Development Archives

Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: Forget those soggy superheroes — ride with some real renegades

Dennis Harvey - July 24, 2024

Chytilova, Shimizu, Mailer, Eno, and a Mountain Queen get rebellious. Plus: Two meh new horror flicks, two great old ones.

Music

62nd Cabrillo Fest spurs musical questions of movement and migration

Marke B. - July 24, 2024

At the annual celebration of contemporary music, director-conductor Cristian Măcelaru takes on red-hot topics.

Campaign Trail

Breed’s allegiance to the Yimby movement is hurting her political future

Calvin Welch - July 16, 2024

Some of her Big Tech allies have abandoned her—and now the neighborhoods are unhappy too.

Campaign Trail

The Chron creates a ‘scandal’ that doesn’t exist

Tim Redmond - July 11, 2024

The endorsement process of the Bernal Heights Democratic Club suddenly becomes an issue. So does the pretty mainstream positions of a D9 canddate.

Housing

Supes agree to endorse rent-control measure after another strange debate

Tim Redmond - July 9, 2024

Breed won't side with tenant groups but board votes 8-2 in favor of Costa-Hawkins repeal; 'pro-housing' officials are actually anti-tenant.

Art

In tapestries of Bay Area street life, Dance Doyle weaves a world

Mary Corbin - July 5, 2024

Artist channels interviewees'—and their own—experiences with houselessness, addiction onto the loom.

Housing

The money trail: How big landlords are trying to undermine the state rent control initiative

Tim Redmond - June 26, 2024

It's not enough to seek to defeat the Costa-Hawkins repeal; Big Real Estate wants to stop the measure's sponsor from ever doing this again.

Development

Pending state bill would allow developers to make more big local land-use decisions

Zelda Bronstein - June 25, 2024

Under the radar, a Wicks-Bonta housing bill changes the standards for projects in a way that undermines any professional planning standards.

Music

Four sizzling mixes to slip into your summer

John-Paul Shiver - June 17, 2024

Poolside sipping, UK breaks, grown 's sexy funk—pop on one of these sweet sonic journeys for your mental vacation.

The Agenda

The criminal justice system in SF is badly broken, and the mayor’s budget doesn’t help

Tim Redmond - June 16, 2024

Hearings show overcrowded, dangerous jails, overloaded public defenders—and a DA who is doubling down on making things even worse.

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