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05 Dec 2023

Why The Mission District Street Vendor Ban Is Bad

I’ve always looked at urban areas as places of chaotic intersectionality. If you want to live in a dense city, you have to be mentally prepared to not only seek out what is comfortable to you, but to also be accepting of others seeking out their comfort, even if it

Abraham Woodliff - Bay Area Memelord 0
17 Jul 2019

Berkeley Bans Natural Gas Buildings

The city of Berkeley made a bold move at Tuesday’s City Council meeting by banning natural gas pipes in future building developments. The legislation makes the East Bay city the first in the state to pass such a strong anti-natural gas policy. There will of course be exceptions to the

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08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

BAS Editorial Team 0
20 Jun 2019

SF Becomes 1st City to Ban E-Cigarette Sales Completely

“we don’t want them in our city,” he continued, “I don’t eventually want to see them leave this city,” he said. “I would have liked for them to have been gone yesterday.” 

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16 Sep 2014

Are You Raising Restaurant Ready Children?

Dear Parents: You may not be aware of, but when you walk into a restaurant with your beautiful baby in your paisley Baby Bjorn wrap or with your MacLauren stroller and your gracious host walks your six top over to your table – your servers eyes may scan the insides

Jamal Frederick - Second Hand Scribe 0