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Housing

Mayor, supervisors at odds over hotel rooms for homeless

Sam Lew - April 1, 2020

UPDATE: The first case of COVID in a homeless shelter has been reported. The Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday to place sheltered...

COVID

Density, neoliberalism, and COVID

Calvin Welch - March 31, 2020

"There is a density level in NYC that is destructive. It has to stop and it has to stop now. NYC must develop an...

Culture

Silenced in place? SF’s resilient music scene faces its latest obstacle

John-Paul Shiver - March 30, 2020

As Broken Horse, an enduring San Francisco band that calls its oeuvre Western Doom Noir, erupted into tuning instruments at its Rite Spot comeback show...

Housing

SF cops keep telling homeless people to move

Garrett Leahy - March 26, 2020

At 10:11 pm on March 17, five SFPD officers approached a man sitting on the sidewalk at Stockton and Union Streets, according to a...

News + Politics

In Hong Kong, protests and precautions at Chinese New Year

Herb Mintz - March 24, 2020

My wife (she prefers that label) and I travel to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region each year to visit her relatives, in particular,...

News + Politics

A city line of credit to help small businesses

Tim Redmond - March 22, 2020

Almost everything at City Hall is closed, cancelled, shut down right now. That’s obviously the right thing to do. Although I must admit, it’s a...

News + Politics

Everyone has to sacrifice in these tough times — except the 1 percent

Tim Redmond - March 20, 2020

The governor told us last night that Californians all have to work together to prevent a greater public-health disaster. He said that “we are...

News + Politics

Coronavirus crisis doesn’t stop eviction cases

Tim Redmond - March 17, 2020

Update: The courts have agreed to put evictions on hold. The mayor has declared a moratorium on evictions for nonpayment of rent. The sheriff has...

Housing

Supes promise protections for small businesses and gig workers

Tim Redmond - March 17, 2020

So many updates from City Hall as we (mostly) shelter in place: Sup. Hillary Ronen announced this morning that she and others are working on...

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Screen Grabs: Cinemas go dark, but here’s what to watch

Dennis Harvey - March 17, 2020

As I write this on Monday the 16th, “shelter-at-home” decrees around the coronavirus have negated any need to tell you about all the individual...

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Mayor, supervisors at odds over hotel rooms for homeless

Density, neoliberalism, and COVID

Silenced in place? SF’s resilient music scene faces its latest obstacle

SF cops keep telling homeless people to move

In Hong Kong, protests and precautions at Chinese New Year

A city line of credit to help small businesses

Everyone has to sacrifice in these tough times — except the 1 percent

Coronavirus crisis doesn’t stop eviction cases

Supes promise protections for small businesses and gig workers

Screen Grabs: Cinemas go dark, but here’s what to watch

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