Stories about Homelessness
Haney seeks big increase in developer fees for housing
Planners and developers freaking out over proposal to make offices pay more of the cost of the housing impacts they create.
Excelsior residents oppose new luxury housing project
Critics say Ocean Ave project has too little affordable housing and not enough room for working-class families.
Vallie Brown’s big real-estate money
The landlords, speculators, realtors and developers have clearly chosen a favorite in the D5 supes race
Eviction, elder abuse, and homelessness
Why are so many elders and families on the street? They got evicted.
After 50 years, SF poised to move on public power
Plus: The Chron asks some questions about homelessness. That's The Agenda for July 29-Aug 4
Three supes who voted against homeless commission supported a very similar plan in 2016
Fewer, Mandelman, and Yee all backed an independent panel to oversee mayor's housing office.
Supes, under intense pressure from mayor, drop plan for homeless commission
Some progressives join move to delay a measure that all the service providers and advocates support, giving Breed more time to kill it, which she wants to do.
Haney’s plan for Homeless Commission faces close vote
The Board of Supes will vote next Tuesday on a Charter Amendment that would create a Homelessness Commission, setting up a fall ballot campaign over a plan that Mayor Breed at this point opposes.
Fewer’s racial-equity plan could change the way SF makes policy
A new office would analyze legislation through a lens that has been missing from city policy -- and could lead to some dramatic changes in the political discussion.
Avast ye, developers! SF Mime Troupe’s ‘Treasure Island’ opens 60th season
Street theater legends take on massive housing project in the bay, with singing, dancing, and radiation level warnings.