Welfare Policy

Warrants? We don't need no stinking warrants!

SF Weekly Exclusive -- It's Official: San Francisco Repeats as Soweto USA

By Matt SmithFor the third year running San Francisco has managed its public housing as the equivalent of a Third World slum. New information from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development confirms that San Francisco's Housing Authority -- which oversees 6,400 apartments, housing 35, ... More >>

Letters to the Editor

Week of 4-11-2007

You're Not There

Week of 4-11-2007

S.F. Hosing Authority

City government promised Katrina victims a haven, then it gave some of them the shaft

South to the Future

Live/Workfare: A Public Housing Resident Fights for the Right to Start a Home Business

South to the Future

The Party After the Party: What to Do With the "Y2K Dividend"

Labor Games

San Francisco is spending $5 million on a flag-waving, candy-bar-giving, feel-good course called Express to Success, hoping it will move welfare recipients into jobs. But no one is measuring the success -- or failure -- of the program itself.

Nickel-and-Diming Problem Kids

In the name of fiscal prudence, Congress has ordered that a whole class of poor, troubled children be "redetermined"

Desperately Seeking Citizenship

With the advent of new federal welfare rules for elderly immigrants, S.F.'s oldest and poorest are running out of time

Mulch

With the advent of new federal welfare rules for elderly immigrants, S.F.'s oldest and poorest are running out of time

Unspun

With the advent of new federal welfare rules for elderly immigrants, S.F.'s oldest and poorest are running out of time

The Grid

With the advent of new federal welfare rules for elderly immigrants, S.F.'s oldest and poorest are running out of time

The Grid

With the advent of new federal welfare rules for elderly immigrants, S.F.'s oldest and poorest are running out of time

Mulch

With the advent of new federal welfare rules for elderly immigrants, S.F.'s oldest and poorest are running out of time

Weak Foundation

The post of homeless coordinator may be so much window dressing

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

The post of homeless coordinator may be so much window dressing

SF Weekly Letters

The post of homeless coordinator may be so much window dressing

Stimulating Debate

S.F.'s employment rate is relatively good, but city leaders can still create more jobs. Here's how.

Disturbing Video Released Showing How Badly Pigs Are Abused

Earlier this morning we told you about the sad story of how hidden video captured how badly piglets were abused at Iowa Select Farms, which supplies the meat to companies, including Safeway. Today, Mercy For Animals, a national animal rights organization, released the graphic video before calling on ... More >>