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COVID

Density, neoliberalism, and COVID

Calvin Welch - March 31, 2020

"There is a density level in NYC that is destructive. It has to stop and it has to stop now. NYC must develop an...

Housing

Supes promise protections for small businesses and gig workers

Tim Redmond - March 17, 2020

So many updates from City Hall as we (mostly) shelter in place: Sup. Hillary Ronen announced this morning that she and others are working on...

Culture

LGBT leaders take on elder abuse

Tim Redmond - March 3, 2020

Two longtime LGBT leaders are holding a special event Thursday/5 to discuss elder abuse in the queer community. The LGBT population of San Francisco is aging....

News + Politics

Chinatown building becomes battleground for community’s future

Tim Redmond - February 20, 2020

A real-estate investor with a history of attempting to evict vulnerable low-income seniors in Chinatown is now in the middle of a controversy over...

Housing

How corporate rentals are taking away rent-controlled housing

Tim Redmond - January 20, 2020

During the Planning Commission’s hearing last Thursday on corporate rentals, Peter Cohen, co-director of the Council of Community Housing Organizations, made a critical point. “We...

News + Politics

The Agenda, New Year’s edition: Saving City College …

Tim Redmond - January 2, 2020

It’s pretty unusual for a public official who runs a major institution that is short of cash to refuse help. But that’s what’s going...

News + Politics

City College chancellor wants to reject emergency funding

David Mamaril Horowitz - December 16, 2019

The sudden cancellation of 345 classes at City College of San Francisco on Nov. 20, the night before the school’s spring 2020 registration, prompted...

News + Politics

Filipino language access still lacking in SF

Jeantelle Laberinto - October 27, 2019

In 2014, San Francisco certified Filipino as the city’s official third language. Under the Language Access Ordinance, this certification should have signaled a full...

News + Politics

Helping seniors with legal issues — for 40 years

Tim Redmond - October 21, 2019

Sometime in the mid-1970s, as local community-based organizations were starting to emerge and change the politics of San Francisco, a group of lawyers began...

Campaign Trail

Talking Yimby, acting Nimby in District 5

Calvin Welch - October 6, 2019

A story is unfolding in the District Five supervisor race, ignored by the news media, that illustrates the contradiction between narrative and fact that...

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Density, neoliberalism, and COVID

Supes promise protections for small businesses and gig workers

LGBT leaders take on elder abuse

Chinatown building becomes battleground for community’s future

How corporate rentals are taking away rent-controlled housing

The Agenda, New Year’s edition: Saving City College …

City College chancellor wants to reject emergency funding

Filipino language access still lacking in SF

Helping seniors with legal issues — for 40 years

Talking Yimby, acting Nimby in District 5

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