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Perspective: SF’s School Board Recall Sets the Stage for Real Reforms

Perspective: SF’s School Board Recall Sets the Stage for Real Reforms

By Patrick Wolff
Sep. 14, 2022 • 9:40am • 3m
Perspective: Culture Warrior and Housing Rebel: SF’s State Senator, Scott Wiener, Carves a Fresh Path

Perspective: Culture Warrior and Housing Rebel: SF’s State Senator, Scott Wiener, Carves a Fresh Path

By Dan Morain
Aug. 19, 2022 • 9:02am • 5m
Perspective: Don’t Wait on Congress for Climate Action—Here’s How SF Residents Can Decarbonize Some Sh*t

Perspective: Don’t Wait on Congress for Climate Action—Here’s How SF Residents Can Decarbonize Some Sh*t

By Laura Fraser
Jul. 27, 2022 • 2:51pm • 5m
Perspective: Proposal to Support Struggling SF Students Deserves Voter Support

Perspective: Proposal to Support Struggling SF Students Deserves Voter Support

By Patrick Wolff
Jul. 26, 2022 • 4:27pm • 4m
Perspective: What the ‘Garbology’ of SF’s Filthy Streets Can Teach Us About the City

Perspective: What the ‘Garbology’ of SF’s Filthy Streets Can Teach Us About the City

By Vince Yuen
Jun. 21, 2022 • 11:30am • 5m
Perspective: Lowell High School’s Merit-Based Admissions Policy is Not the District’s Real Inequity

Perspective: Lowell High School’s Merit-Based Admissions Policy is Not the District’s Real Inequity

By Patrick Wolff
Jun. 15, 2022 • 12:35pm • 4m
Perspective: With Six Deaths on SF Streets in May Alone, It’s Time to Admit Vision Zero Has Failed

Perspective: With Six Deaths on SF Streets in May Alone, It’s Time to Admit Vision Zero Has Failed

By Jane Natoli
Jun. 08, 2022 • 5:30pm • 4m
Perspective: Warriors Past and Future: Chase Center Still a ‘Great Night Out’ For This Oracle Arena Fan

Perspective: Warriors Past and Future: Chase Center Still a ‘Great Night Out’ For This Oracle Arena Fan

By Annie Gaus
May. 26, 2022 • 3:29pm • 5m
Perspective: California’s ‘Red-Flag’ Law Can Help Prevent Mass Shootings. SF Must Use It More.

Perspective: California’s ‘Red-Flag’ Law Can Help Prevent Mass Shootings. SF Must Use It More.

By Catherine Stefani, David Chiu
May. 25, 2022 • 2:30pm • 4m
Perspective: We Should Be Outraged About the Conditions in SROs. SF Must Rethink What ‘Getting People off the Streets’ Means

Perspective: We Should Be Outraged About the Conditions in SROs. SF Must Rethink What ‘Getting People off the Streets’ Means

By Mary Kate Bacalao
May. 23, 2022 • 3:00pm • 5m
Perspective: SF Has Eight Months to Submit a Plan for 80,000 New Homes. If We Don’t, We’re in an Even Deeper Mess

Perspective: SF Has Eight Months to Submit a Plan for 80,000 New Homes. If We Don’t, We’re in an Even Deeper Mess

By Jane Natoli
May. 19, 2022 • 5:55pm • 5m
Perspective: The Best Time to Build the Downtown Extension Was Decades Ago. The Second-Best Time Is Now.

Perspective: The Best Time to Build the Downtown Extension Was Decades Ago. The Second-Best Time Is Now.

