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Oops! An SUV crashed with a Muni bus in front of the Mission Local newsroom this afternoon. Nobody was hurt, and the Muni driver was admirably calm. “It happens,” he said.
An unusual coalition of progressive and moderate supes, YIMBY Action, and possibly Mayor Daniel Lurie is supporting a bill to protect tenants displaced by new development.
Art is powerful, but the Drawing Room gallery is closing its Mission Street space due to forces beyond its control: Donald Trump and the real estate market. Yujie Zhou tells you what happened.
Sage Rios Mace interviews longtime Chronicle reporter Kevin Fagan about his new book on homelessness.
Maybe you didn’t know that Lawrence Ferlinghettiโproto-Beat, poet, publisher, and owner of City Lights bookstoreโwas also a graphic artist. Explore his work with Ann Radillo.
More soon,
Sara
Latest News
S.F. supe introduces bill to protect tenants displaced by new housing
โI think that it’s OK for us to have a little friction.”
The Drawing Room art gallery closes its Mission St. spot
“We’re at the mercy of real estate.”
Longtime Chronicle reporter Kevin Fagan on homelessness
ย “I can relate to someone whoโs poor. I know what itโs like to have people look at you like youโre weird.”
Arts Roundup
Legion of Honor shows Ferlinghettiโs printmaking
“ABANDON ALL DESPAIR YE WHO ENTER HERE.โ
SNAP
Garage door
By Angel Mayorga
Events
Today: SF Cartoonist Conspiracy Meet-up, at Finjan Qahwa coffee shop, September 9, 7-9PM
Tomorrow: Indรณmitas Live Podcast with Marรญa Sanchez, Brava Theater, September 10, 7-8PM
