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Civic — 581 episodes

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Debate Over San Francisco Props C and D

2

Inside San Francisco’s Women’s Jail

3

Civic Presents - Rival San Francisco Chinatown Clubs Hold Congressional Candidate Forum

4

Civic Special - Crossing State Lines for Abortion Access

5

Who Decides? Trans Youth, Federal Power and the Battle Over Care

6

Civic Special - Local experts illuminate candidate races and expected measures on city ballots in June and November

7

Civic Special - Formerly Incarcerated Performers Headline Berkeley Rep’s Mainstage

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A Return to Harm? LGBTQ Youth Conversion Therapy Supreme Court Considers Upending Protections

9

Civic Special - San Francisco “Family Zoning” Housing Plan

10

Broke-Ass Stuart, Pioneer Offline-Online Influencer, Looks Back at 20 Years of Love, Death and Dive Bars.

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Why Are So Many Older Adults Unhoused, and What Can You Do About It?

12

How Federal Cuts Threaten Research and Lives

13

What Medicaid Cuts Mean for San Francisco

14

Social Security Under Strain

15

The Silent Killer — Chronic Hepatitis B Threatens the Health of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

16

Sidelined After Service: What Federal Cuts Mean for Veterans

17

How Do We Respond to Attacks on Public Media, DEI and Democracy?

18

Progress or Political Theater? Factions Disagree on How to Clean Up San Francisco Street Conditions

19

Journalists Are Fighting Back Against Investors Dismantling Newspapers Around the Country

20

Thousands Across Bay Area Are Mobilizing Against Mass Deportation

21

RE-RELEASE: Ukrainians in SF Are Anxious and Angry

22

A New Aggressive Anti-Abortion Group Was Founded in San Francisco

23

Thank you for listening 2024

24

LGBTQ Latin Americans Offer Safety From Hostile Substance Use Recovery Groups

25

Why the Navy Conducted Radiation Experiments on Humans - Exposed episode 2

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A Community of Color Contends With the Navy’s Toxic Legacy - Exposed episode 1

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Special Civic episodes coming Monday

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Latinx in SF Use Tech for Post-COVID Trauma Recovery

29

Should SF’s Great Highway Be a Park or a Roadway?

30

Proposition G: Making Housing Truly Affordable for Seniors in San Francisco

31

Bonus: San Francisco Propositions November 2024

32

Commission Impossible: San Francisco Governance on the Ballot

33

Overdose Prevention Centers Save Lives, But Is SF Listening?

34

Fighting Secrecy in Local Government

35

Is San Francisco a Sanctuary When You Don’t Have Housing?

36

Unheard: The Plight of Maya Struggling with Addiction in SF

37

Forgetting the Lessons and Losses of Covid

38

Group Helps Asian American Communities Feel Safe

39

Civic Roundtable: Three San Francisco Reporters Talk About Covering Drug Use and Overdoses

40

What You Might Find on Your San Francisco Ballot: Party County Central Committees

41

Proposition F: Tying Cash Welfare to Drug Screening

42

Making Sense of Voting on Judges in San Francisco

43

FIXED: The Grassroots Effort to Save Lives: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 6

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The Grassroots Effort to Save Lives: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 6

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The Fight for Safe Consumption Sites: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 5

46

The War on Drugs Revisited: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 4

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Criminalizing Drug Use: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 3

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How Drug Addiction and Homelessness Connect: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 2

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The Origins of Rampant Opioid Addiction: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 1

50

Update: Maya and Sebastian

51

Why Black San Franciscans Are Fighting for Reparations

52

Report Card: SF and Winter Storms

53

Reunification Camp Survivor Recounts Horrific Experience

54

The Industry of Defending Child Abusers

55

When judges dismiss claims of domestic abuse, children can pay the ultimate price

56

Coercive control is domestic violence. When will judges adapt to the new law?

57

We Know the Heat Is Coming. SF Has a Plan.

58

What's News & What's Next 7/29/22

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Indigenous People Are Still Fighting for Recognition

60

What's New & What's Next 7/22/22

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What's New & What's Next for 7/18/22

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Laguna Honda Hospital Must Self-Destruct in Order to Survive

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What's New & What's Next 7/11/22

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Looming shutdown at Laguna Honda Hospital was 'preventable,' doctor says

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What's New & What's Next 7/4/22

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What's New & What's Next 6/27/22

67

The Future of the AIDS Memorial Quilt

68

What's New & What's Next for 6/20/22

69

What's New & What's Next for 6/13/22

70

When complaints roll in, PBS's public editor uses them to spark community conversations.

