Tag: Neighborhoods
Tom’s Town: Rain water, sugar water — and a Democratic Party squeaker
By Tom Temprano
It’s raining! Real rain! Not just dense fog, but real rain in the form of droplets of water is finally making its way from the skies onto...
Sue Hestor’s birthday and a lesson in SF environmental history
By Tim Redmond
I sat next to Sup. David Campos Saturday at the celebration of Sue Hestor's 70th birthday, and at one point he looked over at me and said:...
The attack on Soma: City wants to create a new downtown, wiping out culture and thousands of blue-collar jobs
By Zelda Bronstein
(first of a series on South of Market development)
Four years ago, Donny Beckwith lived and worked in San Francisco. He and his wife rented a one-bedroom apartment...
SoMa tenants back anti-speculation and relocation efforts
SoMa tenants vote on proposals for a citywide initiative. Photo by Sara Bloomberg
By Sara Bloomberg
The city's fifth regional tenants convention, held on Jan. 25 just blocks away from Twitter's...
First Assembly debate defines the candidates – and the shape of the race
By Tim Redmond
The gloves came off, quickly, in the first debate between Sups. David Chiu and David Campos Thursday night, as the candidates presented very different pictures of their...
Tom’s Town: Harvey Milk (or Dianne Feinstein) at the airport
By Tom Temprano
I managed to squeeze in a rare out-of-states trip to Mexico this past week and found myself doing my finest 6am zombie walk through SFO's International Terminal....
City beat: Mayor Ed Lee’s “road to Sacramento” and the impact of Google buses
By Tim Redmond
Mayor Ed Lee agreed Tuesday that the way speculators are using the Ellis Act in San Francisco is "unacceptable." He said some of the strongest words we've...
The renters’ lament: A neighborhood, a community, and a wave of TICs
Theresa Flandrich holds up a map of TICS in North Beach
By Tim Redmond
You could see the pain that so many communities are suffering on the face of a woman...
Tenants planning 2014 agenda
Tenants packed the LGBT center to talk about how to fight back
By Tim Redmond
There had to be 250 people at the Castro Tenants Convention Saturday, a sign of two...
Tom’s Town: Making Google shuttles pay — and cutting party promoters some slack
By Tom Temprano
In today’s San Francisco, $1 doesn’t stand to buy you a whole lot. Sure, it can get you a can of Tecate at El Rio on Monday’s...