July 2022 - Beyond Chron

Photo shows Dealers last week at Hyde/Ellis in Tenderloin

Arresting Drug Dealers is not a “War on the Poor”

Posted July 25, 2022 by Randy Shaw

SF’s Real “War on the Poor” is Waged by Drug Dealers “Residents say they’ve felt trapped by what they call unsafe—and frankly frightening—conditions on the sidewalks outside the building. Isolation due to the pandemic was intensified by what they describe Read More »

YIMBYs Won Battle of Ideas—But Losing the Political War

Posted July 25, 2022 by Randy Shaw

Electing Pro-Housing Candidates in November At one level, the YIMBY movement has made extraordinary progress. Its core mantra—ending exclusionary zoning and legalizing apartments citywide—has been promoted by President Biden, Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), major editorial Read More »

San Francisco Early Election Forecast

Posted July 18, 2022 by Randy Shaw

Voters Face Big Choices in November San Francisco voters have a lot on their plate in November. Two contested supervisor races, three School Board seats and competing slates for Community College Board are joined by many high profile ballot measures. Read More »

The Case for a New SFUSD General Counsel

Posted July 18, 2022 by Laurance Lem Lee

New San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) Superintendent Matt Wayne has repeatedly stated he would listen and learn. Perhaps it is time that he listens to someone besides the current Head General Counsel, Danielle Houck. Her tenure has been marked Read More »

New Book on Legendary Struggle at LA’s Lincoln Place

Posted July 18, 2022 by Randy Shaw

A Tenant Battle for the Ages When a landlord drops the ‘E-word,’ from one day to the next, your whole life changes. You realize that any Johnny-come-lately landlord can uproot you and throw you out of your home and community.” Read More »

Reviews From 42nd S.F. Jewish Film Festival

Posted July 18, 2022 by Peter Wong

Ohad Milstein’s award-winning documentary “Summer Nights” instantly wins the viewer’s heart with its central subject, the director’s 6-year-old son Alva. Not only is the boy cuter than the proverbial pair of bug’s ears, he’s also incredibly curious, possesses a wonderfully Read More »

Letter to the Editor…

Posted July 12, 2022 by Beyond Chron

From: Ken Cleaveland Subject: Sober Hotels I completely agree with the need to have more sober hotels for the homeless. How can we ever expect people trying to get off drugs being forced to stay in SROs that Read More »

San Francisco Must Rethink Homeless Policies

Posted July 11, 2022 by Randy Shaw

Prioritize Sober Hotels, Filling Vacancies San Francisco’s homeless crisis continues despite vastly more permanent supportive housing. I helped shape San Francisco’s master leasing program and overall Housing First strategy. Our high housing cost city has done much better providing exits Read More »