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Tagged with: Willie Brown

Election night: High turnout, nasty ads … and has the mayor killed his own homeless measures?

My polling place was crowded this morning, and I saw crowds at precincts all over the Mission. And when I voted this morning, a...

The Agenda: Rose Pak, the devastation of the Eastern Neighborhoods ….

Gordon Chin, a founder and former director of the Chinatown Community Development Center, notes in his book Building Community, Chinatown Style, that for Rose...

The agenda, Aug. 29-Sept 4: What if Ed Lee decides to step down …

It's the week before Labor Day, and the fall campaigns are moving into high speed, and I look around at the state of San...

Sorting out the DCCC fallout

We are all still sorting through the backroom (and frontroom) deals that went on at the DCCC last night; the panel had to sort...

The Agenda, July 11-17: Why bad committee appointments matter …

Pretty much everyone agrees that elected officials should be judged on their records in office, and typically that means legislation introduced, votes on difficult...

Homelessness: the media’s big problem

These are some of the headlines we saw in the San Francisco Chronicle this past year: “San Francisco’s summer of urine and drug-addicted homeless.” “Amid rising...

Why are so many people homeless in SF?

Editors note: The SF Chronicle is leading an effort to get local news media to report on homelessness this week. We are happy to...

Liberals — except when it comes home

My old boss, Bruce Brugmann, who ran the Bay Guardian, told me early on in my career that you could tell the real politics...

The Agenda, March 21-27, 2008: A homeless emergency, mayoral vetoes ….

The mayor was out of town when news broke that his approval ratings continue to dive, just a few months into his final term....

The homeless sweep on Division Street

The mayor is following what the Chronicle editorial board and Willie Brown suggested, and sweeping homeless people off Division Street. We will have a...