71

What's New & What's Next for 6/06/22

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What's New & What's Next for 5/30/22

73

While SF Fought COVID, HIV Prevention Efforts Stalled

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Proposition H

75

Proposition G

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Proposition F

77

Proposition E

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Proposition D

79

Proposition C

80

Proposition B

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Proposition A

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What's New & What's Next for 5/23/22

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What's New & What's Next for 5/16/22

84

Reconciling John Muir, Racial Politics and the Restoration of Indigenous Lands in Yosemite

85

What's New & What's Next for 5/9/22

86

Wealth Gap Grew With Lower Taxes, Fewer Worker Protections

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What's New & What's Next for 5/5/22

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What's New & What's Next for 4/25/22

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America’s Wealth Gap is rooted in racism. How did we get here?

90

What's New & What's Next for 4/18/22

91

How an urban community farm is adapting to exceptional drought conditions

92

What's New & What's Next for 4/11/22

93

Ukrainians in SF Are Anxious and Angry, Refugees Need Homes

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What's New & What's Next for 4/04/22

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The Overdose Crisis in San Francisco: Part Two

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What's New & What's Next for 3/28/22

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The Overdose Crisis in San Francisco: Part One

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What's New & What's Next for 3/21/22

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Data shows an increase in street fires, but that’s not the whole story

100

What's New & What's Next for 3/14/22

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Tenant protections are expiring, and thousands are waiting on rent assistance

102

What's New & What's Next for 3/07/22

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Hundreds of units of housing for homeless people are move-in ready, but sitting empty

104

What's New & What's Next for 1/28/22

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Trapped wildlife? Surprise hamster babies? Distressed dog? Animal Control can help.

106

What's New & What's Next for 2/21/22

107

Afghans in Bay Area Won’t Forget Those Living Under Taliban

108

Whats' New & What's Next 02/14/22

109

Ballotpedia is written by humans, not robots. We talked to one.

110

What's New & What's Next for 02/07/22

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Four candidates are vying for the District 17 Assembly seat

112

What's New & What's Next for 1/31/22

113

SF school board members facing recall weigh in on pandemic, budget and more

114

What's New & What's Next 01/24/22

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Not a citizen? You can still vote in school board elections — including the recall

116

What's New & What's Next for 1/17/22

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Go to ‘DEFCON-N95?’ This doctor says case rates should drive behavior

118

What's New & What's Next for 1/10/22

119

This photographer says his portraits of homeless people in SF tell a national story

120

Women fought trafficking and created a refuge in this Chinatown building

121

Follow your recycling from bin to bale

122

What's New & What's Next for 12/20/21

123

SF is strengthening its buildings for the next big quake, but hundreds are overdue for the work

124

What's New & What's Next for 12/13/21

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Seeing signs of speculation, city leaders want to spend millions to buy apartment buildings

126

What's New & What's Next for 12/6/21

127

The Bay Area could add millions of people without using more water. Here’s how.

128

Indigenous organizers mark 52 years since the Alcatraz occupation — with the interior secretary

129

Performer’s conservatorship is over, but activists say she’s not the only one

130

What's New & What's Next for 11/15/21

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It’s Veterans Day, and OneVet OneVoice says: Think about happiness

132

What's New & What's Next for 11/8/21

133

Call 311 about tents? Here’s what homeless people and advocates say happens

134

What's New & What's Next for 11/1/21

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From the Bay Area to a global conference, indigenous organizers advance climate justice

136

What's New & What's Next for 10/25/21

137

Knock-knock: Have you been vaccinated against COVID-19?

138

What's New & What's Next for 10/18/21

139

This school is crumbling around its students. How long before it gets fixed?

140

What's New & What's Next for 10/11/21

141

Debt is piling up for tenants who paid pandemic rent they couldn't afford

142

What's New & What's Next for 10/4/21

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The Bay Area is diverse. Its elected officials are mostly white

144

Evictions are coming. Here’s what renters and cities can do.

145

What's New & What's Next for 9/20/21

146

Muni's making plans. Do you want in on this?

