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Iris Canada dies a month after her eviction

Sana Saleem - March 27, 2017

Iris Canada, a centenarian who was evicted from her apartment at 670 Page St. last month, has died. Canada was hospitalized shortly after the...

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The Agenda, Feb. 13-19: Can Mayor Lee really deny funding to defend immigrants?

Tim Redmond - February 13, 2017

Mayor Ed Lee has said on repeated occasion that he doesn’t want to send city money to the Public Defender’s Office to represent undocumented...

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Democracy in action — or not

Tim Redmond - January 9, 2017

I ran into Assemblymember David Chiu Sunday morning, outside the union hall where delegates to the state Democratic Party were being chosen. “Welcome,” he...

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Mayor cuts homeless prevention money; hundreds at risk

Tim Redmond - January 2, 2017

Eduardo Pubill once shared a beer with Ringo Starr. He’s been a New York theater stagehand, a chef, a merchant seaman, and a cook...

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Tents and the homeless wait list

Tim Redmond - December 16, 2016

You have probably notice that it's cold and rainy out. For a lot of us, that means waterproof coats and boots. And staying inside. The...

Arts + Culture

What if AIDS never happened?

Marke B. - November 30, 2016

SCREEN GRABS What if Sylvester sang at this year's Grammys? What if Keith Haring was speaking right now at Art Basel Miami, or appearing at...

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How we beat the real estate industry

Deepa Varma - November 20, 2016

As we assess the implications of last week’s elections, it is worth considering two clear wins for progressives and for the tenant movement in...

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Does California need to secede?

Tim Redmond - November 9, 2016

There was enough talk on Twitter this morning about California seceding from the United States to merit a story on CBS News. I don’t...

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The Agenda, Oct. 10-17: Should we celebrate the Twitter tax break?

Tim Redmond - October 9, 2016

I am glad, I suppose, that there’s nice art coming to mid-Market to “spur curiosity and connection.” Five years after the Twitter tax break,...

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Obama’s supply-side toolkit attacks local housing policy

Calvin Welch - October 4, 2016

On September 27th the Obama administration released a "Housing Development Toolkit" promoting a deregulation program for market rate housing development at the local level....

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