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COVID

Inside the COVID explosion at San Quentin

Juan Moreno Haines - September 7, 2020

With 26 dead and at least a third of the population infected, why isn't medical parole part of the solution?

Homelessness

A dramatic new report sheds real light on homeless policies

Tim Redmond - September 3, 2020

The Coalition on Homelessness released a dramatic new study today that – unlike most reports on the unhoused – relies on data collected directly...

Housing

Newsom, Chiu agree on bill that could lead to widespread evictions

Tim Redmond - August 28, 2020

Assemblymember David Chiu has reached a compromise with Gov. Gavin Newsom and the big landlord groups on a relatively limited bill to protect renters...

Homelessness

Epic Sacramento showdown over looming eviction tsunami

John Elberling - August 23, 2020

In an important State Capitol legislative shift, on Thursday Berkeley Assemblymember Nancy Skinner agreed to amend her controversial housing bill, AB1085. She said she will...

COVID

Millions of tenants at risk as court ban on evictions set to expire

Tim Redmond - August 12, 2020

The organization that manages the courts in California is moving to end a moratorium on evictions that has saved millions of people from losing...

Campaign Trail

Some defining issues in the fall supes race

Tim Redmond - July 21, 2020

The San Francisco Democratic Party will vote on endorsements for the Board of Supes Wednesday/22, and while the party nod doesn’t always mean victory,...

Cartoonist Tanna Tucker creates works of art to celebrate voices of incarcerated kids

Maddy Clifford - July 20, 2020

Last May, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a plan to close California’s state-run youth prisons, an initiative that has since been stalled. But San Francisco...

News + Politics

Wearing a mask is a political statement—that you care about community

Tim Redmond - June 22, 2020

Donald Trump has – no surprise – turned a basic public-health practice into a political issue, putting millions of lives at risk. Trump has consistently...

Nightlife

SF bars push to reopen in July, alongside restaurants

Marke B. - June 10, 2020

The Newsom administration continues to announce and refine guidelines for business re-openings in California. Much of it depends on on counties hitting certain thresholds...

News + Politics

We’re all outside agitators at this point

David Talbot - May 31, 2020

We all knew America was a powder keg and, we all knew it had to blow up. Endless police or vigilante violence against Black...

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