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The incendiary fliers, which also referred to project proponent District Four Supervisor Gordon Mar as a “CCP member” — for Chinese Communist Party — marked the opening salvo in a new west side development war. It’s a dispute that’s likely to escalate as city housing officials push to build both market-rate and affordable housing in neighborhoods that have been almost completely left out of the construction boom of the last decade. … [Read more...] about ’Slum’ charges fly in fracas over affordable housing in S.F.’s Sunset District

‘It’s not preordained which way we’ll go’ Two weeks after images of a violent mob — including white supremacists — storming into the Capitol were seared into Americans’ minds, Capitol Hill will feature a very different image: the swearing-in of Kamala Harris, first Black woman and woman of color to become vice president. … [Read more...] about Bay Briefing: ‘Kamala is a tipping point’

The world will change by miles on Wednesday, Jan. 20, with the inauguration of a new president, but this column has always been about smaller issues. Last week’s article, for example, ended by stating that my son, Aidan, is half an inch shorter than I am. For now. So, this week I’d like to talk about an eighth of an inch. … [Read more...] about Inauguration Day is when the rubber meets the road

Sitting in his tank, in those rare minutes of peace, Hap wrote verses about the war and, in fact, became the poet laureate of the 3rd Armored Division. On the 15th anniversary of the liberation of Europe, cities in Northern Europe invited Hap and his Army comrades back to see plaques placed in each town. And my father, paraphrasing Lincoln, wrote: … [Read more...] about War hero dad inspired different kinds of courage

The grim milestone of 400,000 deaths came on the final day of the Trump administration. President TrumpDonald TrumpGiuliani used provisional ballot to vote in 2020 election, same method he disparaged in fighting to overturn results Trump gets lowest job approval rating in final days as president Fox News' DC managing editor Bill Sammon to retire MORE has long rejected criticism of his handling of the pandemic. … [Read more...] about Biden, Harris honor COVID-19 victims ahead of inauguration