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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...

News + Politics

Supes increase pressure on mayor to find hotel space

Tim Redmond - April 7, 2020

Five supervisors introduced emergency legislation today that would mandate that the city procure and provide 8,250 hotel rooms for people experiencing homelessness and front-line...

Opinion

OPINION: Save the soul of San Francisco

John Kirkley and Joanna Lawrence Shenk - April 3, 2020

How do you shelter at home, when you don’t have a home? As our city leaders have moved rapidly and wisely to minimize the risks...

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...

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

SF cops keep telling homeless people to move

Garrett Leahy - March 26, 2020

At 10:11 pm on March 17, five SFPD officers approached a man sitting on the sidewalk at Stockton and Union Streets, according to a...

Housing

Five supes push to put homeless in vacant hotel rooms

Sam Lew - March 24, 2020

Five San Francisco supervisors announced plans yesterday to house thousands of homeless residents using some of the city's 33,000 vacant hotel rooms during the...

Housing

Breed Administration official says moving homeless people into hotel rooms is not a priority

Tim Redmond - March 19, 2020

The Board of Supes hearing Tuesday on the city’s response to the COVID-19 crisis demonstrated a key policy divide between the Breed Administration and...

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

City starts to plan for coronavirus in homeless and SRO communities

Sam Lew - March 10, 2020

San Francisco will provide temporary housing to quarantine unsheltered residents or for people who live in shelters, single room occupancy hotels, or permanent supportive...

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Social distancing is the wrong term

Supes increase pressure on mayor to find hotel space

OPINION: Save the soul of San Francisco

Mayor, supervisors at odds over hotel rooms for homeless

Density, neoliberalism, and COVID

SF cops keep telling homeless people to move

Five supes push to put homeless in vacant hotel rooms

Breed Administration official says moving homeless people into hotel rooms is not a priority

An emergency platform for protecting unhoused people

City starts to plan for coronavirus in homeless and SRO communities

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