147

What's New & What's Next for 9/13/21

148

Battling Despair Over a New Climate Change Reality

149

Rebroadcast: A sanitation worker hauls mountains of pandemic cardboard

150

What's New & What's Next for 9/6/21

151

Rebroadcast: Gary Kamiya and John Law talk about "The End of the Golden Gate"

152

Rebroadcast: The responsibilities of SF's school board

153

Rebroadcast: A photojournalist living in her RV documents vehicle dweller communities

154

Rebroadcast: Smoky skies are a stark reminder of the climate crisis

155

Local veterans reflect on 'moral obligation' to Afghans

156

Afghan refugees are arriving in the Bay Area with nothing

157

What's New & What's Next for 8/23/21

158

Back to School: Educators are excited and exhausted

159

What ride-hail surge pricing has meant for taxi drivers

160

Most of the tons of litter hauled from beaches in 2020 was plastic

161

What's New & What's Next for 8/16/21

162

What would flood if the Bay Area were hit by a major tsunami?

163

How SF voters can participate in the CA recall election

164

Oakland High students pushed for change in a year of uncertainty

165

What's New & What's Next for 8/9/21

166

How will SF spend $1.1 billion on addressing homelessness?

167

SF is working on its business plan for a public bank

168

While commemorating a traumatic eviction, a community also seeks inspiration

169

Are coronavirus vaccine mandates legal?

170

How a peer-run center empowers young people affected by poverty, violence and incarceration

171

The Return of Bay Area Traffic Congestion

172

Facing widespread unemployment, restaurant workers have struggled during the pandemic

173

Why advocates are suing a Bay Area city over an RV ban they call "inhumane"

174

Taking Vaccines Directly to the Streets of the Tenderloin

175

Healthcare providers are trying to build trust and improve vaccine access

176

SF's Health Officer talks masking, schools, and the delta variant

177

Living with "long COVID"

178

Civil grand jury investigates underlying causes of delays in Van Ness improvement project

179

Research traces the roots of racial disparities to residential segregation

180

An environmental policy analyst makes the case for electrifying buildings

181

California extended its eviction moratorium. What does that mean for SF tenants?

182

How should the city and state plan reparataions?

183

Ventilation won't make office buildings as safe as pre-pandemic times, expert says

184

Recyclables have to be sorted nearly perfectly at Recology's Pier 96 facility

185

Soledad Castillo, who crossed the border at 14 and now helps homeless youth, reflects on US policy

186

With California open again, should we still be social distancing?

187

Reframing homelessness as a systemic, not personal, problem

188

To house most of Bay Area’s homeless, report says, invest in temporary, permanent and preventive measures

189

Podcast Swap: Peter Finch's "The Finch Files" Joins "Civic" on Alcatraz

190

Return to Alcatraz - Legacy of the 50th Anniversary of the Native American Occupation

191

Documentary exploring gender follows up with protagonists decades later

192

How an urban community farm is adapting to exceptional drought conditions

193

In "No Straight Lines," we meet groundbreaking queer comic artists

194

After journalist arrests, state legislation aims to protect reporter access to protests

195

Street crisis response teams are dispatched as an alternative to law enforcement

196

How could SF use alternative water sources?

197

Return of the Roxie: SF nonprofit cinema is cautiously reopening

198

BART emerges from pandemic slowdown

199

Bay Area Hong Kongers organize around democracy protests from afar

200

How SF sources and uses water, and why it's pushing back on state restrictions

201

SF's parks are walkable, but communities of color have less parks space

202

As the state reopens, unemployment cases are still backlogged

203

Writers on loving — and maybe leaving — San Francisco

204

City College trustee: The recent deal preventing layoffs was only a short-term fix

205

Legacy Film Festival Delves Into the Triumphs and Challenges of Aging

206

Cleaning during COVID: The pandemic changed janitorial work, too

207

How one SF paramedic experienced the coronavirus pandemic

208

In "Sky Blossom," we meet some of America's young caregivers

209

A primer on the responsibilities of the SF school board

210

So, when do we need to wear masks? SF's Health Officer explains.

