Four Candidates Can Win The most competitive San Francisco race this November is for D7 supervisor. This is consistent with its past races. When San Francisco resumed district elections in 2000 Tony Hall defeated Mabel Teng in the December runoff
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City Could Add over 6000 Housing Units for Unhoused in 2 Years Can San Francisco finally solve its homeless crisis? When I saw widespread visible homelessness on the city’s streets begin in 1982 I never dreamed it would continue for
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Is SF Politics Less Combative? San Francisco politics is typically described as highly contentious. It has been said for decades that the mayor and board of supervisors are always battling over issues, with compromises hard fought. Yet every measure on
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(Editors Note: This piece originally ran on July 24, 2014. It describes the same situation San Francisco nonprofit workers face today: they get no wage increases while city workers are slated to get 3%. In many cases both sets of
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Clearing Tents Reopens Path to Revitalization Tenderloin residents, workers and small business owners are thrilled at last Friday’s lawsuit resolution with San Francisco. The settlement provides the Tenderloin with the same level of health and disabled access protections as other
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SF’s “Progressive” DA Ignores Public Safety Crisis Impacting Poor, Working-Class Drug dealers have overwhelmed the Tenderloin. And San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin remains silent. A District Attorney concerned with racial and economic justice should be denouncing City Hall’s endangering
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Bond Fails to Prioritize COVID19 Priorities Mayor Breed’s proposed $438 million “Health and Recovery Bond” raises serious questions about city priorities. Much if not most of the proposed spending does not meet COVID-19 needs. The Board of Supervisors must revise
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Mayor Can Help Lead Tenderloin Revival In response to the lawsuit filed by Hastings Law School and Tenderloin residents and business owners, San Francisco issued a 31-page “plan” for the neighborhood. But what must be done can be covered in
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