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Wiener housing bill passes, trusting the market to solve the crisis

Tim Redmond - June 5, 2017

The biggest policy issue in Sacramento this spring, aside from health care, was almost certainly housing, and with good reason: San Francisco is not...

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One homeless family’s SF nightmare

Meadow Sylvester - June 2, 2017

In 2010, my husband and I succeeded in graduating a drug program and closing our Child Protective Services case. Before our case was allowed...

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The case for a homeless shelter in Bayview

TJ Johnston - May 31, 2017

It’s Friday afternoon at the drop-in center known as Mother Brown’s on the corner of Jennings Street and Van Dyke Avenue. Despite the iron-gated...

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Who are the real hoarders?

Tiny - May 30, 2017

“Mr. Allison, Mr. Allison, this is your case-mangler, we are here for your daily, weekly, hourly room inspection.” Covered in face mask, latex gloves and...

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In historic vote, Democratic Party supports rent control

Dean Preston - May 23, 2017

Here’s some big news from last weekend’s California Democratic Party Convention that won’t make the papers: Delegates voted to pass a resolution expressing “the...

Arts + Culture

Now look here

Dennis Harvey - May 4, 2017

SCREEN GRABS You may not have noticed it, but foreign films have grown increasingly scarce on American movie screens. In San Francisco this is...

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Scott Wiener’s housing straw man

Calvin Welch - May 2, 2017

“The market is powerful, but we need other things. That’s why we have regulations. We have to go against the flow and re channel...

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PG&E, with Trump’s help, could shake down SF for $600 million

Tim Redmond - April 13, 2017

San Francisco is locked in a battle with Pacific Gas and Electric Company that arises from the company’s century-old efforts to keep municipal power...

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On the streets, after the Oakland fire

Tiny - April 7, 2017

“All fire victims will have to leave the “temporary shelter” with or without any money or housing on April 6th,” reported Audrey Candy Corn, POOR...

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The only two ways out of the eviction crisis

Tim Redmond - April 3, 2017

We are all talking this week about the eviction of seniors, about how San Francisco has become such a hostile place for long-time residents....

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