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We asked SF unhoused people about Supreme Court ruling that legalizes sweeps without offering shelter

‘It's displacement. It's harassment. It's degrading. It's dehumanizing.’

July 12, 2024

Gaming the system: Ranked choice voting has become a tool for the city’s most powerful political groups

TogetherSF and Neighbors for a Better San Francisco are teaching voters how to kill Supervisor Aaron Peskin’s odds of a surprise win.

July 9, 2024

Block Party: Conservative journalist gets greenlight to continue suit against ‘Democratic Socialist kingpin’ supervisor

Susan Reynolds is still suing Dean Preston for blocking her on Twitter, despite his quitting the platform in 2023

June 21, 2024

Disgruntled parents criticize SFUSD’s ‘broken’ process for choosing which schools to close

Language barriers, fear of racial disparities have marred community outreach efforts, but district is pushing to move forward

June 21, 2024

Mayoral debate was a scripted snoozefest except for these few funny moments

Breed battles protestors, Farrell’s Market Street delusions, Peskin’s favorite bar… we watched the live stream so you don’t have to!

June 13, 2024

District 3 supervisor candidate steps out of race after domestic violence accusation 

JConr B. Ortega, an activist and well-known gadfly at city meetings, was running on a platform of supporting businesses and cleaning up the city through law and order

June 10, 2024

Ahead of Trump’s visit to the City, we asked Republican women of SF their thoughts on abortion

Views range from draconian to pro-choice, but support for Donald is unwavering

June 7, 2024

Calls to boycott SF Pride pop up from drag performers and activists in protest of police presence and Israel ties

SF Pride puts out statement denying rumors of an Israeli float and that it called for heightened police presence

June 6, 2024

Garry Tan’s mudslinging against SFMTA Chief Tumlin is a bizarre battle over the ‘tech singularity’

One of SF’s loudest activists is trying to get Tumlin fired, but it’s bigger than cars, buses and trains — he’s talking “deceleration,” e/acc, and the paranoid fight for human evolution

May 31, 2024

Campus anti-war encampments may have birthed a new generation of Bay Area activists

The tents are down and negotiations are on pause, but these student protesters say the pro-Palestine encampments have had a profound impact on their beliefs, tactics, and ambitions

May 24, 2024