Mayor Lee Rejects Housing Groups Blackmail

Posted July 28, 2016 by Randy Shaw

SF’s Nonprofit Housing Groups Walk Into Realtors Trap On July 26 the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 6-5 to place a Charter Amendment on the November ballot creating a Housing Development Commission. The Commission would oversee the Mayor’s Office
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Black Cat Restaurant, Bar Opens Today!

Posted July 28, 2016 by Randy Shaw

The Black Cat opens at 400 Eddy Street today, bringing back the ambience of the original Black Cat closed down by the city’s elite 100 years ago. I earlier described the Black Cat’s past and recent history and Mayor Lee’s
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New Sentencing Report Shows CA Trends for 2009-2014

Posted July 28, 2016 by Erica Webster

// The California Sentencing Institute (CASI) criminal and juvenile justice interactive map now shows annual criminal and juvenile justice statistics for 2009-2014. The map provides users with county-by-county visual comparisons illustrating law enforcement practices, incarceration rates, and trends over the
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To the Editor…

Posted July 27, 2016 by Beyond Chron

Subject: Media Exaggerates Democratic Disunity I will still vote for Hillary Clinton no matter what happens the rest of the convention or after. I figure a vote for a third-party candidate or not voting at all is really a vote
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To the Editor…

Posted July 27, 2016 by Beyond Chron

Subject: Celebrate Compton’s 50th with Tenderloin Queer History Walking Tour When I first came to S.F. in the early 1960s at the tail end of the beat era, I found several gay bars in the Tenderloin like the Hide-a-way, Top
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To the Editor…

Posted July 27, 2016 by Beyond Chron

Subject: Is there a secret to getting kids to eat veggies? Very interesting and thorough article. I like the idea of “take” vs. “eat” because it gives the child more control over their food intake. Even if there is more
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Media Exaggerates Democratic Disunity

Posted July 26, 2016 by Randy Shaw

Bernie Sanders gave a rousing endorsement of Hillary Clinton on Monday night, but it won’t stop reporters from clinging to a false narrative of Democratic disunity. The media’s pre-convention stories were dominated by the disunity story line, and there are
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Dancer, Cultural Asset Faces Ellis Eviction from Bernal Heights

Posted July 26, 2016 by Stephen P. Booth, Eq.

Landlord’s Ellis Effort Targets Another Valuable Cultural Contributor By serving a 120-day Ellis Act notice, a greedy landlord can wipe away and exclude persons who have contributed a lifetime to a community, whose efforts have worked to make the neighborhood
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