Politics
Massive Art Installation, Society’s Cage, Debuts in Oakland
This week, Society’s Cage, a traveling experimental art installation about societal racism, was built in front of Oakland’s City Hall. The 15-foot by 15-foot installation, built of over 500 steel bars, hopes you will come and interact with the piece. There were four designers, as well as 8-12 people working
How to Fence Stolen Goods in San Francisco
The easiest and safest way to get stolen goods in San Francisco is from parked cars. Automobile ‘smash and grabs’ are by far the most common types of crime committed in our fair city.
How Hillary Clinton Helped Fuel The Alt-Right
American politics are complex. One of the main contributors to this complexity is due to the fact that if an individual wants to be successful in American politics, they have to align themselves with one of the two mainstream or “electable” parties – the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
SF Launches Program to Connect Folks with Mental Health Disorders to Services
San Francisco officials announced Friday the launch of the Office of Coordinated Care, as part of the city’s expansion of behavioral mental health resources. The new office will assign case managers to people who are disconnected from behavioral health services, or who are making transitions in care from one setting
Why We Need To Restructure The Supreme Court
Written by: Habibi Bridges and Abraham Woodliff Are we seriously doing this again? On what would be the largest setback in gender rights in decades, a leak via Politico on Monday revealed the Supreme Court’s draft decision overturning Roe v Wade, a landmark decision on gender and reproductive rights handed
Oakland to Convert Piedmont Ave Motel into Homeless Housing
A 44-unit motel near Piedmont Avenue in Oakland will be ready to house homeless residents later this year, city officials said Wednesday. With the help of $14.8 million in state Homekey grant funds, the city plans to acquire and convert the Piedmont Place Motel, at 55 MacArthur Blvd., into housing
Carless JFK Drive in GG Park Now Permanent
The 1.5-mile span of JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park that runs from the end of the Panhandle all the way past the De Younge Museum, was closed to cars 7 days a week during the pandemic, and it was a popular move. Cars have been banned from JFK Drive on Sundays, since 1967, so this is not ‘revolutionary thinking’.
How Elon Musk Buying Twitter May Affect San Francisco
So, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you have heard about Elon Musk’s recent purchase of Twitter. If you haven’t heard, allow me to loop you in: Elon Musk, the dude who had a baby with Grimes and named it something absurd, now owns Twitter. You’re probably wondering why