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Criminal justice and mental illness: What’s SF’s answer?

Tim Redmond - October 13, 2016

A hearing today on the prospect of a new criminal justice-mental health facility in San Francisco brought up a couple of key issues that...

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The Agenda, Oct. 10-17: Should we celebrate the Twitter tax break?

Tim Redmond - October 9, 2016

I am glad, I suppose, that there’s nice art coming to mid-Market to “spur curiosity and connection.” Five years after the Twitter tax break,...

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No room for the homeless mentally ill

Kate Benham - July 7, 2016

I first met Sarah when I was working overnight in the psychiatric emergency room. She was brought in by the police, the usual route...

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Homelessness: the media’s big problem

Tim Redmond - June 29, 2016

These are some of the headlines we saw in the San Francisco Chronicle this past year: “San Francisco’s summer of urine and drug-addicted homeless.” “Amid rising...

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Why are so many people homeless in SF?

Tim Redmond - June 27, 2016

Editors note: The SF Chronicle is leading an effort to get local news media to report on homelessness this week. We are happy to...

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Shocking police stats — but where’s the chief?

Tim Redmond - January 21, 2016

There were two fundamental problems with the supes hearing on police violence today: Chief Greg Suhr decided not to show up – and for...

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

Tim Redmond - November 29, 2015

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...

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Supes move forward with jail that we might not need

Tim Redmond - July 21, 2015

$240 million project that nobody has seen and that might be obsolete the day it opens gets preliminary approval from board members who say...

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Undocumented youth under immense stress, study finds

Tim Redmond - April 27, 2015

Fear of law enforcement creates mental-health issues, UCLA researchers report By Viji Sundaram APRIL 27, 2015 -- Fear followed Alberto Velazquez every time he left the apartment...

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SF risks a bad decision on cops and disability law

Tim Redmond - January 12, 2015

ACLU calls on city attorney to drop Supreme Court appeal in police shooting case By Tim Redmond JANUARY 13, 2014 – On Aug. 7, 2008, two...

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Criminal justice and mental illness: What’s SF’s answer?

The Agenda, Oct. 10-17: Should we celebrate the Twitter tax break?

No room for the homeless mentally ill

Homelessness: the media’s big problem

Why are so many people homeless in SF?

Shocking police stats — but where’s the chief?

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

Supes move forward with jail that we might not need

Undocumented youth under immense stress, study finds

SF risks a bad decision on cops and disability law

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