211

A deputy city attorney explains SF's suit against the school district

212

Journalist uncovers potential fire danger in earthquake safety retrofits

213

The path toward fully reopening SF schools

214

A military coup's impacts in Burma and the Bay Area

215

Exploring mourning, place and change at YBCA

216

In two shootings a decade apart, police said officers confused their Tasers and guns

217

Responding to violence against Asian-Americans with bystander intervention training

218

Homeless outreach workers navigate a changing shelter landscape during the pandemic

219

Youth are running peer-led life skills workshops

220

San Francisco will redraw its electoral districts

221

Bloated police budgets crowd out alternatives, activist says

222

How the combination of a pandemic and Prop 22 has affected ride-hail drivers

223

Examining narratives about anti-Asian attacks with Jeff Chang

224

Invest in prevention and community initiatives to stop Asian hate, advocate says

225

50 Years of LGBTQ History in Print, the Stories of the B.A.R.

226

For sanitation workers, the pandemic has brought mountains of cardboard

227

Political phone bankers pivot to vaccine outreach

228

SF's District Attorney on criminally charging officers and the Derek Chauvin trial

229

Muni operators face threats from coronavirus and hostile passengers on the job

230

Rethinking the future of restaurants beyond the pandemic

231

SF New Deal connects struggling restaurants with community groups distributing food

232

Two restaurants hope to weather the pandemic by feeding the hungry

233

Volunteers are patrolling Chinatown to improve public safety

234

SF schools' partial reopening: Teacher's union president weighs in

235

Organizers share their experiences with City College and warn of potential cuts' impacts

236

A firsthand account of, and calls to end, the humanitarian crisis in Tigray

237

Doctors stress need for community engagement, prevention in public health responses

238

Teachers have seen families' struggles and resilience during school closures

239

Renters are still being displaced, tenant advocate says

240

A year of pandemic homelessness policy

241

Managing Trauma and Grief During COVID-19

242

Advocates stress importance of visitation for long term care residents

243

Building connections virtually as youth "wither away" in pandemic isolation

244

High school students are organizing peer mental health support

245

How parents would like to see schools re-open

246

Nonprofit brings vaccines to seniors

247

SF Team Seeks COVID-19 Therapies and Ways to Defeat Future Coronaviruses

248

Students weigh in on distance learning and school reopening plans

249

Vaccinations and Hazard Pay Concern Grocery Store Union

250

Community clinics cross language and digital divides to distribute vaccine

251

Volunteers built and run this statewide vaccine lookup system

252

What trying to get a vaccine has been like for homelessness response workers

253

Nearly everyone at this SF nursing home has been vaccinated

254

After violent attacks, community groups call for social services and solidarity

255

SF's new City Administrator on navigating the pandemic and a corruption scandal

256

The nonprofit sector is expected to shrink due to the pandemic

257

San Francisco takes a step toward creating a public bank

258

Assemblyman David Chiu on reforming the EDD

259

Love notes and care packages at SF Urban Film Fest's reflection on homelessness

260

How Proposition 22 is shaping the gig economy

261

SF's Undocufund has disbursed more than $3 million in pandemic aid

262

Mission vaccine center opens to focus on "those closest to the pain"

263

SF nonprofit navigates vaccine eligibility for frontline staff

264

As California grapples with unemployment fraud, jobless claimants struggle

265

San Francisco's new poet laureate on poetry as revolution

266

Undeterred by a layoff, a local journalist launches her own bilingual newspaper

267

How private is the state's exposure notification app? EFF weighs in

268

The "godfather of skating" and a dancer on the importance of play

269

SF opens a mass vaccination site after a confusing initial rollout

270

During indefinitely extended lockdown, SF works on new aid programs for businesses

271

State Senator who opened police disciplinary records to the public pushes expansion

272

The story of “the man who legalized cannabis”

273

Anti Police-Terror Project organizers look to reclaim MLK's radical legacy

274

Transparency in lockdown: Local journalists discuss access to public information during the pandemic

275

Considering technical questions about online platforms as social

276

Public school parents navigate an uncertain future in education

277

The San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper becomes a cooperative

278

This tenant attorney is expecting an "avalanche" of evictions

279

One librarian's experience as a coronavirus contact tracer

280

Reporting investigates the dismissal of the CPUC's director after she uncovered a missing $200 million

281

How a youth media network covered the election, a pandemic, and a racial reckoning

282

Doctors work through coronavirus surge, stress and patient isolation as vaccines arrive

283

Retired FBI Agent Explains How Probes Like Those Into S.F. Corruption Work

284

After a political year defined by a pandemic and presidential appointments, what’s next?

