When you think of Richmond, California, what do you think of? Most people think of violent crime, poverty and pollution. But there’s a lot more to the City of ‘Pride and Purpose’ than negative headlines.  In the last 10 years, Richmond’s reduction in homicides and other violent crimes is nothing

For whatever reason, the last article that I did where I asked ChatGPT some shit about San Francisco did pretty well. I don’t know why, but people seem to be interested in what our robot overlords think. So, due to curiosity, and not at all laziness, I’ve asked ChatGPT to

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It was Winston Churchill who once said “never let a good crisis go to waste,” and apparently a ton of narcissists within commuting distance of San Francisco took Winston’s advice to heart.  I want to make something abundantly clear: San Francisco has always struggled with high rates of income inequality,

The movement to tax the rich has gotten a surprising new ally: the rich. Well, not all rich people, but a growing number of multimillionaires and billionaires are arguing that taxing them is actually good for society.  Who would have thought?  The group is called the Patriotic Millionaires and was

If you read BAS, you may have seen my article, “It’s Time To Ban Self-Driving Cars In San Francisco.” For whatever reason, this piece pissed a lot of rich people off.  What rich people am I referring to? The rich people at GrowSF and their followers on Twitter.  If you

San Francisco is probably America’s most undriveable major city. This isn’t news to anyone who has ever found themselves behind the wheel here. There are streets in San Francisco that look like walls, enough traffic to turn a pacifist into a psychopath and cyclists who think they’re invincible. It’s a

Hey, I’m not sure if you know this, but Downtown San Francisco is struggling. I know, this is news that is entirely new. This isn’t a horse that has been beaten to death by every struggling media agency on the planet in a desperate attempt to get a few clicks

There are few things as inextricably tied to the experience of day-to-day life in the Bay Area as BART. Bay Area Rapid Transit is more than a rail network or a type of public infrastructure, it’s a cultural icon that serves as a microcosm of everything the San Francisco Bay