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Digging deep, empowered by grief

Caitlin Donohue - April 13, 2016

Performer Mika Lemoine didn't fully grasp the power of Destiny Arts Center and Embodiment Project's documentary play Seed Language until its opening night. (The...

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When city planners treat us like infants

Zelda Bronstein - March 29, 2016

Tomorrow evening (Wed/30) the Planning Department will hold a “Community Discussion” of the Railyard Alternatives and I-280 Feasibility Study (RAB) at the Potrero Hill...

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Who’s ‘against change?’

Zelda Bronstein - March 27, 2016

Like 48 hills editor Tim Redmond, I welcome UC Berkeley geographer Dick Walker’s piece in the East Bay Express debunking the supply-side approach to...

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The deep roots of SF’s housing crisis

Tim Redmond - March 23, 2016

The most interesting and insightful analysis of the local housing crisis that I’ve read in quite a while appeared today – not in the...

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Some Mother’s Daughter: Fighting the criminalization of sex workers

Sana Saleem - March 23, 2016

Imagine a woman goes missing and no one looks for her. There’s no inquiry, no need for forensics, and no further investigation required. In...

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Supes won’t override mayoral veto on transit funding

Tim Redmond - March 22, 2016

Pretty much every transit advocacy group supported Sup. John Avalos’ long-shot move to get the supes to override Mayor Lee’s veto of a transit-funding...

News + Politics

The eviction nightmare may be slowing, thanks to tenant advocates

Gen Fujioka - March 21, 2016

Last year we reported on the surge of evictions devastating this city. As 2015 began, San Francisco’s Rent Board reported that increasing numbers of...

News + Politics

Protesters go to City Hall: ‘A young man was murdered on your watch’

Sana Saleem - March 20, 2016

“There’s been this kind of waiting game going on, let’s just wait this out and see if people lose interest and go away. Well...

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Breaking: Evil accreditor that tried to shut down City College faces its own demise

Tim Redmond - March 18, 2016

The much-despised accreditor that tried, and failed, to put City College out of business is about go out of business itself. The Accrediting Commission for...

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Attempt to change DCCC rules fails, narrowly

Tim Redmond - March 17, 2016

The battle for the future of the Democratic Party in San Francisco showed up in clear relief last night as the panel voted 18-11...

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