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Begging and Immoral Lives: A pattern of police citations

Tim Redmond - February 23, 2017

San Francisco police have issued tens of thousands of citations for minor quality-of-life crimes in recent years, and most of them are clustered in...

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Landlord seizes 100-year-old woman’s possessions

Tim Redmond - February 21, 2017

Iris Canada, the 100-year-old woman who was just evicted from her Page Street home, was back in the hospital Tuesday night when a team...

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Sheriff evicts 100-year-old

Tim Redmond - February 10, 2017

The San Francisco Sheriff’s Office quietly showed up at the home of Iris Canada this morning at around 11:30 and changed the locks. Canada,...

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Can burned-out SRO housing units be saved?

Tim Redmond - February 7, 2017

This is what we all feared after the huge fire on 29th and Mission. A building with a (great) taco place, and a greatly missed...

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Who wants to evict a 100-year-old?

David Bogachik - February 6, 2017

Peter Owens feels hurt. That’s what he said in the courtroom to Tommi Avicolli Mecca, a tenant-rights activist. Mecca has spent months fighting for...

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Obama, the rich, and fair taxes

Tim Redmond - January 11, 2017

There are two things I took away from President Obama’s final address. Well, three. First, it demonstrated once again what it’s like to have a...

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Mayor cuts homeless prevention money; hundreds at risk

Tim Redmond - January 2, 2017

Eduardo Pubill once shared a beer with Ringo Starr. He’s been a New York theater stagehand, a chef, a merchant seaman, and a cook...

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Local housing: A little reality

John Elberling - January 1, 2017

Reading the superficial year-end wrap-ups and “expert commentary” about the city’s housing situation in the local press this week is making my head hurt....

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Five ways to fight illegal Airbnb units

Jennifer Fieber - December 28, 2016

Despite the rhetoric coming out from moderates in City Hall or from Airbnb itself, illegal short-term rentals are still a problem for San Francisco...

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A militant in pink slippers: Remembering an eviction fighter

Ron Winter - December 14, 2016

Mary Elizabeth Phillips was the reluctant media star of San Francisco’s eviction epidemic. And now, she has quietly passed into the vibrant history of...

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Begging and Immoral Lives: A pattern of police citations

Landlord seizes 100-year-old woman’s possessions

Sheriff evicts 100-year-old

Can burned-out SRO housing units be saved?

Who wants to evict a 100-year-old?

Obama, the rich, and fair taxes

Mayor cuts homeless prevention money; hundreds at risk

Local housing: A little reality

Five ways to fight illegal Airbnb units

A militant in pink slippers: Remembering an eviction fighter

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