Jails Archives - 48 hills

The Agenda

Who should pay for more cops? Plus: high-speed police chases ….

Tim Redmond - November 5, 2023

... and alternatives for the future of downtown. That's The Agenda for Nov. 5-12

Crime

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

Tim Redmond - October 30, 2023

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

Opinion

‘The system is broken’

Robert Gumpert - August 15, 2023

A photographer working with homeless people reflects on the utter failure of the city's sweeps and housing policy.

Opinion

If we don’t have to wear masks outdoors, how will we angrily judge each other?

Marke B. - April 28, 2021

The CDC rolls back restrictions for activities and small gatherings. Now what will we use to measure our moral superiority?

The Agenda

Money for ‘safe sleeping’ sites — or permanent supportive housing?

Tim Redmond - April 18, 2021

Legislation by Sup. Rafael Mandelman aims to get people off the streets -- but homeless advocates are not supporting it. That's The Agenda for April 18-25

News + Politics

Gunman disrupts protest—but community group de-escalates without the cops

Garrett Leahy - January 21, 2021

Activists say the incident shows why defunding the police is possible.

COVID

Give prisoners the vaccine

Marc Norton - December 24, 2020

Prisons and jails are COVID super-spreaders -- and that makes all of us less safe.

Homelessness

The year in homeless policy

TJ Johnston - December 3, 2020

A few successes and a lot of failures as people on the streets stayed at risk during the pandemic.

COVID

Inside the COVID explosion at San Quentin

Juan Moreno Haines - September 7, 2020

With 26 dead and at least a third of the population infected, why isn't medical parole part of the solution?

Cartoonist Tanna Tucker creates works of art to celebrate voices of incarcerated kids

Maddy Clifford - July 20, 2020

Last May, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a plan to close California’s state-run youth prisons, an initiative that has since been stalled. But San Francisco...

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