May 2024 - Beyond Chron

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SF Supervisor Races Heat Up

Posted May 28, 2024 by Randy Shaw

Board Control Up for Grabs San Francisco has tightly contested supervisor races in Districts 1, 3, 5, 9 and 11. That’s the most since district elections returned in 2000. Here’s our latest analysis of the key races. District 1 Supervisor Read More »

Organize. Advocate. Win

Posted May 28, 2024 by Dan Xie, Political Director, Student PIRGs

PIRG’s Building Student Power When we say civic engagement means engaging young people year-round beyond elections, we mean it. This year, PIRG clubs and chapters across the country worked to make sure student voices were heard on more than a

What Can SFUSD Do?

Posted May 28, 2024 by Patrick Wolff

SFUSD Is Out Of Runway Based on SFUSD’s most recent Ad Hoc Committee on Fiscal and Operational Health meeting, SFUSD is facing three distinct fiscal challenges, with two of them set to collide next month into a full-blown disaster. The Read More »

A Memorial Day Gift For SF’s Urban Garden District

Posted May 28, 2024 by Sebastian

Good News on Cathedral Hill Keeping live and even fake plants in SF’s Urban Garden District is as challenging as “Keeping Up With The Kardashians.” It’s simply impossible. Vandals keep pulling out plants and tagging planters in Cathedral Hill. But, Read More »

Reviews From San Francisco DocFest 2024

Posted May 28, 2024 by Peter Wong

Yannick Jamey’s short “The Big Wait” takes viewers to the Australian desert town of Forrest and its quietly unusual inhabitants. Forrest itself can barely be called a town. Its major features consist of one train station, one street, one intersection, Read More »

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Does Debate Fiasco Signal Moderate Crackup?

Posted May 20, 2024 by Randy Shaw

San Francisco’s Moderate Disunity Until last Thursday afternoon, there were two competing San Francisco mayoral debates set for Monday night, May 20. Mark Farrell, Daniel Lurie and Ahsha Safai were debating at the Tenderloin’s historic Hibernia Bank; London Breed and Read More »

Why is 7th and Market Drug Scene Still Thriving?

Posted May 20, 2024 by Randy Shaw

SF’s Highly Visible Open Air Drug Markets Remain 7th and Market is a major San Francisco transit hub. It is a gateway to Mid-Market, SOMA, the Tenderloin, the Orpheum, ACT Strand, Golden Gate and Warfield Theaters, the Main Library, City Read More »

Ballot Measure Threatens CA’s Future

Posted May 13, 2024 by Randy Shaw

Decimating Local and State Government Last week, oral arguments were held in Governor Newsom’s legal challenge to a draconian November ballot measure with dire implications for California. It did not go well. It appears the California Supreme Court will keep Read More »