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News + Politics

Our top stories of 2023, from Dianne Feinstein to Japanese sandos

Marke B. - December 29, 2023

Your support helped us produce 1100 stories this year, showing an unmatched breadth of news, arts, and cultural coverage

Elections

Here come the billionaires: Election 2024

Tim Redmond - December 24, 2023

Big money goes into measures attacking poor people and eroding police oversight. It's really about Breed's re-election and the oligarchs controlling the city.

News + Politics

Why is the Chron so freaked out about Socialism?

Tim Redmond - December 17, 2023

Yes, neoliberal capitalism helped create the homelessness crisis. What are we even arguing about that?

Housing

Check the record: Preston and his progressive colleagues are not against housing

Tim Redmond - December 15, 2023

Back in 2021, when Heather Knight was still at the Chronicle, the Yimbys put out something they called a "study" of the housing record...

Lit

In ‘Portal,’ John King tells the strange and wondrous saga of the Ferry Building

Marke B. - December 13, 2023

Beloved landmark came with surprising amount of drama and alternate realities, vividly detailed in Chron critic's new book.

Labor

Who are these nice people who say they want me to get a raise?

Tom Gallagher - December 11, 2023

Turns out it's a rabid anti-labor group that wants to destroy public-sector unions.

Housing

How Breed undermined plan to save affordable housing on Divisadero Street

Tim Redmond - December 10, 2023

Building could easily have gone to nonprofit instead of convicted felon who tried to burn down res hotel in Oakland.

Crime

Breed announces budget cuts as Dorsey plays the ‘cops tax’ card in campaign

Tim Redmond - December 4, 2023

The city has a $1 billion budget problem, and only a total tax overhaul will fix it.

The Agenda

The housing crisis Scott Wiener created

Tim Redmond - December 3, 2023

Demolitions. Displacement. And zero new affordable housing. That's the bill the state senator got passed, and the supes have to deal with it this week.

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Tim Redmond - November 27, 2023

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