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Homelessness

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Transient: Homeless Heroes Save San Francisco From Space Invaders

    Transient is like a batshit guy on the street telling you exactly why and how rain is seeded with pore-burrowing nanobots -- one of the craziest things I've seen in a while. It's the debut of Justin "Coro" Kaufman, a monster of a book -- an oblong, full-color graphic novel bound in heavy covers. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    Law Enforcement to Round Up Homeless Sex Offenders Tonight

    Homeless Sex Offenders: smart on crime? ​California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced trick-or-treaters will be safer since cops will keep homeless sex offender parolees indoors tonight in San Francisco. That announcement comes even while Harris' office is defending Jessica's Law -- the bal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    San Francisco Seems to Think OccupySF Protesters Are Just Homeless Folks

    There IS a difference between the hippies and the homeless ​Garrison Keiller once had a great joke on "Prairie Home Companion" about a Lake Wobegon driver who, spotting a a jogger on the road, stopped to ask if she needed a ride. Keillor knew there was great comic potential in the naive attem ... More >>

  • Music

    September 7, 2011

    Bouncer Imbibes Among the Marina Girls at the Tipsy Pig

    There IS a difference between the hippies and the homeless ​Garrison Keiller once had a great joke on "Prairie Home Companion" about a Lake Wobegon driver who, spotting a a jogger on the road, stopped to ask if she needed a ride. Keillor knew there was great comic potential in the naive attem ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 25, 2011

    Portrait of the Artist Living in a Parking Lot

    There IS a difference between the hippies and the homeless ​Garrison Keiller once had a great joke on "Prairie Home Companion" about a Lake Wobegon driver who, spotting a a jogger on the road, stopped to ask if she needed a ride. Keillor knew there was great comic potential in the naive attem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Booting Reporters From City Hall Meeting Is Perfectly Legal, City Attorney Says

    Reporting from San Francisco City Hall​Yesterday SF Weekly told you about an incident where Supervisor Jane Kim's staff kicked reporters out of a City Hall meeting as residents gathered to vent about the homeless problem in the Tenderloin neighborhood. It turns, the freshman supervisor's questiona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Reporters Kicked Out of City Hall Meeting

    Government watch​Just as a emotional community meeting over a Tenderloin homeless shelter was set to start at City Hall today, reporters were booted out -- and those are the facts. Ron Case, the president of Lower Polk Neighbors, reportedly walked outside with an aide from Supervisor Jane Kim's of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Gavin Newsom's Daily Homeless Connect Now a Disconnect

    You won't get services here ​Update: Barbara Garcia, director of the Department of Public Health, tells SF Weekly that no decision has been made as to whether the Daily Homeless Connect program will go forward. An internal meeting on the issue was scheduled for today but has since been canceled. O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Garbage Collectors Allow Homeless Snoozing on Discarded Couches to Sleep In

    Looks like this couch is occupied​You tried to do the responsible thing. Rather than just dump your aging couch on the curb, you called the garbage collection agency and scheduled a "large item pickup." You scratched away the last few cents of your deposit, marring the walls with a wide couch in a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    Daughter of San Francisco Homeless Man Is Looking for Dad on City Streets

    Have you seen this man?​For years, Kelli Christensen knew very little about her father, Marty, only that he had a drinking problem and he had been estranged from the family. She and her family -- who live in Kingsburg, near Fresno -- had heard he was homeless in San Francisco. Christensen traveled ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Newsom Did the Most Work in his Last Seven Days as Mayor?

    A Moderate Win​Gavin Newsom, who is this afternoon is departing his post as mayor, is leaving Room 200 with his prints all over it.As Former Supervisor Aaron Peskin -- a Newsom critic --  pointed out this morning on NPR: If Newsom's last seven years in office had been anything like the last s ... More >>

  • News

    October 6, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    A Moderate Win​Gavin Newsom, who is this afternoon is departing his post as mayor, is leaving Room 200 with his prints all over it.As Former Supervisor Aaron Peskin -- a Newsom critic --  pointed out this morning on NPR: If Newsom's last seven years in office had been anything like the last s ... More >>

  • News

    September 29, 2010

    List: What else does PG&E want you to pay for?

