November 2019 - Beyond Chron

What Does SF’s Progressive Board Want?

Posted November 19, 2019 by Randy Shaw

Ambitious Agenda Will Find Strong Support San Francisco already has the most progressive Board of Supervisors in its history. And Dean Preston’s election in D5 will soon give supervisors identified as “progressive” a ninth vote on the eleven member body. Read More »

SF’s Secret Plan for the Tenderloin

Posted November 19, 2019 by Randy Shaw

City Plans New Homeless Services for Already Over-Saturated Neighborhood San Francisco city officials, without any public input, are moving to open “DayBreak” shelters and a possible Navigation Center in the already over-saturated Tenderloin neighborhood. The plan comes two years after Read More »

Op-Ed: Hey, Reporters, Stop Blaming Crashes on the Victims

Posted November 19, 2019 by Beyond Chron

This piece first appeared in Streetsblog USA Researchers find that the framing of articles greatly affects public perceptions of vehicle violence. A new academic paper says that if reporters could shift away from victim-blaming news coverage, politicians would be forced Read More »

SoCal Housing Vote Highlights Need for SB50

Posted November 12, 2019 by Randy Shaw

State Must Help Cities Meet New Housing Mandate “‘This is a moment of our growing up,’ Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said after the vote. ‘I understand the fear where people are like: ‘No, just keep [housing] out and maybe Read More »

Will Chesa Boudin Prosecute Tenderloin Drug Dealers?

Posted November 12, 2019 by Randy Shaw

A True Progressive Protects Low-Income Neighborhoods After eight years of George Gascon refusing to vigorously prosecute Tenderloin drug dealers, many in the neighborhood were looking forward to Suzy Loftus permanently replacing him as San Francisco District Attorney. Loftus backed community Read More »

“Other Than Honorable?” Veterans With “Bad Paper” Seek Long Overdue Benefits

Posted November 11, 2019 by Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon

On Veterans Day this year, in a nation now reflexively thankful for military service of all kinds, nearly 500,000 former service members are not included in our official expressions of gratitude. These forgotten men and women had the misfortune to Read More »

Loftus Lead Cut to 879; Preston Regains Lead

Posted November 6, 2019 by Randy Shaw

(This story was updated after the Nov.7 results) The second post-election night count of absentee ballots has given Suzy Loftus a 879 vote lead in the DA’s race and Dean Preston a 35 vote margin in the D5 Supervisor’s race. Read More »

Pro-Housing Candidates—Outside Seattle— Win Big

Posted November 6, 2019 by Randy Shaw

Big victories for pro-housing slates in Cambridge and Boulder; Seattle Disappoints Last night could be an historic turning point for Cambridge, Massachusetts. The pro-housing city council slate had to win six seats on the City Council for its innovative Affordable Read More »