By Tom Radulovich
May. 16, 2022 • 1:30pm • 5m
Perspective: SF’s Proposed Downtown Railway Extension Is an Unnecessary Boondoggle

Perspective: SF’s Proposed Downtown Railway Extension Is an Unnecessary Boondoggle

By Marc Joffe
May. 16, 2022 • 1:30pm • 5m
Perspective: The Only People Served by Prop. C Are the Politicians Who Placed It on the Ballot

Perspective: The Only People Served by Prop. C Are the Politicians Who Placed It on the Ballot

By Patrick Wolff
May. 13, 2022 • 2:00pm • 3m
Perspective: Let’s Topple the Housing Monuments of Our Racist Past, Starting with St. Francis Wood

Perspective: Let’s Topple the Housing Monuments of Our Racist Past, Starting with St. Francis Wood

By Joe DiMento
May. 12, 2022 • 6:45pm • 4m
Perspective: Introducing the ‘Burrito Plan,’ One Way to Safety on Valencia Street

Perspective: Introducing the ‘Burrito Plan,’ One Way to Safety on Valencia Street

By Burrito Justice
May. 05, 2022 • 11:00am • 6m
Perspective: Gov. Newsom’s Proposed CARE Courts Are Political Theater, Not a Solution to the Homelessness Crisis

Perspective: Gov. Newsom’s Proposed CARE Courts Are Political Theater, Not a Solution to the Homelessness Crisis

By Christin Evans
May. 04, 2022 • 11:00am • 5m
Perspective: Remembering Michael Gosney, a Futurist, Eco-Pioneer, and San Franciscan Par Excellence

Perspective: Remembering Michael Gosney, a Futurist, Eco-Pioneer, and San Franciscan Par Excellence

By Lawrence Axil Comras
May. 03, 2022 • 2:45pm • 4m
Perspective: California Nurses Urge a No Vote on the Chesa Boudin Recall

Perspective: California Nurses Urge a No Vote on the Chesa Boudin Recall

By Amy Erb
Apr. 29, 2022 • 9:00am • 4m
Perspective: SF’s Redistricting Process Will Hurt the Nation’s First Transgender Cultural District

Perspective: SF’s Redistricting Process Will Hurt the Nation’s First Transgender Cultural District

By Jupiter Peraza
Apr. 27, 2022 • 9:00am • 4m
Perspective: Public Comment Feels Less Like Civic Participation and More Like a DDoS Attack on Democracy

Perspective: Public Comment Feels Less Like Civic Participation and More Like a DDoS Attack on Democracy

By Jane Natoli
Apr. 13, 2022 • 9:00am • 5m
Perspective: It’s Time for SF to Rethink Street Lighting

Perspective: It’s Time for SF to Rethink Street Lighting

By Tom Radulovich
Apr. 08, 2022 • 2:13pm • 5m
Perspective: How Turning Hate Mail into a Book of Poems Liberated One Reporter 

Perspective: How Turning Hate Mail into a Book of Poems Liberated One Reporter 

By Michelle Robertson
Apr. 07, 2022 • 6:11pm • 4m
Perspective: With Gas Prices So High, It’s Time for SF to Get Serious About E-bikes 

Perspective: With Gas Prices So High, It’s Time for SF to Get Serious About E-bikes 

By Brett Thurber
Apr. 04, 2022 • 6:30am • 4m
Perspective: SF Has the Opportunity to Become a Real ‘Paris of the West’

Perspective: SF Has the Opportunity to Become a Real ‘Paris of the West’

By Jane Natoli
Apr. 01, 2022 • 11:00am • 4m
Perspective: How The Oscars Slap Sidelined ‘Writing with Fire,’ a Film About an All-Women News Team

Perspective: How The Oscars Slap Sidelined ‘Writing with Fire,’ a Film About an All-Women News Team

By Jaya Padmanabhan
Mar. 30, 2022 • 12:06pm • 4m
Perspective: California Cities Have Plenty of Room and There’s No Reason to Build New Ones from Scratch

Perspective: California Cities Have Plenty of Room and There’s No Reason to Build New Ones from Scratch

By Hayden Clarkin
Mar. 29, 2022 • 10:28pm • 4m
Perspective: For This Muni Operator, a Silly Horn Is a Serious Solution to Keep Buses Moving

Perspective: For This Muni Operator, a Silly Horn Is a Serious Solution to Keep Buses Moving

