Stories about Homelessness
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.
People in cages, Earth under attack in occupied colonial land
Horrors and some nasty surprises on a poverty tour of the Southwest
Oakland budget fight focuses on city revenue
The money's there -- so why is the city failing to fund critical services?
Wiener quietly turns barber bill into major housing legislation
Gut-and-amend strategy puts a version of SB 50 on the legislative fast track.
Housing is focus of D5 debate
Brown, Preston differ sharply on SB 50 and the amount of affordable housing developers can afford.
Wiener’s gut-and-amend tactics: Will they return with SB 50?
The senator has used a dubious legislative trick in the past, and some fear he is preparing to do it again.
SF seizes homeless people’s property — and they rarely get it back
Stunning new videos document how the cops and DPW are failing to follow even their own rules as tents, medicine, and personal belongings wind up in the trash.
Screen Grabs: Last Black Man in San Francisco, Mexico’s Golden Age ….
The Fall of the American Empire, Echo in the Canyon's return to '60s classics, and more in cinemas this week.