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Is San Francisco’s Soil Safe for Your Kids to Play In?
The Maher Ordinance exists to mitigate the negative impacts of construction, but it is often used as a weapon by obstructionists to stop much-needed housing, and there are loopholes that allow developers to apply for waivers.

Supervisor Matt Dorsey Wants ‘100 arrests a night’ Going Forward
Supervisor Matt Dorsey is proposing a plan to make “at least 100 arrests” per night in South of Market, with the goal of funneling the sick and suffering into “compulsory detox and treatment” through Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie’s new measures.

The 2025 SF Beer Passport is Here!
Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 28 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 28 of the finest locally

SF’s First Farmers’ Market Was Where this Safeway Now Stands
Before there was a Safeway at the intersection of Market and Church Sts. it was San Francisco’s first modern farmers’ market. And it all started because of World War 2. In a fascinating essay on FoundSF.org, a man named John Brucato tells how it all began. Due to the war

Why San Francisco ‘Doomfluencers’ Suck
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,

Retired SF Chronicle Editor Opens His First Solo Photography Exhibition
Peter Y. Sussman may be known for his command of language, but he is poised to leave his mark on the visual arts. On Friday, May 6, Sussman celebrated the opening of his first solo photography exhibition, “The Attentive Eye,” at Alliant International University in Emeryville. Following his 29-year stint

Local Writers Honor the Life of SF Chronicle Cartoonist Don Asmussen
If you’ve cracked a copy of the San Francisco Chronicle in the last 20 years, you’ve probably been graced by the sharp wit of Don Asmussen. Asmussen’s comics were featured in Time and The New Yorker before he was hired by the San Francisco Examiner editor Phil Bronstein in 1995.

That ‘Car Break-Ins Are Up 750% In SF’ Report Is Bullsh!t
The San Francisco media landscape’s latest pearl-clutching, panties-in-a-bunching hysteria comes from a report in today’s Chronicle entitled “Car break-ins are up 753% in S.F.’s tourist hub.” KRON-4 declared they had “reported countless auto break-ins caught on surveillance video.” ABC-7, recently busted for falsifying details in a Chesa Boudin hit piece,

Farewell and F*ck You, Michael Bauer
Corrupt and corporate San Francisco Chronicle food critic Michael Bauer has finally been put out to pasture, ending his way-too-long 32-year run as San Francisco’s shadiest restaurant reviewer. Bauer mailed it in for his final review last Friday, a four-star blowjob to the “reimagined Michael Mina” which has been there