27 June 2026/SF Politics/Zack Ruskin (SFist.com) SFPD officers kicked off San Francisco’s Pride festivities by arresting five protesters for alleged acts of paint-related vandalism following Friday’s Trans March. Eyewitnesses say one detainee was dragged along the ground by an officer and that another was forcibly pinned to the ground. On-the-ground reporting… Continue reading
by Randy Shaw on June 15, 2026 (BeyondChron.org) The Upcoming Political Feast Are you are a San Francisco voter glad that the June campaigns are finally over? Enjoy the brief break. The November campaigns are already in high gear and the Wiener-Chan congressional race could trigger three hotly contested special elections in 2027…. Continue reading
“Pelosi’s late endorsement of Chan appears to have achieved its immediate goal: helping secure her [Chan’s] place in the top two and preventing Chakrabarti from turning the race into a national proxy battle between Democratic establishment figures and the party’s progressive flank.” By Nadia Lopez June 3, 2026 (Axios.com) Left photo: Tayfun… Continue reading
Demolitions. Displacement. And zero new affordable housing. That’s the bill the state senator got passed, and the supes have to deal with it this week. By TIM REDMOND DECEMBER 3, 2023 (48hills.org) On KQED news Sunday night, a reporter announced that “housing advocates” in San Francisco were pushing the Board… Continue reading
Hearing, data show how the state’s ‘streamlining’ supply-side approach is failing. By ZELDA BRONSTEIN AUGUST 1, 2023 (48hills.org) Since the 1970s, apostles of growth have decried local control of land use as the evil that has to be stamped out if housing is ever to become abundant and broadly affordable…. Continue reading
BY MELANIE MASONSTAFF WRITER APRIL 27, 2023 5 AM PT (LATimes. com) Long before Scott Wiener became California’s leading housing iconoclast or a regular target for scathing Fox News diatribes, he was an introverted New Jersey teen with enviable choices for college. Two options, Columbia University in New York and the University of Chicago,… Continue reading
