July 2021 - Beyond Chron

Supes Will Hear Appeal of Controversial Tenderloin Project

Posted July 27, 2021 by Randy Shaw

Treating a Community With Contempt Should Not Be Rewarded In a huge victory for San Francisco’s Tenderloin, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will hear the community’s appeal of a project at 450 O’Farrell that the entire neighborhood opposed. The Read More »

Oakland’s Best City Council Ever?

Posted July 27, 2021 by Randy Shaw

Oakland Becomes National Model on Stadiums, Police Reform When people discuss the nation’s best city councils, Oakland has not traditionally shown up on their bingo cards. Prior Oakland City Councils had a member who assaulted a former Black Panther leader Read More »

Reviews From 41st San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Posted July 27, 2021 by Peter Wong

Dorav Paz and Yoav Paz’s historical thriller “Plan A” asks how far you’d go for revenge. Max has survived Buchenwald. But his wife and son were murdered in the Holocaust, and neighbors stole his home. Fellow Holocaust survivors the Nakam Read More »

New Report Shows Rising Ellis Act Evictions in LA

Posted July 27, 2021 by Sarah Abdeshahian

Report Highlights Need for CA to Pass AB 854 The Coalition for Economic Survival (CES) and the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project released an update of their Los Angeles Ellis Act eviction map, showing that 27,372 rent stabilized affordable units have been Read More »

Will Council Approve A’s Stadium Deal?

Posted July 20, 2021 by Randy Shaw

Council Votes Today on A’s Future The Oakland City Council votes today on a term sheet for the A’s proposed stadium at Howard Terminal. While the term sheet is legally non-binding, the A’s have made it clear that anything but Read More »

When Will San Francisco’s Tourists Return?

Posted July 20, 2021 by Randy Shaw

Workers, Businesses Await Tourism Revival The pandemic has shown how dependent San Francisco’s working and middle-class is on a thriving tourist industry. The hospitality industry offers the city’s largest share of blue-collar jobs. Its virtual closure has been devastating. Thousands Read More »

Are A’s Sabotaging Oakland Stadium Deal?

Posted July 13, 2021 by Randy Shaw

A’s Rejection of Housing Law is a Dealbreaker If the A’s leave Oakland, last week could be seen as the turning point. First, at a public hearing the A’s Dave Kaval told Councilmember Dan Kalb that the A’s would not Read More »

What Does “Progressive” Mean?

Posted July 13, 2021 by Randy Shaw

Are Black and Brown Working-Class Voters “Centrist”? If you followed the recent New York City elections you might wrongly conclude that “progressives” suffered a setback. Progressive victories in council and DA races were overshadowed by the mayor’s race, where primary Read More »