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Tagged with: mental health

Young people report holes in foster care safety net

Liberty Dycus, 23, who was adopted from Ethiopia as a child, ended up in foster care after being abused. She says that when she emancipated...

The agenda, Feb. 8-14: Lee’s strange transit policy …

Here’s a strange one that’s mostly under the radar: Mayor Ed Lee has introduced a ballot measure that would direct all future increases in...

The tragedy of poverty

JANUARY 13, 2016 -- Gripping the steering wheel so tightly my hands hurt, I saw my mama so many years before, looking straight ahead...

Supes reject new jail in sign of changing City Hall politics

  DECEMBER 16, 2015 – In a remarkable move that reflects both changes on the Board of Supervisors and a different political climate as we...

Five supes join rally against new jail

First, they say, reject a new lockup-- then look for alternatives By Tim Redmond DECEMBER 17, 2015 -- Four supervisors showed up on the steps of...

The new jail is on the fast track

Board decision is imminent -- although it's not even clear that this $240 million project is needed.  By Tim Redmond DECEMBER 1, 2015 – The Mayor’s...

The Agenda, Nov. 30-Dec. 6: A climate-change solution in SF?

Could this city lead the way with a carbon tax? And do we need a new jail? By Tim Redmond NOVEMBER 30, 2015 – I was...

Anger, sadness, hope as St. James Infirmary forced out

San Francisco's beloved sex worker health clinic will have to find a new home after losing its building, but a fundraising campaign looks to...

What the next homeless director needs to do

Let's make a plan to put 6,000 homeless people into housing. It's something the city can do By Jennifer Friedenbach In my 20 years of working...

Dear C.W. Nevius: Please stop attacking homeless people

Words can have consequences. Ugly words can have ugly consequences. By John Elberling AUGUST 31, 2015 -- “Thoughtful, compassionate people have had it,” you declare in...