Jim Chappell

SF turns to junkies for security, state plans to "spray first, ask questions later."

Chron 2.0

Driving San Francisco Sane

Although the city has more cars per square mile than either New York or L.A., driving in S.F. is no nightmare. In fact, once its intricacies are mastered, motoring here can be downright civilized – and civilizing.

According to Plan

If both mayoral candidates keep their promises, San Francisco could build the high-rise housing it needs – and be even more beautiful than it is

Arrested Development

Mayor Brown is pushing for quick approval of a Hunters Point Shipyard redevelopment plan that gives a lot to homebuilding giant Lennar, and not nearly enough to the city or the shipyard's neighbors

Lee Way

The public career path of Andrew Lee explains a lot about what's wrong with Willie Brown's style of politics and governance

Letters to the Editor

There Are No Bad Books, Only Bad Writers;No New Is Good New;The Pleasure of Pain; Corrections

Out With the New, In With the Old

The fear of change has been an ongoing parable of San Francisco. The city needs a new parable.

Disaster Plans

Face it -- Props K and L both stink as ways to manage growth. But we have another option.

Dog Bites

Renfrew report; Mercury News; Dot-com junkies; Propositions K and L

Neighborhood Lockdown

The Mission may be getting its first gated housing development

The Redevelopment Sinkhole

Years of reckless borrowing have sent the city's Redevelopment Agency spiraling into debt. Mayor Brown's pet projects may flush it down the drain entirely.