285

Nursing homes will get vaccines soon — through big pharmacy chains

286

Examiner's new owner vows to expand newsroom and coverage

287

Overdoses Have Killed Over Three Times as Many People as COVID-19 in San Francisco

288

Restaurant Workers Out of Options as Work and Benefits Dry Up During Lockdown

289

Neighborhood anti-crime surveillance effort prompts privacy, equity concerns

290

To address housing crisis, expert says, consider housing a human right

291

Nurse to COVID risk-takers: “If you are hospitalized, it will only be you in that room”

292

As lockdowns wear on, a food bank grows its services to meet still-high need

293

Regional homelessness activist group turns 15

294

Youth organizers mobilizing for voting rights confront “adultist” attitudes

295

Muni, hit hard by pandemic, carries on with core services and construction

296

S.F. immigration defense unit represents immigrants statewide through pandemic

297

Journalist: Money poured into SF elections failed to shift outcomes

298

Cities’ uses of this herbicide differ, like conflicting research on its health impacts

299

How two vehicle dwellers' living situations diverged during the pandemic

300

Mail workers renew calls for critical postal service funding

301

BART takes cost-cutting measures while making COVID safety and infrastructure improvements

302

Voters approved Proposition B. How will its reforms be implemented?

303

Swords to Plowshares continues helping veterans in person through pandemic lockdown

304

Responding to homelessness with law enforcement is ineffective, researchers say

305

Immigration attorney: Rapid deportations are a new facet of an old policy

306

Election recap: Bond, tax, and law enforcement reform measures win

307

Mapping the S.F. vote, precinct by precinct

308

Bay Area organizers prepare to mobilize if election results aren't honored

309

Can the Ballot Be Used to Hold Local Government Accountable?

310

Lessons From S.F. Mime Troupe’s Move From Live Events to Radio Plays

311

The Arguments for and Against S.F. Proposition B

312

Nurses in S.F. Department of Health Demand Thousands of Hours in Overtime Pay

313

Proposed $5.5 Billion State Bond to Fund Stem Cell Research Opposed by Insider

314

Senior and disability advocates mobilize to ensure care home residents vote

315

Rebroadcast: Youth make their case for why they should vote in municipal elections

316

Workplace inclusion expert reflects on federal diversity training ban

317

Elections: Summaries of San Francisco ballot measures

318

Elections: Hear statements from candidates in San Francisco races

319

How proposed SF tax measures could affect inequality

320

Unpacking Proposition F, the business tax overhaul

321

‘She Represents’ offers a critical feminist look at women in politics

322

Reframing voting as a collective act to fight apathy and disenfranchisement

323

Draft resistance documentary draws throughlines with civil rights and current movements

324

Voters will consider doubling transfer tax on high-value properties

325

Matt Alexander

326

Tax measure seeks to rein in CEO compensation

327

David Talbot reflects on recovering from a stroke in his latest book

328

Measure RR: Adina Levin

329

Measure RR: Eric Garris

330

Mission Local: Testing strategy falls short for Latino residents

331

Documentary chronicles rise of the tax revolt and the legacy of Howard Jarvis

332

Power Outages on Treasure Island: Barbara Hale

333

Power outages on Treasure Island: Barklee Sanders

334

Bond measure seeks to boost SF out of coronavirus-induced slump

335

Theater artists turn dystopian sci-fi story into podcast performances

336

Proposition K aims to pave the way for municipal social housing

337

Climate Activist: Era of megafires is likely to worsen without action

338

Smoke-darkened skies: A stark reminder of the climate crisis

339

What to expect in California's vote-by-mail November election

340

Mail workers struggle on without stimulus as election approaches

341

Organizers demand reductions in officers, funding in S.F. law enforcement

342

Nonprofits Face the Challenge of Serving their Communities During the Pandemic

343

How two radio stations serve their communities on a shared frequency

344

Oakland activists launch mental health hotline as alternative to police

345

Outdoor Service for Gyms and Hair Salons Begins on Sept. 1

346

Theatrical romantic comedy explores love in digital spaces with virtual show

347

Taxi Workers Wait Out Fate of Uber and Lyft in California

348

Treasure Island Organizer Fights to Make Residents Heard

349

Regulation activist: Grid mismanagement led to blackouts

350

Why some Uber and Lyft drivers want employee status

351

Civic turns 1 year old

352

SF Officials warn residents to stay in to avoid smoke, may open respite centers

353

'Unforgetting' confronts painful histories of U.S. and Central America

354

Census education falls to community groups as Trump fans confusion

355

Online census yields mixed accessibility results

356

Threats to exclude undocumented from census exemplify fears in other communities

357

COVID-19 is Priority for S.F. Budget, Mayor Says

358

SF Gay Men's Chorus goes virtual

359

You’re on Camera: Surveillance and Protests

360

A professor's take on how governments and individuals can address anti-Asian hate

