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San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education members Alison Collins, left, Faauuga Moliga, center, and Gabriela López are expected to be removed from their seats in mid March. (Kevin N. Hume/The Examiner)
School board recall signals ‘strange bedfellows’ of San...
By Carly Graf Examiner staff writer

Election was fueled by populist outrage and millionaire donations; now, mayor will pick replacements

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Assembly District 17 candidates David Campos, left, and Matt Haney led over Bilal Mahmood and Thea Selby. (Kevin N. Hume/The Examiner)
S.F. Assembly race: Haney, Campos head to runoff
By Carly Graf Examiner staff writer

Next round of voting on April 19, followed by June primary election

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In April 1863, Charlotte L. Brown refused to get off a horse-drawn streetcar, like this Sutter Street line streetcar circa 1913, when the conductor wouldn’t accept her ticket. After she was forcibly removed by other white passengers, Brown would go on and file two lawsuits against the streetcar owner, Omnibus Railroad and Cable Company, as she fought for racial justice. (SFMTA Photo Archive)
A century before Rosa Parks, a Black woman...
By Carly Graf Examiner Staff Writer

Charlotte Brown filed two lawsuits in 1863 asserting her right to be treated as an equal passenger

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The Tenderloin has just 12 acres of park space, including Sergeant John Macaulay Park, for a population of nearly 40,000. That leaves less than one acre of open space for every 1,000 residents of the neighborhood, which includes large numbers of seniors, people with disabilities and families with young children. (Kevin N. Hume/The Examiner)
The Tenderloin faces many challenges—and a lack of...
By Carly Graf Examiner Staff Writer

The district needs more urban oases where people can exercise, play and relax safely in a gritty part of town

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Pedestrians cross at Divisadero and Hayes streets past a “No Left Turn” sign. Nearly 40% of traffic collisions in The City in 2019 involved left-turning vehicles. (Craig Lee/The Examiner)
Traffic deaths are ‘preventable and unacceptable.’ Here’s what...
By Carly Graf Examiner staff writer

What can we learn from other cities?

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Volunteers Cricket Miller and Kevin Feng plan how to cover their assigned route for the homeless point-in-time count during the 2019 count. The count is scheduled to take place again on Feb. 22. (Kevin N. Hume/S.F. Examiner)
A crucial factor in understanding S.F.’s homelessness crisis
By Carly Graf Examiner staff writer

This year’s point-in-time tally may capture the chaos that has characterized the pandemic

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Lion dancers surround firecrackers exploding to scare away evil spirits at the kickoff ceremony for Lunar New Year at Chinatown’s Portsmouth Square in February 2019. Lunar New Year festivities for the Year of the Tiger are scheduled to begin Feb. 1. (Kevin N. Hume/The Examiner)
Chinatown community optimistic but ‘very nervous’ as Lunar...
By Carly Graf Examiner staff writer

‘It is going to be a real test. We are all kind of holding our breath a little bit’

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The pandemic has erased much of San Francisco’s once booming economy. While things are beginning to get back to normal, The City has a long way to go for the economy to bounce back. (Craig Lee/The Examiner)
The downturn persists: Examiner analysis reveals that S.F.’s...
By Carly Graf Examiner staff writer

‘If you don’t keep downtown a vibrant place, it has cascading consequences on all the neighborhoods’

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An SFMTA parking enforcement officer issues a ticket for a vehicle. The transit agency has launched an initiative that will text drivers whose vehicles are about to be towed for four different violations.
San Francisco drivers to get text alert before...
By Carly Graf Examiner staff writer

In a first for a major metro, it’s about clearing the streets and giving drivers a break

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JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park has been closed to cars throughout the pandemic. But whether it and the Upper Great Highway will remain that way is uncertain, as the debate has become a political minefield. (Kevin N. Hume/The Examiner)
Closed streets have polarized San Francisco
By Carly Graf Examiner staff writer

Neighborhoods divided, residents frustrated and city supervisors trepidatious

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Plans for a shelter at 711 Post St. to house as many as 250 people living on the streets are on hold to allow for more community outreach. (Craig Lee/The Examiner)
Latest homeless shelter delay epitomizes San Francisco’s biggest...
By Carly Graf Examiner staff writer

‘We can’t use that urgency to go through a bad process’

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