Poverty Archives | 48 hills

Housing

Two-thirds of needy SF tenants could get zero state or local rent relief

Tim Redmond - June 24, 2021

Supes hearing shows huge gap between the promises and the reality -- but the money is there if the mayor is willing to spend it.

News + Politics

The indigenous struggle to save trees — and sacred spaces — in Humboldt

Tiny - June 21, 2021

Between the timber companies and state agencies, so much devastation.

Lit

Through hardship, a pastor encounters good people in ‘United States of Grace’

Emily Wilson - June 2, 2021

Lenny Duncan's 'Memoir of Homelessness, Addiction, Incarceration, and Hope" isn't the usual redemption story.

News + Politics

DA closes Amilcar Lopez case, but the community trauma still remains

Father Richard Smith - May 27, 2021

San Francisco needs to make big changes in policing so this young immigrant didn't die in vain.

Homelessness

Mother’s Day — for homeless mamas

Tiny - May 11, 2021

A story of eviction, gentrification, poverty -- and hope.

Movies

Screen Grabs: One million streaming options and you’re bored? Try these rare releases

Dennis Harvey - May 3, 2021

Quintessential French seriocomedies, pioneering US indies, and virtually unknown relics of African cinema

Housing

Facebook’s housing echo chamber

Zelda Bronstein - April 22, 2021

Zuckerberg money funds news outlets that repeat Zuckerberg group's supply-side position on the housing crisis.

Opinion

SF has exploited, failed, and bankrupted its taxi drivers

Marcelo Fonseca - April 2, 2021

Mayors Lee and Newsom sold pricey medallions to make money--then let Uber and Lyft make those investments worthless. The drivers deserve help.

Movies

Immersed in Van Gogh—the “experience” and the movies

Dennis Harvey - March 27, 2021

The hit Immersive Van Gogh exhibit provides satisfying eye candy; search out these biopics for deeper looks

Homelessness

Inside the SIP hotels saga

Natalia Kresich - March 15, 2021

How activists and some supes forced the city to put homeless people in hotel rooms.

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