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SF officials want to make it harder to sit in public. We’re fighting back with benches

How to make the city less hostile? The anonymous creators behind the Bay Area’s guerrilla Bench Collective have a workable idea.

The missing details of Daniel Lurie’s homelessness pivot

I asked the mayor’s homeless czar to explain what success for their new plan looks like. His answer: We’ll know it when we see it.

SF doesn’t need a magic number of homeless beds. It needs the right beds

The mayor’s homelessness czar explains why the Lurie administration is walking back a campaign promise to deliver 1,500 emergency shelter beds in six months.

‘Family zoning’ may be a euphemism. It’s also a great idea

The city may not realize it, but its new housing jargon has a real meaning that could transform San Francisco