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Nearly 45 years ago, Michael Harrington wrote "The Other America" a book that lifted the heavy veil that made invisible to the rest of the country, the poorest Americans, millions trapped in poverty - outside of public policy, outside of political power and outside of the American dream. Among those millions were hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities - infants, children and adults, seniors and their families. Harrington wrote about the poor in the Appalachians, the shock...

A District 5 building full of long-term tenants defeated their landlord’s attempt to displace them Wednesday. Facing the Board of Appeals, these tenants sought revocation of a permit filed for by their owner that would have caused multiple evictions and the destruction of every unit’s back porch. In a surprise decision, the Board ruled unanimously for the tenants, with one of the board’s more conservative members calling their landlord’s permit application one of the worst cases of abuse of t...

"Working people want jobs. They don't care about leukemia," a speaker from the developers' team told the Oakland Planning Commission on March 15th....

Last week, the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency took the first step toward a massive land grab that will, if approved later this spring by the Board of Supervisors, give the agency control of nearly all of Bayview Hunters Point and “repeople” it with a richer, whiter population. This week, the Bay View learned that all over California, communities are joining forces to fight Redevelopment. We’re joining them. This is a war we can win!...

Thanks to activists in the Citizens to Save the Waterfront, the Mills Corporation will not be building a shopping mall at Piers 27-31. The San Francisco Port Commission will nowchoose between two new developers, the Shorenstein Co. and Farallon Capital Management LLC. Given its longtime prominence in San Francisco, Shorenstein would appear to have the inside track on winning Port Commission and Board of Supervisors approval for their proposed project. But before Shorenstein is given control o...

Last week, by a vote of 348-71, the House passed a bill to provide $19.1 billion for cleanup and rebuilding of the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. H.R. 4939, "The Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, passed six and a half months after Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, despite the efforts of key Republicans to remove Katrina funding from the bill entirely....

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As chips of ice fell from the sky, my Mama, Mama Dee, mixed race orphan from the streets of Philly, passed away. Mama Dee, co-editor of POOR Magazine, Grandmama to Tiburcio, disabled artist, conceptualist, storyteller, corporate media critic and independent media producer, singer and dancer to all rhythms. Mama Dee, torture victim, fighter for social justice for mamas, children, families and folk locally and globally. Mama Dee, mother of Tiny – without Dee, there would be no m...

Friday, March 17, 2006 11:15 AM: Rally Press Conference Speak-out Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason Street, Downtown San Francisco Powell BART Station...

There appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel for three long-term tenants at Lyon and Golden Gate. In 2002, Prana 8 Investments purchased their building, a massive Victorian with 13 units of rental housing. In attempt to free up units to be rented out at market rate, Prana 8 filled out an over-the-counter permit application at the Planning Department that claimed certain units were illegal and needed to be brought up to code. Because the application for the permit does not require land...