A Special Report: The Tenderloin Betrayed

Posted July 25, 2017 by Randy Shaw

Until the community and Supervisor Jane Kim mobilized to stop it, a 24 hour homeless service center would have opened in longtime office space in the Tenderloin without a single stakeholder—or even Supervisor Kim—being told about it in advance. Kim
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More Reviews From The 37th S.F. Jewish Film Festival

Posted July 25, 2017 by Peter Wong

Actress Hedy Lamarr should also have been publicly recognized for her inventive genius. Instead, personal naivete and institutionalized sexism led to Lamarr’s ending in far less glorious circumstances. Alexandra Dean’s quietly tragic documentary “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story” shows how
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Katy Tang: A Fighter for Housing

Posted July 20, 2017 by Garrett Bergthold

Supervisor Katy Tang is a one woman wrecking crew. Beyond Chron sat down with the supervisor for a quick chat about the city’s freshly passed affordable housing bonus program, also known as HOME-SF. It’s been almost two months since a
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Film on Activist Heather Booth Among Highlights of 37th SF Jewish Film Festival

Posted July 20, 2017 by Peter Wong

The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival has a lot of great films this year. The subject of Lilly Rivlin’s rousing documentary “Heather Booth: Changing The World” is a real-life hero. It’s no exaggeration to call Heather Booth progressive politics’ patron
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The Annual Outsound New Music Summit Returns

Posted July 20, 2017 by E. ”Doc” Smith

The 16th Annual Outsound New Music Summit, returns to San Francisco from July 23rd-29th at the Community Music Center, located at 544 Capp Street in the Mission. One of the most innovative showcases for musical artists from around the world
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Studies Find Latinos Have a Strong Affinity for Social Biking

Posted July 20, 2017 by Michael Andersen

Most people find it pleasant to bike with people they know. But there’s growing evidence that Latino Americans are particularly interested in social biking. Latinos and Latinas are far more likely than other Americans to say that friends or family
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Who Will Replace Kim in D6?

Posted July 18, 2017 by Randy Shaw

The election to replace Jane Kim as D6 supervisor is over a year away, but after Joe Fitz Rodriquez covered Sonja Trauss’ candidacy last week it became clear there is lots of interest in this race. I see a three
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YIMBYs Build Momentum at Conference 2017

Posted July 18, 2017 by Garrett Bergthold

Dave Senatillaka took the 3000-mile flight from Boston to Oakland with limited expectations. He came to learn. To share. To stroll around San Francisco for day of sight-seeing. But most of all he came to wonk-out with his fellow housing
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