Stories about communities
SF Planning’s really weak ‘Community Stabilization Policy’
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
SF planners say 11-year-old data is just fine — and will never expire
Forget all the changes in the city since 2008; the Mission still has to live with an EIR from a bygone era. Forever.
Talking Yimby, acting Nimby in District 5
Unpacking the failed news media narrative of Nimbys in SF -- and how it applies to the D5 supervisor race.
How the NY Times bungled coverage of the Warren/Sanders tax plans
Unpacking the assumptions and failures of a story on (gasp!) how conservative economists respond to the concept of a wealth tax.
Screen Grabs: All the latest from Iran
Iranian Film Fest, Women Sports Fest, The Death of Dick Long, Judy, End of the Century, Son of Dracula, more in cinemas.
Arts Forecast: Here come the Sisters
Project Nunway X (and Folsom gossip), Big Book Sale, Dark Entries, Top Girls, Kikbal, oodles of Shakespeare, more this week.
Screen Grabs: She raised hell!
Molly Ivins, Marlon Riggs, Peter Bogdanovich (live in person), Ms. Purple, Latino Film Fest, British New Wave, and more movies
DA candidate calls for reshaping criminal justice system
Boudin wants racial-impact statement in all criminal cases
The real legacy of SF’s planning director
Displacement and gentrification -- while the Planning Department sought to 'accommodate growth.'
Fighting Trump’s bill to keep immigrants from any public assistance
'Public charge' rule would be one of the cruelest measures yet; here's what advocates are doing to stop it.