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For Pride, all queer people must stand up for Black lives

Marke B. - June 2, 2020

Black queer people exist. Stonewall was a riot against police. The fight for Gay Liberation was lead by queer and trans women of color....

Housing

Why is it so hard to get disabled seniors into hotel rooms?

Tim Redmond - June 1, 2020

The problems with the Breed Administration’s approach to homelessness and the COVID crisis go beyond the obvious issues of hotel rooms and street encampments.They...

COVID

The disaster of SF’s COVID homeless policy continues

Tim Redmond - May 27, 2020

One month since the supervisors mandated hotel rooms for all of the vulnerable homeless people in the city, San Francisco has added exactly 19...

News + Politics

Breed orders repeated homeless sweeps, text messages show

Tim Redmond - May 26, 2020

Mayor London Breed routinely texts Police Chief Bill Scott and orders him to clear out homeless encampments, particularly in areas she frequents, public records...

Housing

Why won’t SF health officer order homeless into hotels?

Tim Redmond - May 21, 2020

At the end of the Board of Supes meeting Tuesday, we got some dramatic clarity on why the Department of Public Health isn’t pushing...

Housing

Protest caravan demands hotel rooms for homeless

Garrett Leahy - May 17, 2020

The streets around City Hall were filled with the sounds of cars honking, wooting, and chants of "housing is the cure!" on Friday evening...

Housing

First sanctioned tent city opens in SF

Garrett Leahy - May 14, 2020

San Francisco's first city-sanctioned safe sleeping site began operations yesterday afternoon. The site, referred to as the Safe Sleeping Village, has 50 spaces for...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: ‘5 Blocks’ delves into Mid-Market development quandary

Dennis Harvey - May 12, 2020

Many everyday things have been notable for their absence during the shutdown, so something that stood out was construction—because it never seemed to stop,...

COVID

The dangerous, inaccurate reporting on homelessness and the COVID crisis

Tim Redmond - May 7, 2020

Take some salacious information, add a single person with a point of view, and suddenly you have a major international story – that can...

Housing

Physicians, advocates stage die-in outside mayor’s house

Garrett Leahy - April 30, 2020

"House us now! House us now!" A group of UCSF physicians associated with the Do No Harm Coalition, activists from the Coalition on Homelessness, the...

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For Pride, all queer people must stand up for Black lives

Why is it so hard to get disabled seniors into hotel rooms?

The disaster of SF’s COVID homeless policy continues

Breed orders repeated homeless sweeps, text messages show

Why won’t SF health officer order homeless into hotels?

Protest caravan demands hotel rooms for homeless

First sanctioned tent city opens in SF

Screen Grabs: ‘5 Blocks’ delves into Mid-Market development quandary

The dangerous, inaccurate reporting on homelessness and the COVID crisis

Physicians, advocates stage die-in outside mayor’s house

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