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News + Politics

SF could lead the way on public power for California

Tim Redmond - January 20, 2023

Lafco hearing sets the stage for a new effort to replace private utilities, in the city and statewide.

Business + Tech

What the new AI says about the Yimby movement and agenda

Tim Redmond - January 16, 2023

You can make it argue almost anything, and it's alarmingly cogent. Here's an example.

Police

Police Commission considers dramatic changes in racist traffic stops (with Breed opposed)

Tim Redmond - January 10, 2023

If a slim 4-3 majority holds, SF could take the national lead in addressing pattern of cops stopping and hassling Black and Brown motorists.

News + Politics

It’s going to be a difficult 2023 for Mayor London Breed

Tim Redmond - December 26, 2022

A looming urban crisis will call for visionary leadership and policies, which are in short supply in this administration.

Housing

City study completely ignores the reality of gentrification and displacement

Tim Redmond - December 7, 2022

Report on 469 Stevenson misses the point as planners reconsider controversial housing development.

The Agenda

SFPD has the worst record in the state on ‘pretext stops’ of Black and API people

Tim Redmond - December 4, 2022

Plus: Was the Killer Robot vote even legal? That's The Agenda for Dec. 5-12 2022

Homelessness

Mayor Breed personally ordered homeless sweeps, new evidence shows

Tim Redmond - December 2, 2022

City officials say they are at 'war' with the unhoused and routinely violate law and local policy, lawsuit alleges.

Lit

Obama in Charleston: ‘Grace’ delves into White House response to horrific hate crime

Lou Fancher - December 2, 2022

White House Chief Speechwriter Cody Keenan reflects on pressures and transcendence of '10 Days in the Battle for America'

Movies

Screen Grabs: A great artist takes the opioid-peddling Sackler Family to task

Dennis Harvey - December 1, 2022

Plus: Ukrainian benefit at Other Cinema, left-field twists in 'Nr. 10,' an aspirational Indian rapper goes bad in 'Four Samosas.'

Art

The shapeshifters of Masako Miki

Mary Corbin - November 21, 2022

The artist expresses complex bicultural identity through works both miniature and monumental.

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