By Mc Allen
Mar. 24, 2022 • 4:09pm • 4m
Perspective: The Rise of Fentanyl Is No Accident, and It’s Not Going Away

Perspective: The Rise of Fentanyl Is No Accident, and It’s Not Going Away

By Douglas Russell
Mar. 23, 2022 • 3:40pm • 4m
Perspective: The Time to Abolish Daylight Saving Time Is Now 

Perspective: The Time to Abolish Daylight Saving Time Is Now 

By Stuart Schuffman
Mar. 18, 2022 • 12:00pm • 3m
Perspective: The ‘Sunshine Protection Act’ Should Be Called the ‘Dark Mornings Act’

Perspective: The ‘Sunshine Protection Act’ Should Be Called the ‘Dark Mornings Act’

By Guillermo Mena
Mar. 17, 2022 • 4:34pm • 3m
Perspective: How California Could Become a Refuge for Reproductive Rights

Perspective: How California Could Become a Refuge for Reproductive Rights

By Jaya Padmanabhan
Mar. 11, 2022 • 3:00pm • 4m
Perspective: Noise Pop Serves as Reminder That Live Music is Essential to SF

Perspective: Noise Pop Serves as Reminder That Live Music is Essential to SF

By Nick Veronin
Feb. 28, 2022 • 4:43pm • 4m
Perspective: Proposal to Limit SF Recall Elections Weakens Democracy

Perspective: Proposal to Limit SF Recall Elections Weakens Democracy

By John Trasviña
Feb. 10, 2022 • 6:45am • 4m
Perspective: Tech Leaders: Stop Whining About SF’s Problems, and Start Helping

Perspective: Tech Leaders: Stop Whining About SF’s Problems, and Start Helping

By Zack Rosen, Andrew Sutherland
Feb. 08, 2022 • 2:03pm • 4m
Perspective: Bruce Pettit, Unsung Hero of the Gay Marriage Revolution

Perspective: Bruce Pettit, Unsung Hero of the Gay Marriage Revolution

By Matt Smith
Feb. 05, 2022 • 6:30am • 3m
Perspective: San Francisco Police Illegally Used Surveillance Cameras at the George Floyd Protests. The Courts Must Stop Them

Perspective: San Francisco Police Illegally Used Surveillance Cameras at the George Floyd Protests. The Courts Must Stop Them

By Hope Williams, Nathan Sheard, Nestor Reyes
Jan. 13, 2022 • 7:11am • 3m
Perspective: Surveillance and Civil Liberties are Both Crucial to Fixing San Francisco

Perspective: Surveillance and Civil Liberties are Both Crucial to Fixing San Francisco

By Chris Larsen
Jan. 07, 2022 • 9:45am • 5m
Perspective: ‘San Fransicko’: Provocative Book Blames Progressives for Ruining SF, But Critics Aren’t Having It

Perspective: ‘San Fransicko’: Provocative Book Blames Progressives for Ruining SF, But Critics Aren’t Having It

By Jonathan Weber
Dec. 07, 2021 • 11:37am • 2m
Perspective: ‘San Fransicko’ is Thought-Provoking and Hard to Dismiss, Click-Bait Packaging Aside

Perspective: ‘San Fransicko’ is Thought-Provoking and Hard to Dismiss, Click-Bait Packaging Aside

By Scott James
Dec. 07, 2021 • 11:37am • 5m
Perspective: ‘San Fransicko’ Gets It Upside Down: It’s Neoliberals Who Ruin Cities

Perspective: ‘San Fransicko’ Gets It Upside Down: It’s Neoliberals Who Ruin Cities

By Tim Redmond
Dec. 07, 2021 • 11:37am • 7m
Perspective: Why Your Chances of Being a Crime Victim in S.F. May Be Up, Even When Crime is Down

Perspective: Why Your Chances of Being a Crime Victim in S.F. May Be Up, Even When Crime is Down

By Maxim Massenkoff
Nov. 04, 2021 • 11:23am • 6m