Pro-Housing Voters Must Get Political

Posted May 31, 2018 by Randy Shaw

Housing Must Become Election Priority This week’s Berkeley City Council vote against a measure designed to build housing on BART parking lots (AB 2923) offers a wake- up call to pro-housing advocates. Berkeley voters would overwhelmingly back a ballot measure
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50 Years Ago: King, Memphis, and the Poor People’s Campaign

Posted May 31, 2018 by Martin J. Bennett

Most Americans know that a white racist assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4,1968 – fifty years ago. But few understand the historical context and why King was in Memphis. King came to Memphis in March
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Living Homeless in California: The Hard Work of Finding Work

Posted May 31, 2018 by Matt Tinoco

This piece originally appeared in Capital and Main. Only about one percent of Los Angeles County’s homeless are able to have full-time jobs, says a report prepared by the Economic Roundtable. The single most common reason given by people for
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Candidates Split on Meaning of SF Mayor’s Race

Posted May 29, 2018 by Randy Shaw

Whose Message Will Voters Support? It’s a week before Election Day and the three leading candidates’ sharply disagree over the issues defining the race. I’ve followed San Francisco mayor’s races since 1979 and never before have the top candidates and
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“The Organizer”: A Must-See Film for Activists

Posted May 29, 2018 by Randy Shaw

On June 2 and June 6 the San Francisco Documentary Film Festival is showing the only Bay Area performances of “The Organizer,” which depicts the building and activism of the national community organization, ACORN. Through the lens of ACORN founder
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Portland Plans to Make Protected Bike Lanes Standard Street Infrastructure

Posted May 29, 2018 by Angie Schmitt

Portland officials have big ambitions for the city’s bike network. In 2015, transportation director Leah Treat called for protected bike lanes to be the default on all major streets. But there hasn’t been a lot of progress on that front
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Reviews From San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2018

Posted May 29, 2018 by Peter Wong

San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2018 Opening Night Film “The Man Who Laughs” has an important connection for comic book fans. “Batman” creators Bill Finger and Bob Kane cite star Conrad Veidt’s performance in the titular role as inspiring famed
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To the Editor…

Posted May 28, 2018 by Beyond Chron

Subject: Berkeley to Oppose BART Housing Bill The Berkeley Establishment enjoys congratulating themselves on their left-wing anti-elitism and advocacy for affordable housing but these folks have more powers of delusion going on in their brain than an old-fashioned hippy acid
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