Kids are back to school amidst massive changes. How are things like ICE raids, Muni service cuts, and SFUSD changes impacting city life?  The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. It’s a saying I grew up hearing, but this year it keeps repeating in my head

Housing is one of the most important tools we have to address the issues plaguing San Francisco. An increasingly strong body of evidence supports the idea of social housing. What is it and when can we have some here in SF? The Problems We’re Facing Evictions on the rise, a

As SF develops its Climate Action Plan, the Commission of Animal Control and Welfare is asking for the city to include plans to encourage people to adopt a more plant-based diet. What does that look like for the average San Franciscan? San Francisco is undergoing a redesign of our Climate

The Mayor’s budget is expected to result in up to 1000 nonprofit layoffs, while city layoffs are expected to be around 500, and all workers should file for unemployment as soon as possible if they get laid off.

The San Francisco Public Library’s summer reading program launches June 1. It helps make reading fun and engaging, which is critical to fight the summer slump where kids lose academic exposure and start slipping.  The Joys of Reading Think back on your fondest reading memories. For me, I can close

D5 will be the first district to paint every curb that’s getting daylighted according to California law. But is paint enough? What else can be done to make street intersections safer for pedestrians? Far away, in what we can only imagine to be a vast breezy chamber in the mythical

Bayview-Hunters Point were targets of radioactive pollution and the US Navy still hasn’t cleaned their mess up. Could mushrooms and fungi help? Why It’s STILL Toxic Bayview-Hunters Point is, first and foremost, a strong community built brick by brick by people who are often overlooked or mischaracterized. Some of the

The Trump administration’s proposal to reopen Alcatraz as a prison is a reminder of the need to rethink incarceration and instead focus on anti-racist and queer-focused organizing, as well as addressing local issues such as police overtime and the city’s budget.