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Housing

Protesters shut down Wiener at SB50 press conference

Sam Lew - January 7, 2020

A group of homeless mothers and their supporters shut down California State Senator Scott Wiener’s press conference announcing the reintroduction of the contentious housing...

Arts + Culture

The death of Metal Arts at City College

Tim Redmond - January 7, 2020

Editor's note: There are many, many programs impacted by the decision of the City College chancellor to cut a wide range of classes in...

Housing

SF 2019 Housing scorecard is really bleak

Tim Redmond - January 6, 2020

On the day that State Sen. Scott Wiener is announcing a new bill to mandate more private-market housing – which means, given the economics...

Housing

Wiener’s housing deregulation bill is back!

Tim Redmond - January 5, 2020

State Sen. Scott Wiener will hold a press conference and rally in Oakland Tuesday/7 to announce that he’s re-introducing a new version of his...

News + Politics

The Agenda, New Year’s edition: Saving City College …

Tim Redmond - January 2, 2020

It’s pretty unusual for a public official who runs a major institution that is short of cash to refuse help. But that’s what’s going...

Campaign Trail

Sorting out the California presidential primary

Tim Redmond - December 30, 2019

The March 3 primary in California matters; it could be a big day for the Democratic presidential candidates. But there are a lot of...

Culture

Bingeing on dystopia: The politico-cultural decade in review

Peter-Astrid Kane - December 30, 2019

Gore Vidal once remarked that the three saddest words in the English language were “Joyce Carol Oates,” but from the vantage point of late...

News + Politics

Our top stories of 2019

Marke B. - December 28, 2019

From the election of Chesa Boudin and Dean Preston to a renewed spirit of arts and culture in the face of displacement, the 48...

Culture

Chatting by cell: ‘Uncuffed’ is a prison podcast for our time

Peter-Astrid Kane - December 23, 2019

As setups to Thanksgiving jokes go, a manic wild turkey that burst into a California prison compound seems almost too on-the-nose, considering how two...

News + Politics

Where the air is never spared

Tom Molanphy - December 19, 2019

“Do the right thing,” Marie Harrison admonished the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in June, 2018. “You know it’s not safe yet.” Harrison was accepting...

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