361

How a blended police, fire, and medical department gives officers a "caretaker" role

362

Contact tracers prioritize timely, culturally competent calls as coronavirus surges

363

New Coronavirus Cases Fall Slightly, Food Assistance Extended

364

Richmond housing group addresses community's uncertainty and finance questions in pandemic

365

A photojournalist documents vehicle dweller communities — while living in an RV

366

For Central Americans in U.S., federal enforcement actions recall authoritarian crackdowns

367

Major COVID-19 surge in San Francisco

368

Working from home may drastically change the workplace, even post-pandemic

369

Months into pandemic, a physician reflects on changing coronavirus knowledge

370

Empowering youth to advance justice in Vallejo

371

New book captures history of American protests for young audiences

372

S.F. to expand testing capacity as demand rises and cases surge

373

Architects envision a sustainable future for deserted downtown

374

Supervisor proposes limits on disruptive construction during shelter-in-place

375

S.F. Mayor Says Indoor Malls, Non-Essential Offices to Close

376

Labor advocates say inspector shortage jeopardizes workplace coronavirus safety

377

S.F. comedy mainstay goes online and international with virtual series

378

Health director: San Francisco's COVID-19 cases are surging

379

Black community leaders envision an equitable coronavirus response

380

Bayview residents sound alarm over potential dust from toxic site

381

Tracking surveillance tech used by Bay Area law enforcement

382

Law enforcement monitors protesters, reporting shows

383

SF pauses reopening with no new timeline set

384

San Franciscans urged to stay home during holiday weekend

385

Political theater troupe goes on air with new radio serial

386

With increased hospitalizations, city officials urge caution over July 4 weekend

387

S.F. scrambles to support businesses and workers hit by pandemic

388

Ride-hail drivers protest for labor protections

389

S.F. postpones some business reopenings after coronavirus case increase

390

"Unsettled," documenting LGBTQ refugees' stories, makes public TV debut

391

How AIDS and LGBTQ activism in the '80s informs the present

392

Postal workers rally for stimulus support

393

Voices from Juneteenth marches in San Francisco

394

Out in the Bay Returns and explores lessons for activists

395

Health director: S.F. must be vigilant, flexible as city reopens

396

A note from Civic: We're taking a small break

397

A safe sleeping site opens at a school for just six weeks

398

Protestors weigh in on defunding the police

399

Community organizer calls for reparations as a step toward healing

400

Legislators find appointees to police oversight body lack reform chops

401

As thousands protest police killings, many hope for a turning point

402

Protesters say change is possible — if political momentum lasts

403

SF police chief urges continued curfew until looting and violence end

404

SF mayor imposes curfew

405

Transit Riders: The pandemic shows just how essential Muni is

406

Students critique and suggest improvements for distance learning

407

Shelter-In-Place Order Modified to Loosen Restrictions

408

San Francisco Pride goes virtual due to pandemic

409

"Fire in Paradise" paints picture of a harrowing new wildfire reality

410

What's New & What's Next for 5/25/20

411

Renters face a growing debt burden

412

Reporting shows the Bay Area's coordinated coronavirus response seems to be fragmenting

413

Health survey finds elevated toxin levels in workers and residents near shipyard

414

Less than half of nursing home patients and staff have been tested

415

What's New & What's Next for 5/18/20

416

SF youth make their case for extending voting rights to 16- and 17-year-olds

417

Outbreaks among food supply workers reflect crowded conditions

418

SF to allow curbside retail sales and warehouses to reopen Monday

419

Reporting on homelessness during the coronavirus pandemic

420

Businesses to reopen if COVID-19 hospitalization rate doesn't rise

421

How we're producing and broadcasting "Civic" remotely

422

Testing initiative revealed disparities, but also continued community spread

423

Mission coronavirus tests reveal longstanding inequities

424

S.F. targets 13 Tenderloin blocks for tent relocation, cleanup, services

425

Why homeless activists occupied a vacant SF home

426

Activist: Racists Stoke Anti-Asian Fears to Divide Us

427

Testing Expanded for Essential S.F. Workers

428

What's New & What's Next for 5/4/20

429

Sustaining local news during the COVID-19 economic downturn

430

Homeless are "last in line" for help, says SF service provider

431

SF offers hotels for local homeless, not newcomers, mayor says

432

Excluded from federal relief, sex workers strategize for survival

433

Documentary Film Industry Responds to Pandemic

434

Shelter-in-place will last through May

435

Farmers markets, as essential food sources, adapt to the pandemic

436

SF shelter-in-place could be extended next week

437

Stanford volunteers are developing a financial support hub

438

SF again expands coronavirus testing

439

Nonprofit faces quarter-million monthly cost of coronavirus adaptations

440

Supervisors set goal of 8,250 hotel rooms, city secures 2,209

441

Mission district has most COVID-19 cases

442

SF officials announce mask requirement

443

How could the economy be rebuilt — more equitably?

