October 2022 - Beyond Chron

Is the Tenderloin Diverting Safety Resources from the Richmond?

Posted October 31, 2022 by Randy Shaw

Supe Favors Shifting Funds to More Affluent Neighborhoods “I’m disappointed to see that for the rest of the City, including the Richmond District that I represent, is once again ignored when we pleaded for resources to tackle safety concerns. To Read More »

Is San Francisco’s Prop H the Right Reform?

Posted October 31, 2022 by Randy Shaw

SF Should Not Align Mayor and Presidential Elections Prop H ends lower turnout off-year elections in San Francisco and aligns the mayor’s race with the presidential election cycle. Sponsored by Supervisor Dean Preston, Prop H extends Mayor London Breed’s term Read More »

Will Mayor Breed Protect SF Neighborhoods From Wellness Hubs?

Posted October 24, 2022 by Randy Shaw

Opening Drug Sites is the New Urban Renewal Some residents in one San Francisco neighborhood have resorted to arming themselves with baseball bats and tasers after the opening of the city’s first pilot drug sobering center.—-Dion Lim, ABC News Thanks Read More »

How San Francisco’s “Process” Stops Change

Posted October 24, 2022 by Randy Shaw

The Strategy Behind “Process” What do these recent San Francisco news stories have in common? * it takes 7 years for SFMTA to close 1200 parking spots at bus stops by painting the spaces red; *it takes 255 days for Read More »

Longest Strike Ends: California Mental Health Care Workers Win Big

Posted October 24, 2022 by Cal Winslow

Two thousand mental health clinicians have won; Kaiser Permanente has lost. The 10- week strike has ended in near total victory for the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW). The therapists, walked out on August 15; it became the longest Read More »

Reviews From The 25th United Nations Association Film Festival

Posted October 24, 2022 by Peter Wong

Certain non-white viewers of a certain age will understandably feel triggered after learning why Native American activists protest against American sports teams using derogatory Native American mascots. Far from a trivial pursuit, Aviva Kempner and Ben West’s film “Imagining The Read More »

Invest in City College: Vote Yes on Proposition O

Posted October 24, 2022 by Maria Salazar-Colón and Mary Bravewoman

Proposition O is an exciting ballot measure to protect and strengthen one of SF’s most treasured and threatened institutions. So who is fighting it and why? Education and job training are clearly indispensable components of any credible plan to fight Read More »

High Stakes Berkeley and Oakland Elections

Posted October 17, 2022 by Randy Shaw

Which Way Will the East Bay Go? Berkeley and Oakland are at a crossroads. But for different reasons. Berkeley’s council majority has moved the city in a progressive, urbanist direction. The November election either solidifies this shift or sends Berkeley Read More »