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    Addressing the Homeless Crisis

    Addressing the Homeless Crisis

    By Assemblymember Phil Ting– You see the size of encampments growing all over the Bay Area. In addition, there are more and more people living in their cars or RVs.…

    Our State Can Lead the Way to Obtain Properties on County Auction Lists for Affordable Housing

    Our State Can Lead the Way to Obtain Properties on County Auction Lists for Affordable Housing

    By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– We are facing a stark and rising crisis of housing affordability and homelessness. In our area, homelessness has skyrocketed in recent years, and…

    Policy Brief Demonstrates How Trump Administration Expanded Policies and Practices Harmful to LGBT People

    Policy Brief Demonstrates How Trump Administration Expanded Policies and Practices Harmful to LGBT People

    The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health on January 23 released a policy brief demonstrating that in 2019, the Trump Administration dramatically expanded upon discriminatory, anti-LGBT policies implemented in 2017 and…

    Greg Sarris: Novelist, Screenwriter, Professor, and Indian Chief

    Greg Sarris: Novelist, Screenwriter, Professor, and Indian Chief

    Greg Sarris is a renowned author, scholar, teacher, and Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, which is the site of the well-known Graton Resort & Casino. His identity…

    Favorites from the 2020 Winter Fancy Food Show

    Favorites from the 2020 Winter Fancy Food Show

    The specialty food industry, representing nearly $150 billion in annual sales, gathered in San Francisco for the Winter Fancy Food Show held at the Moscone Center from January 19–21. Hosted…

    Food Trends for 2020

    The Trendspotter Panel of the Specialty Food Association (SFA) each year forecasts specialty food trends. Denise Purcell of the SFA says, “As the specialty food industry hits a record year…

    World’s Largest Public Two-Spirit Powwow Set for February 8 at Fort Mason

    World’s Largest Public Two-Spirit Powwow Set for February 8 at Fort Mason

    On Saturday, February 8, the 9th Annual Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) Two-Spirits Powwow will be held at Fort Mason-Festival Pavilion in San Francisco from 10 am to 6…

    Ann Rostow: Here We Go

    Ann Rostow: Here We Go

    By Ann Rostow– Here We Go Well, my friends. It’s 2020 at last, and we are perhaps just one year short of evicting the incoherent moron who now inhabits the…

    Fasten Your Seatbelts for 2020!

    Fasten Your Seatbelts for 2020!

    By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– It’s finally here, the year so many of us have been waiting for: 2020. The year millions of Americans, including many in the LGBTIQ…

    New Affordable Housing for Low-Income Seniors in the Works for Upper Market

    Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Rafael Mandelman on January 14 announced that the City is in advanced negotiations to purchase the existing building and parcel at 1939 Market Street to…