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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

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Tagged with: Inequality

Jasmine Milan: Best of the Bay 2023 Editors’ Pick

Standout Oakland actress shines light on stories of Black and queer liberation—and even crafts dreamy costuming.

Housing bill that makes no sense at all moves forward with reluctant committee vote

Trickle-down economics from the Reagan Era rules as the state forces San Francisco to give luxury developers what they want (and ignores affordable housing).

New report says we can’t save the planet without taxing the rich

Oxfam says there is no such thing as an effective climate plan that isn't also an economic equality plan.

The profound irony of the APEC news media coverage

The problem that the mayor is trying to solve with sweeps was created by the same political agenda that drives the event she is so happily hosting.

New laws seek to end private developer risk, burdening public instead

Why should cities and counties guarantee profits for builders and push the costs of growth onto the local taxpayers?

We all want local government to work—but for whom?

The Chron seems to think the plutocrats are the ones who ought to be in charge. That's never ended well.

What all this talk about giving the mayor more power really means

It's all about giving Big Money more ability to control San Francisco. That has always been a disaster.

Plan to put police funding in City Charter creates huge public safety risks

Labor activists say Dorsey measure would threaten a wide range of public-safety programs; it also won't work.

The new War on Drugs isn’t working any better than the old one did ….

But Breed and Jenkins are pushing to make it worse. We have seen this before and it ended very badly.

Cops use force on Black people 21 times as often as on white people

Police Commission to discuss the issue. Plus: Corporate rentals and the mayor's power over Muni fares. That's The Agenda for Oct. 29-Nov. 5