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Homelessness

Inside the SIP hotels saga

Natalia Kresich - March 15, 2021

How activists and some supes forced the city to put homeless people in hotel rooms.

COVID

A heroic CD makes life on the streets a bit easier

Jackie Blandón - February 1, 2021

Street Sheet vendors now have another product to sell—and it's made a huge difference.

City Hall

If SF bans smoking weed in your apartment, where could you get high?

Caitlin Donohue - November 25, 2020

Bill would criminalize pot smoking for a large part of the city's population.

Culture

A guide to free food in San Francisco

Tamara Palmer - May 27, 2020

If you or someone you know is experiencing food insecurity in San Francisco right now, immediate help is available, including programs that are open...

Housing

Why won’t SF health officer order homeless into hotels?

Tim Redmond - May 21, 2020

At the end of the Board of Supes meeting Tuesday, we got some dramatic clarity on why the Department of Public Health isn’t pushing...

Housing

Supes look to protect SRO residents

Tim Redmond - May 18, 2020

The Board of Supes Finance Committee approved today emergency legislation aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 in single-room occupancy hotels. The measure by Sup....

Housing

First sanctioned tent city opens in SF

Garrett Leahy - May 14, 2020

San Francisco's first city-sanctioned safe sleeping site began operations yesterday afternoon. The site, referred to as the Safe Sleeping Village, has 50 spaces for...

Culture

What’s the future for bars and restaurants? A new podcast digs in

Marke B. - May 11, 2020

For 14 years, Marcia Gagliardi has taken both a bird's-eye and a fork's-tine view of the local dining and drinking scene. tablehopper, her invaluable...

Housing

Why turn affordable SROs into tourist hotel rooms?

Tim Redmond - May 4, 2020

While the supervisors and the mayor are engaged in a critical, and bitter, debate about moving homeless people into hotels, the Planning Department is...

News + Politics

Can hotels become permanent housing for homeless people?

Tim Redmond - April 15, 2020

There are ways to describe the logistics of moving thousands of homeless people into hotel rooms. It’s not going to be simple. But referring to...

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Inside the SIP hotels saga

A heroic CD makes life on the streets a bit easier

If SF bans smoking weed in your apartment, where could you get high?

A guide to free food in San Francisco

Why won’t SF health officer order homeless into hotels?

Supes look to protect SRO residents

First sanctioned tent city opens in SF

What’s the future for bars and restaurants? A new podcast digs in

Why turn affordable SROs into tourist hotel rooms?

Can hotels become permanent housing for homeless people?

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