    A Moderate Win​Gavin Newsom, who is this afternoon is departing his post as mayor, is leaving Room 200 with his prints all over it.As Former Supervisor Aaron Peskin -- a Newsom critic --  pointed out this morning on NPR: If Newsom's last seven years in office had been anything like the last s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Gavin Newsom Sweet-Talks Transbay Terminal Homeless Into Housing

    It's hard to tell who's using whom....​Before the crowds arrived for the last tours of the creaky Transbay Terminal Friday, Mayor Gavin Newsom showed up for his own private walk through ("private" in mayor's terms means followed by his spokesman Tony Winnicker, staffers, Chron reporters and us). A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Market Street Chess Games Shut Down

    Games are gone​Among the tamest symptoms of San Francisco's homeless problem were the dozen or so chess boards set up on the north side of Market Street near the Powell BART/Muni station. Anyone was free to sit down to a game, be it a 10-move checkmate by an SRO-living grandmaster or an hours-long ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Homeless Man Accused of Setting Fellow Transient Ablaze To Be Arraigned Today

    ​A homeless man accused of dousing a fellow homeless man with lighter fluid while he slept and igniting him will face the judge today. Eric Dilbeck, 47, was in November charged with immolating 55-year-old Byron Rowe as the latter slept in Sharon Meadow in Golden Gate Park. Rowe suffered second- an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Accused Child Porn Professor to be Arraigned Today

    Kenneth Kyle​Kenneth Kyle, the Cal State East Bay professor arrested earlier this month at San Francisco International Airport on child porn charges, will be arraigned this morning at San Francisco's Hall of Justice. The 47-year-old is facing felony charges of child pornography possession and chil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    S.F. Man Fails To Register As Sex Offender -- Because He's Dead

    ​According to the state's sex offender registry, Nicholas Chaykovsky has been in violation of registration requirements since Sunday. He has a decent excuse. He's dead.   Chaykovsky died at age 61 last month after suffering a heart attack. And though the San Francisco Police Department s ... More >>

  • News

    January 27, 2010

    City hounds the homeless for dog licenses

    ​According to the state's sex offender registry, Nicholas Chaykovsky has been in violation of registration requirements since Sunday. He has a decent excuse. He's dead.   Chaykovsky died at age 61 last month after suffering a heart attack. And though the San Francisco Police Department s ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2009

    Perverting Justice

    Jessica's Law prevents paroled sex offenders from residing near schools or parks. That means they can only live one place in S.F.: on the streets.

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    One Day After Media Reports Car Arsons Have Abated Since Arrest of Homeless Woman ... They're Back Again!

    ​On the heels of both the Chronicle and KRON-TV noting that the July string of 13 car arsons abruptly ceased with the arrest of a homeless woman in her 60s named Fafa Chan -- that's no longer the case. Firefighters doused a flaming Honda not long after 3 a.m. this morning at 21st and Balboa, not f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Chris Daly Shows He's a Typical San Franciscan After All -- By Moving His Family Out of Here

    The chores ...The stores ... Fresh air ...Union Square!The news that firebrand Supervisor Chris Daly has bought a house in his wife's hometown of Fairfield and his family is currently residing there comes as something of a shock. But the notion of a successful thirty-something San Francisco family u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2009

    SFPD Homicide Inspector Has 'Fingers Crossed' That Suspect He Nabbed For Unrelated Felony Is Man Behind Fatal SOMA Mugging

    Helen CanafaxHomicide Inspector Richard Martin told SF Weekly that he's hopeful a man he arrested on May 7 on an outstanding felony warrant could be the mugger police are seeking behind last month's fatal purse snatching of 63-year-old Helen Canafax -- but more witnesses could be needed to prove the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2009

    Everybody Dance Now

    Helen CanafaxHomicide Inspector Richard Martin told SF Weekly that he's hopeful a man he arrested on May 7 on an outstanding felony warrant could be the mugger police are seeking behind last month's fatal purse snatching of 63-year-old Helen Canafax -- but more witnesses could be needed to prove the ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 17, 2008

    Homeless SF State students struggle to stay in school and stay loaded

    Helen CanafaxHomicide Inspector Richard Martin told SF Weekly that he's hopeful a man he arrested on May 7 on an outstanding felony warrant could be the mugger police are seeking behind last month's fatal purse snatching of 63-year-old Helen Canafax -- but more witnesses could be needed to prove the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2008

    Taste Interview: Askinosie Chocolate

    Helen CanafaxHomicide Inspector Richard Martin told SF Weekly that he's hopeful a man he arrested on May 7 on an outstanding felony warrant could be the mugger police are seeking behind last month's fatal purse snatching of 63-year-old Helen Canafax -- but more witnesses could be needed to prove the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2008

    Yo! Danielle! Gimme a Quarter!

