September 2020 - Beyond Chron

Will California Again Reject Affirmative Action (Prop 16)?

Posted September 29, 2020 by Randy Shaw

Whites Rebel Against Remedying Racial Injustice California legislators voted overwhelmingly to place Prop 16 on the November 2020 ballot. Prop 16 repeals the state’s ban on affirmative action (via 1996’s Prop 209). Affirmative action is an essential strategy for women Read More »

Video Highlights Tenderloin Housing Clinic’s 40th Anniversary

Posted September 29, 2020 by Randy Shaw

The Tenderloin Housing Clinic, which I head and publishes Beyond Chron, opened its doors on February 1, 1980. This is our 40th anniversary and my 38th as THC’s first fulltime employee. I wrote three stories in February about our history: Read More »

The Student Vote: Time-Tested Tactics, Adapted for the Times

Posted September 29, 2020 by Manny Rin

Creative Student Outreach Overcomes Empty Campuses Day after day, we’re seeing stories of college campuses trying, then failing, to start in-person classes, then readjusting their plans. Against this chaotic backdrop, Americans are preparing for one of the most consequential elections

Reviews From The 1st Mr. HoleHead’s Warped Dimension Film Festival

Posted September 29, 2020 by Peter Wong

Mundanes may see the Zoom app solely as a device for holding meetings at a distance. Members of the team behind the Another Hole In The Head Film Festival demonstrated over the past six days another use for Zoom. As Read More »

San Francisco Doesn’t Need Prop K’s “Social Housing”

Posted September 22, 2020 by Randy Shaw

Prop K Diverts Funds from Nonprofit Developers, Community Land Trusts San Francisco’s Prop K authorizes the creation of 10,000 “social housing” units in the city. Its website states, “How can SF drastically bring down rents? Cities around the world – Read More »

City Must Modify SRO Visitor Ban

Posted September 22, 2020 by Randy Shaw

New Facts Have Emerged When San Francisco banned non-essential SRO hotel visitors last April, it made perfect sense. Congregate living spaces were seen as prime venues for spreading COVID. Protecting tenants demanded that those from outside the building not roam Read More »

More Reviews From The 19th San Francisco DocFest

Posted September 22, 2020 by Peter Wong

In the Sean Penn-directed film “Into The Wild,” protagonist Christopher McCandless’ travels take him to the Southern California desert. There, he sees Leonard Knight’s folk art sculpture Salvation Mountain and even meets Knight himself. The sculpture is a colorful expression Read More »

Will San Francisco’s District 1 Vote for Change?

Posted September 14, 2020 by Randy Shaw

Philhour and Chan Divided Over Housing San Francisco’s D1 voters have elected the “progressive” supervisor candidate in every election since district elections resumed in 2000. Will 2020 be different? Marjan Philhour, who lost a close race to Sandy Lee Fewer Read More »