444

SF ramps up contact tracing and coronavirus testing

445

How emergency medical responders are managing coronavirus risks

446

S.F. Officials explain their efforts to house homeless

447

With increased isolation comes increased risk of being scammed

448

70 Coronavirus Cases Confirmed at S.F. Homeless Shelter

449

How firefighters are adapting their routines to the coronavirus pandemic in SF

450

How Sunset neighbors created a mutual aid society

451

The San Franciscan, a new magazine, offers tribute to local creative subcultures

452

SF Officials give updates on hotel rooms, mental health support

453

Muni Operators Work In Fear of Coronavirus Infection

454

S.F. Changes Course at Moscone Center West

455

A sociologist weighs in on S.F.'s strategy on coronavirus and homelessness

456

What's New & What's Next for 4/6/20

457

S.F. officials ask for trust in their strategy to address coronavirus pandemic

458

Despite state and local orders, tenants and landlords alike fear fallout of coronavirus pandemic

459

Nurses renew calls for better protections, staffing, training

460

With extended shelter-in-place order, mayor again calls for compliance

461

Gig workers face risky work or no work during coronavirus pandemic

462

Elder advocates warn of coronavirus scams

463

City officials extend shelter-in-place order, give updates on Laguna Honda COVID-19 outbreak

464

Working from home: A career coach offers advice for staying productive

465

What's New & What's Next for 3/30/20

466

SF ramps up shelter-in-place restrictions and coronavirus testing

467

AIDS research is being used to battle COVID-19 at SF lab

468

Grocery store staff work on the front lines during the coronavirus pandemic

469

Coronavirus pandemic impacts will worsen, S.F. officials warn

470

Medical workers anticipate blood shortage during coronavirus pandemic

471

City Officials Host Virtual Briefing on COVID-19 Response

472

Coronavirus pandemic delays Census count of homeless and group housing residents

473

What's New & What's Next for 3/23/20

474

As racist coronavirus rhetoric fuels bigotry, advocates launch reporting tool

475

Dissonant statements from authorities erode public trust in pandemic times

476

SF bolsters emergency response operations, relocates them to Moscone Center

477

As healthcare centers scramble for supplies during pandemic, MedShare delivers

478

SF grapples with containing spread of coronavirus among the unhoused

479

Coronavirus Pandemic: SF and much of Bay Area ordered to shelter in place

480

Pulmonary critical care doctor prepares for coronavirus fallout in health system

481

What's New & What's Next for 3/16/20

482

State agency rolls back rule that kept ride-hailing safety data secret

483

San Francisco schools to shut down for three weeks in response to coronavirus

484

COVID-19: Nurses say new guidelines and poor communication increase risk

485

COVID-19: SF State students grapple with conflicting instructions on dorm living

486

"Waging Change" documents worker movement to end the tipped minimum wage

487

S.F.'s right-to-counsel measure helps tenants stay housed but is short on attorneys

488

What's New & What's Next for 3/9/20

489

As S.F. changes course on homelessness policy, a nonprofit leader calls for a service-led approach

490

What S.F. Could Do Better to Decarbonize Transportation

491

What's New & What's Next for 3/3/20

492

Assemblymember Phil Ting on homelessness, housing, and environmental protections

493

Transparency and accountability concerns raised over CPUC's regulation of ride-hailing

494

Republican business and tax attorney seeks state Assembly seat

495

What's New & What's Next for 2/24/20

496

Assemblymember David Chiu on housing, homelessness, and transit

497

March 2020 Ballot: State Proposition 13

498

March 2020 Ballot: Proposition E

499

March 2020 Ballot: Proposition D

500

March 2020 Ballot: Proposition C

501

March 2020 Ballot: Proposition B

502

March 2020 Ballot: Proposition A

503

Vacancy tax proposal looks to motivate landlords to fill storefronts

504

What's New & What's Next for 2/17/20

505

State Sen. Scott Wiener on legislatively "pushing the envelope"

506

Ballot measure seeks to restrict office development if to affordable housing production falls short

507

Proposition 13 on the March ballot would authorize $15 billion for school construction

508

What you need to know about the S.F. DCCC

509

What's New & What's Next for 2/10/20

510

Small rent increases can add up to big burdens, analysis finds

511

Regional leaders want to use CA fair housing law to undo segregation

512

Indigenous public bank organizer runs for state senate

513

Republican runs for state senate to keep establishment on its toes

514

What's New & What's Next for 2/3/20

515

The FBI arrested a top city employee. What does this mean for S.F.?

