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Sup. Preston calls for permanent ban on evictions due to COVID-related rent debt

Tim Redmond - April 14, 2020

Sup. Dean Preston is moving to ensure that tenants who are impacted by COVID-19 don’t wind up getting evicted after the crisis is over. Preston...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Here comes the recession

Reese Erlich - April 10, 2020

The current recession was triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. But after 11 years of economic boom, a capitalist bust was inevitable. And it’s being...

News + Politics

Social distancing is the wrong term

Marc Norton - April 9, 2020

I am very tired of hearing about “social distancing.” We do not need social distancing. We need physical distancing. What we need is social solidarity. I...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: How about a little levity?

Dennis Harvey - April 1, 2020

One slender plus in all this corona-crisis-ing has been the extent to which friends and strangers alike have gone to amuse each other long-distance,...

Housing

Mayor, supervisors at odds over hotel rooms for homeless

Sam Lew - April 1, 2020

UPDATE: The first case of COVID in a homeless shelter has been reported. The Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday to place sheltered...

News + Politics

Who’s going to pay for the stimulus bill?

Tim Redmond - March 26, 2020

I was talking to a friend the other day about the stimulus bill, and we agreed that the most important thing Congress could do...

News + Politics

The virus of poverty

Tiny - March 22, 2020

I was born into a deadly Virus No it wasn’t in the time of MERS, Ebola or Osiris - It was a disease that kills- that...

Housing

An emergency platform for protecting unhoused people

Tim Redmond - March 19, 2020

The Coalition on Homelessness just put out an emergency policy platform to protecting unhoused people from COVID-19. You can sign the petition to show...

News + Politics

Should Muni raise fares in a crisis?

Jeantelle Laberinto - March 18, 2020

Transit justice advocates in San Francisco are left with more questions after San Francisco ordered a “shelter-in-place” directive in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This...

News + Politics

Coronavirus crisis doesn’t stop eviction cases

Tim Redmond - March 17, 2020

Update: The courts have agreed to put evictions on hold. The mayor has declared a moratorium on evictions for nonpayment of rent. The sheriff has...

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Sup. Preston calls for permanent ban on evictions due to COVID-related rent debt

Foreign Correspondent: Here comes the recession

Social distancing is the wrong term

Screen Grabs: How about a little levity?

Mayor, supervisors at odds over hotel rooms for homeless

Who’s going to pay for the stimulus bill?

The virus of poverty

An emergency platform for protecting unhoused people

Should Muni raise fares in a crisis?

Coronavirus crisis doesn’t stop eviction cases

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