Western Addition Archives

Campaign Trail

Who gets to plan SF’s future—and will the people who live here have a say?

Tim Redmond - November 3, 2024

That's the essential issue in the Nov. 5 local election. Here's some historical context.

Campaign Trail

Safeway, regulations, and the tech lords

Tim Redmond - October 31, 2024

Supes pass Preston bill to require notice when supermarkets close—and there's a lot more to the story.

The Agenda

The problem with publishers who have no roots in the journalism world …

Tim Redmond - October 27, 2024

.... plus some unusual changes to BMR condos, preventing food deserts, and a hearing on school closures. That's The Agenda for Oct. 27 to Nov. 3

The Agenda

National magazine takes on the case against Yimby housing policies

Tim Redmond - March 17, 2024

Plus: Nurses demand answers to questions about UCSF takeover of St. Mary's and St. Francis Hospitals. That's The Agenda for March 17-24.

Opinion

The mayor’s upzoning plans will deeply damage SF’s neighborhoods

Dennis Antenore - March 14, 2024

Demolitions, speculations, and displacement are in store if the city moves forward with Breed's approach.

Labor

The hidden political history of SF’s 1906 earthquake and fire—and what it means today

Marc Norton - February 1, 2024

Social class, race, and labor played a huge role in what happened—and how the city recovered.

News + Politics

Breed ignores community, takes full credit for delay in Safeway closure

Tim Redmond - January 22, 2024

Oh, and 40 years ago, Mayor Feinstein vetoed a bill the might have prevented Safeway from just abandoning the Western Addition.

Featured

A brutal double-standard on crime, and the guv wants the military in the Tenderloin

Tim Redmond - April 23, 2023

Plus: The future of an affordable housing complex in the Western Addition—and why does the Sheriff's Office need combat equipment? That's The Agenda for April 23-30.

Arts + Culture

Ready to get started? In new book, W. Kamau Bell asks us to ‘Do The Work’

Alan Chazaro - October 23, 2022

At Gateway High with co-author Kate Schatz, the comedian introduced his anti-racism activity kit that challenges readers to step up

Music

Pharoah Sanders is gone. Take flight on his astral jazz legacy with this playlist

John-Paul Shiver - September 29, 2022

Featuring essential entry points to his work, from a masterpiece Alice Coltrane collaboration to the epic longform "Black Unity."

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