February 2022 - Beyond Chron

Mayor Breed Must Replace Chief Scott

Posted February 28, 2022 by Randy Shaw

SFPD Ignores Mayor’s Tenderloin Emergency “It’s time that the reign of criminals who are destroying our city, it is time for it to come to an end. It comes to an end when we take the steps to be more Read More »

The Gaslighting of the Tenderloin

Posted February 28, 2022 by Randy Shaw

No Police Crackdown on Dealers, No Sense of “Emergency” “Police data from before and after the Tenderloin emergency shows arrests for drug-related crimes in the neighborhood are largely unchanged“—SF Chronicle February 25, 2022 Over two months ago, San Francisco Mayor Read More »

Reviews From PFA’s Spring Quarter 2022

Posted February 28, 2022 by Peter Wong

The day before the Pacific Film Archive (hereafter “PFA”) was forced to temporarily shut down thanks to the Bay Area’s COVID outbreak, it had screened Souleymane Cisse’s Cannes Award winning film “Brightness.” Now that film serves as the climax of Read More »

Can Boudin Survive Recall?

Posted February 21, 2022 by Randy Shaw

Race Could Go Down to the Wire Does the school board recall landslide signal a major citywide political shift? Or was it a one-off caused by factors unique to that election? We’ll understand more about what’s happening in the city Read More »

A New Generation of YIMBY Organizers

Posted February 21, 2022 by Randy Shaw

Progressive Activists Turn to Housing Kassie Infante does not fit the common stereotype of a YIMBY organizer. A 28-year old Afro-Latinx woman with a Masters in Education from Harvard, Infante has focused on educational equity and racial justice in the Read More »

San Francisco Election Predictions: Assembly, School Board Recall

Posted February 14, 2022 by Randy Shaw

Will AD 17 Turnout Be Unexpectedly Low? February 15 is Election Day in San Francisco. Until last week I expected a much larger voter turnout than is typical in special elections. After all, voters were mailed absentee ballots, the D17 Read More »

Reviews From 2022 Slamdance Film Festival

Posted February 14, 2022 by Peter Wong

A lexicographer explaining the title of Alex Nevill’s meditative documentary “Ferroequinology” will probably smile while doing so. “Ferro” is associated with iron. “Equine” refers to horses. “-Ology” is the all-purpose suffix for the study of things. So the title of Read More »

Will San Francisco Protect Kid-Friendly Housing?

Posted February 7, 2022 by Randy Shaw

Chinatown and Tenderloin Group Housing Ban Needed For Kids On February 10 the San Francisco Planning Commission considers legislation to ban new group housing in the Tenderloin and Chinatown. Group housing requires no private kitchens or bedrooms, and does not Read More »