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Politics as Usual

You can do it!

A survival guide for the rest of the year — wait, oh no, war with Denmark?
By John Zipperer

At the beginning of this year, people told CBS pollsters that they were overwhelmingly — by two thirds — optimistic about the economy, but almost as many people were pessimisti... Read More
Reynolds Rap

State of emergency

Leaders fiddle while San Francisco burns
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

At 1:30 a.m. on Aug. 11, Paneez Kosarian came home to The Watermark condominium complex on Beale Street, just steps away from a planned homeless navigation center, when she was sud... Read More
Reynolds Rap

Dignity through accountability

Austin’s Community First Village knows the homeless aren’t helpless
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

It’s 98 degrees on a June day in Austin, Tex., but the humidity makes it a balmy 118. I’m sitting on a shaded bench waiting for Alan Graham, founder of Community First Village,... Read More
Reynolds Rap

Irrevocable parole and our property crime crisis

Arrest, charge, release, and repeat
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Last month the Marina Times ran a quality of life survey, and it comes as no surprise that the two major concerns for city residents remain homelessness and property crime. I’ll ... Read More
Cities have an important role to play in helping their human workforces adapt to the economic disruption caused by the growth in robots and artificial intelligence. Photo: Tumisu
Marination

The robots are coming

San Francisco isn’t immune to automation and AI
By Kevin Frazier

Resilience. It’s arguably the most important attribute any city can possess. So it comes as no surprise that San Francisco has tried to ready itself to withstand climate change, ... Read More
Reynolds Rap

Uber and Lyft, Mohammed Nuru, Navigation Centers

Your letters and some updates on recent columns
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

My last three columns garnered correspondence from residents all over the city. From a formerly homeless man who wrote the most touching letter I’ve received on the topic, to ins... Read More
Marination

Uncounted in San Francisco

(or Growing, but it depends who’s counting: What to expect from the 2020 Census)
By Kevin Frazier

Approximately 53,106 San Franciscans were omitted from the first-version 2010 census. The Census Bureau then relied on some fancy math and door-to-door canvassing to help correct f... Read More
Reynolds Rap

Real reason to stop navigation centers: They don’t work

Success rate for permanently housing the homeless just 14 percent
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“I don’t want to obsess over one little piece of the system, because navigation centers do not exit people from homelessness, they’re a path towards that.” — Jeff Kositsk... Read More
Reynolds Rap

It’s time for Mayor Breed to sweep DPW boss to the curb

But does she have the guts to fire a fellow Willie Brown protégé?
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“And by the way, clean up the streets in San Francisco, they are disgusting!” —President Donald Trump to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Twitter When bully in chief Donald Trum... Read More
Politics as Usual

San Francisco 2020

Life in the city after 
the IPOs hit
By John Zipperer

You’ll be forgiven for rolling your eyes as I mention that the Economist Intelligence Unit recently reported on the 10 most expensive cities in the world. You already know we’r... Read More
Reynolds Rap

Lawmakers still largely ignoring Uber and Lyft traffic nightmare

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“Shared scooters/bikes are an exciting part of the future of urban mobility . . . If we’re serious about reducing congestion, as we should be, we need to make it easy for peopl... Read More
Back Story

Corned beef and cabbage and green beer for Saint Paddy’s Day? Not so much in Ireland …

By Julie Mitchell

San Francisco has a large Irish-American community, so large in fact, that its annual Saint Patrick’s Day parade and festival at City Hall is the West Coast’s largest Irish cel... Read More
Politics as Usual

How more money will make us poorer

Some humble suggestions for how the city can spend its windfall
By John Zipperer

The financial times, the business newspaper, publishes a lavishly illustrated oversized magazine insert with the least understated name on the planet: How to Spend It. Inside, read... Read More
Back Story

Valentine’s Day and chocolate: A curious coupling

By Julie Mitchell

What are you hoping to get from your sweetie on Valentine’s Day: roses, jewelry, or dinner at a romantic restaurant? Certainly, chocolate. In the weeks leading up to Valentine’... Read More
Marination

Room to grow: how to plant new businesses

There are many hurdles for successful small businesses in San Francisco. What do they need to flourish?
By Kevin Frazier

Part 1 of a series. You may have grown accustomed to it. after all, you walk down Chestnut and Union at least once a week, if not more. So when you stroll passed an empty storefron... Read More

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