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OP-ED: Community College Accrediting Commission Has Reputation for Aggressive...

The Accrediting Commission of Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), under the leadership Dr. Barbara Beno, has draw national attention for its extremely aggressive behavior in its evaluation of...

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Students Call on Mayor Lee Join Efforts to Save City College

Students rallied and 26 were arrested at City Hall this week, led by the Save City College Coalition, demanding that Mayor Ed Lee join with civic leaders and community organizations that are calling on...

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38 Students Receive Degrees from UCSF Global Health Sciences

By Paula Murphy, UCSF News The UCSF Global Health Sciences program recently celebrated its fifth Masters of Science graduating class of 38 students in a ceremony that also was a sendoff for the degree...

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West Oakland Youth Help Bay Bridge Reopening

As the old Bay Bridge closed and construction teams worked over Labor Day weekend to prepare for the opening of the new span, a number of teenagers were among those who worked tirelessly to help get...

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Bridged: From Oakland to San Francisco "We Built That!"

Twenty Four years after the Loma Prieta earthquake devastated the Oakland Bay Bridge, the Cypress Freeway and the cities of Oakland and San Francisco, the Bay Area, appropriately celebrated Labor Day...

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Labor Leader Leroy King Turns 90

Bay Area labor statesman Leroy King attended this year’s Labor Day festivities at the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10 San Francisco union hall. King has a history in the Bay...

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San Francisco Initiative to Create 7,000 Summer Jobs for Youth

Mayor Edwin M. Lee and the United Way of the Bay Area, along with city departments and private sector employers, this week announced the launch of Summer Jobs+ 2014, challenging employers to create...

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SF to Rehab Unused Public Housing for Homeless Families

District 5 Supervisor London Breed and Mayor Ed Lee this week announced a plan to provide $2.5 million to renovate more than 160 currently unused public housing units, and prioritize homeless families...

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USS America Sets Sail

The Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship, USS America (LHA 6), departed San Francisco Oct. 14 following its commissioning and marking the official conclusion of San Francisco Fleet Week 2014. USS...

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Theo Miller Seeks to Implement a Black Agenda in San Francisco

The San Francisco Main Public Library auditorium was packed with Black students and parents as Theo Miller paced the floor. It was a Saturday morning in early September and, as the organizer for the...

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SF Celebrates African American Contributions

The 11th annual Celebration of Black American History took place at the Hotel Whitcomb in San Francisco, Feb. 25.   Called “A Century of Black Life, History and Culture,” the event featured Mistress of...

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Senator Leno Introduces Bill to Close Ellis Act Loophole for San Francisco

Senator Mark Leno recently introduced new legislation that would help mitigate the negative impacts of Ellis Act evictions in San Francisco. Senate Bill 364 closes a loophole in the Ellis Act that...

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City Purchases New Affordable Family Housing Site in the Mission

  Mayor Edwin M. Lee has introduced an $18.5 million purchase and sale agreement to the Board of Supervisors to allow the city to acquire a previously entitled market-rate parcel at 490 South Van Ness...

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Frederick Douglas Haynes Gardens Housing Complex Tenants Win Last-minute...

  By Wade Woods   After several days of twist and turns, residents of the historic Frederick Douglas Haynes Garden housing complex could breathe a little easier after learning that their apartments...

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SF Mayor Unveils Blueprint for 10,000 Permanent Affordable Homes Housing...

  Mayor Ed Lee unveiled a blueprint to provide more than 10,000 permanent affordable homes to San Francisco families and residents by 2020, which requires the introduction of five pieces of affordable...

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Eviction Protections 2.0 Passes Into Law Tenants, housing organizations,...

Eviction Protections 2.0 is now law in San Francisco, after Mayor Ed Lee decided against a veto of the legislation last Friday.   After getting news of a possible veto, hundreds of supporters of the...

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OP-ED: Congresswoman Maxine Waters Calls For More Public Housing Protections

By Lynda Carson   In a celebration of the privatization of our public housing, which threatens the poor, elderly and disabled with displacement from their housing, on Oct. 14, Mayor Ed Lee was joined...

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Elecciones en SF muestra victorias y derrotas para Grupos de Derecho a la...

Las elecciones de 2015 en San Francisco dieron en los resultados que eran en su mayoría desalentadores para las organizaciones de derechos de vivienda y activistas contra el aburguesamiento, con las...

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Justice Department to Investigate San Francisco Police Department

By Soumya Karlamangle, The LA Times and other sources   The U.S. Department of Justice is beginning a review of the San Francisco Police Department, which recently came under fire for the shooting of...

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Witnesses Dispute Police Account of Homeless Man’s Killing in SF Mayor Lee...

By Julia Wong and Michael Rosen, The Guardian and Fusion   A key witness to the police shooting of a homeless man in San Francisco last Thursday has come forward to say that the man was “relaxed,”...

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