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Housing

Protesters disrupt landlord from getting on Google bus

Sometimes he drives to work, but this morning Jack Halprin decided to take a private shuttle to his office at Google.

Housing advocates were awaiting him.

SoMa tenants back anti-speculation and relocation efforts

Community members say they aren’t seeing the benefits from agreements that the tech companies are supposed to have with the city in exchange for not owing any payroll taxes.

A protest targets the ‘serial evictors’

A march against one of San Francisco’s so-called “Dirty Dozen” landlords demonstrates that the tenant movement is continuing to fight both at the ballot box and in the streets.

Education

City College protest: “We know the money is there”

Armed with megaphones and hand-written signs, more than 200 members of the City College community rallied on Nov. 12 at its downtown campus at 4th and Mission streets and then marched to its relocated Civic Center campus, now at United Nations Plaza.

Faculty and staff say they feel betrayed by the school’s administration, which has indicated that it intends to reduce class offerings by as much as 26 percent and cut more than 300 faculty positions over the next six years, despite the availability of increased funding.

City College funding bill challenges state commission that wants to shut school down

Senator Mark Leno announced today legislation that would provide City College of San Francisco stabilization funding for four years to offset the effects of declining enrollment while it works toward securing its accreditation.

Police Shootings

Protesters jam Police Commission meeting

Enough is enough.

That was the rallying cry from the community last night during a San Francisco Police Commission meeting, where commissioners listened to around four hours of public comment about the use of police force and the shooting of Mario Woods.