Friday, May 3, 2024

Tagged with: Housing

Always, forced to move

The rubber sides of the boat were like arms – thick, round, hard. “These are the boats refugees have to travel through, men...

Cannabis (again), sidewalk robots (again) and a bad housing balance (again)

We are back this week to cannabis. The SF supes were unable to decide how to handle the new industry last meeting. There’s pressure from...

Some differences start to emerge from D8 debate

The District 8 supe debate was generally polite and cordial, and since both candidates are focusing mostly on district issues, there were plenty of...

Sheehy, Breed try to pre-empt (or copy?) tenant ballot measure

Supervisors Jeff Sheehy and London Breed held a press conference this morning to announce legislation that would provide legal assistance to tenants facing eviction...

The Agenda, Nov. 12-19: A homeless sleep-in, a D-8 debate…

More than 1,000 homeless people are on the adult shelter waitlist in San Francisco. The city continues to find ways to criminalize these folks....

Arts Forecast: Trans Film Fest, Renegade Craft Fair, Rebirth Brass Band …

ARTS FORECAST The biggest local arts news of last week was the announcement that Michael Tilson Thomas will step down as conductor of the...

Mandelman gets widespread support in D8 rally

Rafael Mandelman announced the opening of his 24th Street headquarters and the first major push for his campaign for D8 supervisor today with an...

Proposal calls for every renter facing eviction to have the right to a lawyer

A coalition of renters and advocates, led by Dean Preston, who ran for supervisor last year, filed the paperwork today for a ballot measure...

Why SF needs a disaster-relief plan

In the wake of the nightmare infernos that have ravaged Santa Rosa, Napa and beyond, San Franciscans have shown an inspired outpouring of care...

The Lexus Lanes — and why they won’t work

One of the hallmarks of neoliberalism is the application of market solutions to market-generated problems. It’s an approach that’s bound to fail, because market-generated...