by Randy Shaw on June 29, 2026 (BeyondChron.org) Mayors Don’t Tell Full Story Last week, New York City voters turned the city into Mamdani Land. Longtime incumbent Democrats were defeated by more progressive challengers. The huge DSA-backed election wins offered a sharp contrast with San Francisco, where the left is faltering politically. But… Continue reading
In the mythology of history, 1776 belongs to Philadelphia: declarations, rebellion and the birth of the United States. Yet on the far edge of a continent the revolutionaries hadn’t fully imagined, another founding was quietly unfolding that same year. While Thomas Jefferson drafted ideals of liberty and self-government in the… Continue reading
by Sebastian on February 20, 2024 (BeyondChron.org) As a San Franciscan tired of hearing about the City’s doom loop reputation, I recently traveled to Asia with high expectations that people there, for a change, still praised our City for its beauty, wealth, and innovation. San Francisco was a world-class city to them. However,… Continue reading
By Aldo Toledo Feb 15, 2024 (SFChronicle.com) San Francisco is poised to apologize for its role in decades of discrimination against Black residents amid an ongoing debate over whether to give cash payments and make other reparations to the African American community. Dozens of people packed the San Francisco Board of… Continue reading
Elon Musk and the rise of reactionary Big Tech (and big money) politics FRAMELAB FEB 12, 2024 (theframelab.org) by Gil Duran | FrameLab It has become impossible to ignore Silicon Valley’s big shift toward authoritarian politics. Last year, we wrote about how Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter was an effort… Continue reading
Lowriders and lasers … just a couple of the many reasons we still love SF. Andy Andersen/Special to SFGATE By SFGATE staff Jan 9, 2024 (SFGate.com) It’s a great time to live in San Francisco. Yes, the city has its struggles, from inequality and the ongoing drug crisis to government bureaucracy that… Continue reading
Austin, meanwhile, is a mere ‘satellite’ By Stephen Council Jan 2, 2024 (SFGate.com) During the pandemic, the Bay Area lost thousands of residents to smaller cities around the country, prompting speculation that the region had lost its tech-mecca status. But a new report from the Harvard Business Review argues that many of those people… Continue reading
By Stephen Council Dec 15, 2023 (SFGate.com)_ More than 400 protesters gathered at Google’s San Francisco office on Thursday to demand the tech company cut ties with Israel’s government. Occupying a block of Market Street, attendees chanted, held up Palestinian flags, waved signs and listened to speeches by Google workers. Activists from… Continue reading
POSTED INPOLITICS AND MOVEMENTS: INTERNATIONAL The No to APEC Coalition rallied 10,000 protestors at a meeting of 20 world leaders in San Francisco this fall, aiming to disrupt talks for a new transpacific free trade regime taking place amid souring US-China relations. BY JU-HYUN PARK DECEMBER 12, 2023 (therealnews.com) US President… Continue reading
by Randy Shaw on December 4, 2023 (BeyondChron.org) A Tough Year for The City Two words capture San Francisco’s mood in 2023: diminished expectations. Hopes faltered that 2023 would mark a return to pre-COVID San Francisco. Businesses closed, downtown and Mid-Market office buildings stayed vacant, and open-air drug markets still thrived. 2023 was… Continue reading
