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Who wants to evict a 100-year-old?

David Bogachik - February 6, 2017

Peter Owens feels hurt. That’s what he said in the courtroom to Tommi Avicolli Mecca, a tenant-rights activist. Mecca has spent months fighting for...

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The agenda: What’s ‘divisive’?

Tim Redmond - February 6, 2017

I keep hearing the same song from one side of San Francisco’s Democratic Party, and it goes like this: We are all Democrats here, and...

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A federal program that SF needs to cut

John Lindsay-Poland and Linda Sanchez - February 6, 2017

As the Trump government rolls out executive orders against refugees and other immigrants, Bay Area leaders and residents are bracing for possible cuts in...

Arts + Culture

Of singing lambs and serial killers

Dennis Harvey - February 6, 2017

ON STAGE Broadway and Hollywood used to be frenemies. It was an accepted wisdom that film versions killed off the audience for a stage...

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Resist Trump — dump Ford (and ignore the Super Bowl hype)

Jason Henderson - February 4, 2017

San Francisco and the Bay Area remain a bellwether for progressive human rights, peace, labor, and environmental values. Just about everyone in San Francisco...

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#NoBanNoWall: Hundreds continue to protest Trump’s Muslim Ban

Sana Saleem - February 4, 2017

Hundreds gathered at Civic Center on Saturday to protest President Trump's ban on travellers from Muslim countries regardless of legal immigration status. Last Friday, through...

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Push for single-payer healthcare grows in CA

Tim Redmond - February 1, 2017

More than a thousand people (my estimate) showed up today at the state building to weigh in on health-care costs – and make the...

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BREAKING: SFPD pulling out of controversial Joint Terrorism Task Force with FBI

Sana Saleem - February 1, 2017

The San Francisco Police Department announced on Wednesday that it will be pulling out of the Joint Action Task Force, a controversial co-operation with...

News + Politics

Sup. Ahsha Safaí introduces resolution against Trump’s so-called Muslim Ban

Sana Saleem - January 31, 2017

District 11 Supervisor Ahsha Safai announced his intention to introduce a resolution opposing President Trump's Muslim ban at Tuesday's board meeting. Safai's resolution is backed by Mayor...

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SF city attorney is taking Trump to court over immigration policy

Sana Saleem - January 31, 2017

City Attorney Dennis Herrera today filed a federal lawsuit against President Trump and his administration over Trump's executive order directing enforcement action against sanctuary...

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