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For homeless people, normal life becomes ‘dangerous’

Tiny - June 28, 2016

Editor's note: News media all over San Francisco are writing about homelessness this week. We though we could offer a very different perspective. Our...

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Day VII of Hunger Strike: Chief Suhr’s 5th Anniversary, #BaltimoreUprising and a week of going hungry

Sana Saleem - April 28, 2016

This post is part of our special coverage on the #hungerforjusticesf. Five San Francisco residents are on hunger strike outside Mission Police Station, demanding...

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The Agenda, March 28-April 3, 2016: Why developers can’t cry poverty

Tim Redmond - March 27, 2016

Most of the city seems to be on Spring Break this week; the supes aren’t meeting, most of the commissions aren’t meeting, and the...

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Some Mother’s Daughter: Fighting the criminalization of sex workers

Sana Saleem - March 23, 2016

Imagine a woman goes missing and no one looks for her. There’s no inquiry, no need for forensics, and no further investigation required. In...

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No CEQA review for Uber

Zelda Bronstein - March 17, 2016

Our March 13 story about San Francisco’s replacement of traffic congestion as an environmental impact with the number of vehicle miles traveled that a...

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Some data about homeless people in SF

Tim Redmond - February 24, 2016

We’ve talked about the big myths around homelessness in San Francisco. We’ve discussed the problem of sweeping people off the streets when there’s nowhere...

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Where will the Division Street homeless go?

Sana Saleem - February 24, 2016

As if moving them under the bridge, away from public view wasn’t enough, San Francisco health officials declared homeless tents a health hazard yesterday,...

News + Politics

Scott Wiener goes after homeless people in tents

Tim Redmond - January 25, 2016

In what homeless advocates call a “cruel” move, Sup. Scott Wiener is asking city departments to crack down on homeless people who are living...

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The tragedy of poverty

Tiny - January 12, 2016

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

Arts + Culture

‘Lowrider Lawyers’ put the city on trial

Tiny - January 7, 2016

SCREEN GRABS A cherry lipstick red 1974 Chevrolet glided down 24th street in La Mision, as it’s called by La Raza and so many other...

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