developers

Tim Redmond -
Appointments make clear her housing agenda -- which works very well for the developers and speculators, but not for everyone else.
Read more
News + Politics

Four years in prison — for driving without a license?

Tim Redmond -
Oakland man arrested in SF faces long prison term -- despite a jury finding him not guilty of two felonies.
Read more
News + Politics

Breed refuses to sign housing bill

Tim Redmond -
Haney's legislation charging developers for affordable housing will become law anyway -- but the mayor's message is stunning.
Read more
Movies

Martin Scorsese on ‘The Irishman,’ old friends, and loving Castro Theatre

Joshua Rotter -
The veteran filmmaker's latest brings together Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesce: He tells us how it all came about.
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Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Hip-Hop (Dance Fest) hurray! + more

Marke B. -
Agent Orange, Dolly Night, Bay Area Record Fest, Mr. Brightside Indie Ball, Frankie Night, Lil Louie Vega, and lots else to do.
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News + Politics

Nancy Pelosi just announced her retirement

Tim Redmond -
The deal she cut to remain speaker means she plans to step down in 2022 -- which will set off a wild campaign for one of the most coveted jobs in SF politics.
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All Ears

Brittany Howard’s fearless ‘Jaime’ blasts racism’s specter

John-Paul Shiver -
The Alabama Shakes singer's soul-inferno album confronts uncomfortable truths—and was almost called 'Black Björk'
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News + Politics

Should a developer lawyer be on the Planning Commission?

Tim Redmond -
Plus: Taxing vacant storefronts, controlling new technology before it takes over the sidewalks, and housing issues in D4: That's The Agenda for Nov. 18-24
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Topics

Homelessness

News + Politics

Is Mayor Breed planning more homeless sweeps?

A new, dystopian-sounding holiday program for 'clean streets' has advocates for homeless people nervous.
Tim Redmond -
Read more
News + Politics

Four years in prison — for driving without a license?

Tim Redmond -
Oakland man arrested in SF faces long prison term -- despite a jury finding him not guilty of two felonies.
Read more
News + Politics

Breed refuses to sign housing bill

Tim Redmond -
Haney's legislation charging developers for affordable housing will become law anyway -- but the mayor's message is stunning.
Read more
News + Politics

Already, Chesa Boudin is getting attacked in the press

Tim Redmond -
Red-baiting starts before the new DA even takes office -- both nationally and in the Chron.
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Campaign Trail

The future of SF politics

Tim Redmond -
Is young, diverse, progressive -- and winning. The mayor doesn't seem to have noticed. Plus: taxing landlords who leave property vacant. That's The Agenda for Nov. 11-17
Read more

Development

News + Politics

Mayor Breed sides with the Yimbys and developers

Appointments make clear her housing agenda -- which works very well for the developers and speculators, but not for everyone else.
Tim Redmond -
Read more
News + Politics

Is Mayor Breed planning more homeless sweeps?

Tim Redmond -
A new, dystopian-sounding holiday program for 'clean streets' has advocates for homeless people nervous.
Read more
News + Politics

Breed refuses to sign housing bill

Tim Redmond -
Haney's legislation charging developers for affordable housing will become law anyway -- but the mayor's message is stunning.
Read more
News + Politics

Should a developer lawyer be on the Planning Commission?

Tim Redmond -
Plus: Taxing vacant storefronts, controlling new technology before it takes over the sidewalks, and housing issues in D4: That's The Agenda for Nov. 18-24
Read more
Arts + Culture

Arts Forecast: And here’s the real kicker…

Marke B. -
'Stomp' still stomps. Plus: Lavender Country, Cuban neon, Recombinant Fest, Patrick Cowley, a drag 'The Wall,' more.
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Evictions

News + Politics

Already, Chesa Boudin is getting attacked in the press

Red-baiting starts before the new DA even takes office -- both nationally and in the Chron.
Tim Redmond -
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Campaign Trail

The big money in the major SF races

Tim Redmond -
Who do the cops and realtors support? Who do the teachers support? The money trail tells a story.
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Campaign Trail

Sup. Vallie Brown evicted low-income tenants

Tim Redmond -
History as a landlord is missing from her campaign's well-crafted narrative.
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News + Politics

Housing Rights Committee celebrates 40 years of fighting for renters

Tim Redmond -
Grassroots group 'birthed by rent control' is now a major force in protecting tenant rights.
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News + Politics

Eviction, elder abuse, and homelessness

Tiny -
Why are so many elders and families on the street? They got evicted.
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Activism

Music and nightlife

Local musicians step up to ‘Blanket the Homeless’

With double-album and concert, producer Scott Mickelson recruits an all-star roster to assist in direct acton during crisis.
Marke B. -
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Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A bounty of international film fests

Dennis Harvey -
Filipino, Greek, United Nations, and SF Shorts fests highlight world cinema. Plus: Parasite, The Lighthouse, The King, more.
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Movies

Cascade of flicks, star-power coming to Mill Valley Film Fest

Dennis Harvey -
Alfre Woodard, Laura Dern, Robert Pattinson, Kristin Stewart, Adam Driver, Michael Apted, Barbara Rush... oh, and some features, too.
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Culture

Enola Gay and the witchy origin of the first AIDS protest

Marke B. -
35 years later, the 'Blood & Money' ritual outside Livermore Lab reveals the intricacy of SF's protest movement.
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News + Politics

How do you cover the end of the world?

David Talbot -
Up against governments and state media -- with a TV series and some amazing writers.
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