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Housing

The Chron gives up on homelessness

Tim Redmond - July 12, 2020

You have to go pretty deep into the Chron’s annual series on homelessness to find anything very useful, but I read it all, and...

Business + Tech

Supes consider major changes in business taxes

Tim Redmond - July 12, 2020

The Board of Supes Budget and Finance Committee will consider Thursday/16 a series of tax measures that could raise more than $100 million for...

Housing

Tenants block Oakland landlord from sending speculators to inspect apartments

Garrett Leahy - July 10, 2020

It was a musical morning on Thursday at 444 28th Street in West Oakland where tenants, community organizers from the ACCE Institute and the...

Lit

Dare to be a ‘Brave Sis’? It’s all in the planner

Marke B. - July 8, 2020

Anyone who knows local arts leader Rozella Kennedy knows she's a force of nature. Definitely one of those hyper-achievers that spur you to ask,...

A display of belonging and hope in Chinatown (and on Instagram)

Emily Wilson - July 6, 2020

For the last few years, the Chinese Culture Center (CCC), has been working to democratize how art is experienced, says curator Hoi Leung. The...

News + Politics

Anatomy of a corrupt $125 million city contract

Tim Redmond - July 2, 2020

In a remarkable and highly unusual hearing today, the Government Audit and Oversight Committee dug into the anatomy of a multimillion contract that Sup....

New Music: An array of excellent sounds to discover (and artists to support)

John-Paul Shiver - July 2, 2020

Here we are halfway through 2020, with so much to keep an attentive eye on that you might walk into the shower fully clothed....

Business + Tech

Appeals Court upholds Prop. C in major win for local tax measures

Tim Redmond - July 1, 2020

Less than a week after hearing oral arguments on the validity of the city’s big-business tax to fund homeless programs, a unanimous panel of...

News + Politics

Black youth a new organizing force in Oakland

Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí - June 30, 2020

As former Black Panther Angela Davis spoke to the crowd of thousands that had gathered at the Port of Oakland June 19 to protest...

News + Politics

OPINION: Keep transit lanes for public transit

Sue Vaughan - June 29, 2020

The SFMTA Board of Directors will hold a special meeting Tuesday/30 to consider, among other items, the creation of temporary emergency transit lanes. We...

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The Chron gives up on homelessness

Supes consider major changes in business taxes

Tenants block Oakland landlord from sending speculators to inspect apartments

Dare to be a ‘Brave Sis’? It’s all in the planner

A display of belonging and hope in Chinatown (and on Instagram)

Anatomy of a corrupt $125 million city contract

New Music: An array of excellent sounds to discover (and artists to support)

Appeals Court upholds Prop. C in major win for local tax measures

Black youth a new organizing force in Oakland

OPINION: Keep transit lanes for public transit

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