516

Why taxi workers are calling for the release of ride-hailing safety data

517

Open Door Legal expands, envisioning a future of universal access to legal aid

518

What's New & What's Next for 1/27/20

519

How to vote in the presidential primary

520

Why one Bay Area county is floating a UBI program for foster youth

521

What do tent counts really tell us? Plus: Documenting the experiences of vehicle dwellers

522

Legislators react to report showing ride-hailing safety data is kept hidden

523

What one city's response to homelessness says about a CA crisis

524

What's New & What's Next for 01/20/20

525

Why public bank advocates want to pull SF's money out of Wall Street

526

As CA sues over food stamp changes, here's how food insecurity impacts SF

527

Career coaching, homework help, and book clubs — all at the library

528

Iranian-American Organizer talks resilience and fear during international tensions

529

“Mimi’s Suitcase” tells a personal, but universal story of identity and displacement

530

Part 2: Shining light on ride-hailing's dark data

531

Part 1: Shining light on ride-hailing's dark data

532

Unpacking a former police union president’s threatening letter to an SF supervisor

533

Municipalities aren't giving up on the idea of public power

534

Tenants get nonprofit to buy their building and keep it affordable

535

SFPD shows video, and community reacts, at town hall on police shooting

536

Supreme Court won't take case on "criminalization of homelessness"

537

Man shot by police was attempting to flee, reporters find in video

538

Why SF's outdoor warning siren is going on hiatus

539

How women fought sex trafficking and slavery in Chinatown (Part 2)

540

How women fought sex trafficking and slavery in Chinatown (Part 1)

541

FRESH festival delves into tenderness and healing in painful times

542

To preserve affordability, nonprofits buy housing

543

City College students and teachers blindsided by class cuts

544

50 years after indigenous occupation, pledges of solidarity at Alcatraz sunrise gathering

545

Documentary probes impact of "financialization" of housing

546

Mission neighborhood groups buy back previously sold, long-disputed asset

547

Neighborhood activist talks homelessness, public housing, and building community

548

How funding mechanisms impact the journalism of local papers

549

Journalists rally for better working conditions at hedge-fund-owned papers

550

Planning for aging with dignity as CA grows older

551

In "Uncuffed," incarcerated men produce, record and tell their own stories

552

Porch pirates, door cams, and the new neighborhood watch

553

Where SF's mental health system falls short, and what's changing

554

Understanding election results with Nuala Sawyer Bishari

555

What's New & What's Next for 11/11/19

556

Reporting shows SFPD investigations for FBI task force conflicted with local law

557

Election Recap with Prof. James Taylor

558

CA voters to weigh billions for regenerative medicine

559

SF artists get political, take a stand for journalism

560

Dance Mission Theater Celebrates 20 Years

561

Episode 9: District Attorney candidates debate

562

Episode 8: Propositions A to F explained

563

Episode 7: 30 years since Loma Prieta

564

What's New & What's Next for 10/18/19

565

Episode 6: Supervisor candidates lay out their visions for District 5

566

D5 Race: Ryan Lam

567

D5 Race: Dean Preston

568

D5 Race: Supervisor Vallie Brown

569

Episode 5: A decade of journalism from the San Francisco Public Press

570

Episode 4: Confronting climate change, sea level rise, and emissions

571

What's New & What's Next for 9/20/19

572

Episode 3: Public transit in San Francisco

573

What's New & What's Next for 9/13/19

574

What's New & What's Next for 9/6/19

575

Episode 2: Covering homelessness in San Francisco

576

What's New & What's Next for 8/30/19

577

Episode 1: San Francisco's proposed $600 million housing bond

578

Bonus segment: The troubled history of Redevelopment in SF

579

Bonus segment: Sam Moss on SF's proposed housing bond

580

Bonus segment: Kate Hartley on where $600 million for affordable housing would go

581

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