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Homelessness

Here’s the most important data in the new report on homelessness in SF

Tim Redmond - August 18, 2022

A massive failure of housing policy, at the state and local level, is behind this ongoing crisis.

News + Politics

The Laguna Honda crisis never should have happened

Tim Redmond - August 18, 2022

If Gavin Newsom had shown some leadership, the terror that patients face could have been avoided.

Movies

“This is an essential American story”: director Julie Ha of ‘Free Chol Soo Lee’ speaks

Pam Grady - August 18, 2022

How a documentary that preserves a key moment in Bay Area history came to be.

Art Review

SFAI faculty member Carlos Villa’s hybrid legacy honored in two shows

Genevieve Quick - August 18, 2022

Luscious cloaks and tributes to SoMa's I-Hotel assert mystical pageantry of unsung histories.

City Hall

No, San Francisco is not riven by a left vs. left ideological split

Tim Redmond - August 17, 2022

This old story is back, and it's still wrong: There are real, serious issues between the progressives and the corporate power structure

Arts + Culture

Artist Emmy Lou Packard shines in overdue expo—but she never left SF walls

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - August 17, 2022

She apprenticed with Diego Rivera, and mentored the Mission's mural movement.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Giving flowers to Greens

Tamara Palmer - August 16, 2022

A love letter to San Francisco’s groundbreaking vegetarian restaurant.

Arts + Culture

Arts Forecast: End-of-summer Bowie worship, earth justice beat symposium

Caitlin Donohue - August 16, 2022

Plus: Hip-hop in the Kapwa Gardens, an aerial arts version of 'For Colored Girls,' and so much more.

Music

Spacemoth serves cosmic self-examination on ‘No Past No Future’ debut

John-Paul Shiver - August 16, 2022

Her dream-pop balladry triumphs through expansive bops.

The Agenda

Stopping evictions in the Western Addition

Tim Redmond - August 15, 2022

Plus: Housing nonsense in the Tenderloin, a Berniecrats art show—and who will replace Nancy Pelosi? That's The Agenda for Aug. 15-21