    Helen CanafaxHomicide Inspector Richard Martin told SF Weekly that he's hopeful a man he arrested on May 7 on an outstanding felony warrant could be the mugger police are seeking behind last month's fatal purse snatching of 63-year-old Helen Canafax -- but more witnesses could be needed to prove the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2008

    Bitch Fights, Trannys and Big Surprises on Top Model

    Helen CanafaxHomicide Inspector Richard Martin told SF Weekly that he's hopeful a man he arrested on May 7 on an outstanding felony warrant could be the mugger police are seeking behind last month's fatal purse snatching of 63-year-old Helen Canafax -- but more witnesses could be needed to prove the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2008

    Jessica's Law Knocks Sex Offenders Off the Grid

    Helen CanafaxHomicide Inspector Richard Martin told SF Weekly that he's hopeful a man he arrested on May 7 on an outstanding felony warrant could be the mugger police are seeking behind last month's fatal purse snatching of 63-year-old Helen Canafax -- but more witnesses could be needed to prove the ... More >>

  • News

    October 17, 2007

    C.W. Obvious Discovers Bums in S.F.

    Helen CanafaxHomicide Inspector Richard Martin told SF Weekly that he's hopeful a man he arrested on May 7 on an outstanding felony warrant could be the mugger police are seeking behind last month's fatal purse snatching of 63-year-old Helen Canafax -- but more witnesses could be needed to prove the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2007

    The Call for “Vagrant” Hunters: San Francisco Chronicle’s homelessness crusade raises ethical questions

    Helen CanafaxHomicide Inspector Richard Martin told SF Weekly that he's hopeful a man he arrested on May 7 on an outstanding felony warrant could be the mugger police are seeking behind last month's fatal purse snatching of 63-year-old Helen Canafax -- but more witnesses could be needed to prove the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2007

    SF Main Library Bathroom: 'Glory Hole' No More'

    Helen CanafaxHomicide Inspector Richard Martin told SF Weekly that he's hopeful a man he arrested on May 7 on an outstanding felony warrant could be the mugger police are seeking behind last month's fatal purse snatching of 63-year-old Helen Canafax -- but more witnesses could be needed to prove the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2007

    Gavin, Golden Gate Park and the Homeless: A Theory

    Helen CanafaxHomicide Inspector Richard Martin told SF Weekly that he's hopeful a man he arrested on May 7 on an outstanding felony warrant could be the mugger police are seeking behind last month's fatal purse snatching of 63-year-old Helen Canafax -- but more witnesses could be needed to prove the ... More >>

  • News

    June 16, 2004

    Finding His Niche

    Steve Bingham, a famously exonerated ex-fugitive who advocates for the poor, helps lead the charge against Care Not Cash

  • News

    February 4, 2004

    A Tale Worth Retelling

    When an elderly man left the city millions to build apartments for homeless old folks, neighbors tried to block the project. Fortunately, they failed.

  • News

    December 10, 2003

    A Modest Post-Election Proposal

    For Preventing the Homeless People of San Francisco From Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and For Making Them Beneficial to the Public in an Energy-Efficient Manner

  • News

    December 3, 2003

    A Pair of Aces

    Either Newsom or Gonzalez will make a good mayor, but Gonzalez has the creative edge

  • News

    November 26, 2003

    Gaffing Gavin

    In which we head into the Tenderloin on a secret nocturnal mission

  • News

    July 9, 2003

    In-laws You Can Live With

    How a new law on in-law apartments can help solve S.F.'s housing shortage

  • News

    September 18, 2002

    Project Censored

    Lefty weeklies are always bitching about the mainstream press. Here're some rotten chestnuts we wish the alternative press would quit serving up.

  • News

    August 22, 2001

    A Brand of Justice

    Homelessness has put the city's image in danger. Our options: Hound the poor. Fine Safeway. Corrupt Lance Armstrong.

  • News

    April 7, 1999

    Pleasantville

    Over the years, homeless squatters have claimed the Albany Landfill as their own. Now it's time for them to leave ...

  • News

    December 16, 1998

    No Place Like Curb

    So many San Franciscans live in cars, vans, campers, and buses that the city wants to create a "vehicular community" where they could legally park. But if we build it, will the "houseless" come?

  • Film

    May 13, 1998

    The Larry David Show

    A movie about something, sort of

  • Calendar

    January 8, 1997

    The Grid

    A movie about something, sort of

  • News

    July 31, 1996

    Letters

    A movie about something, sort of

  • Dining

    January 24, 1996

    Dish

    A movie about something, sort of

  • News

    September 27, 1995

    Home Is Where the Car Is

    Tales of the wheeled homeless

  • News

    September 13, 1995

    The Straight Poop

    Human excrement in the parks -- dangerous or just dirty?

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