Politics Reporter

Han Li

The community debates the benefits and drawbacks of its increasingly active cultural calendar.

Follow along for the latest updates on how the standoff in Washington is reverberating in California, the Bay Area, and beyond.

While the city will fare better than the rest of the country, it’s expected to shed jobs and income over the next 20 years. 

Crime’s down, rents are up, transit’s a mess: The city’s resurgence is more complex than any simple up-or-down narrative suggests.

Advocates narrowed “universal” basic income to vulnerable groups only. That might make it more effective — or easier to kill.