The next board president
No, it's not just a title. Here's our best case scenario, and a word of advice for City HallEDITORIAL The president of the Board of Supervisors does more than bang the gavel at meetings, tell people to...
View ArticleTime to enforce the law
Airbnb owes the city some money -- will we ever collect?EDITORIAL The new tech companies that are making waves in San Francisco — Airbnb in the short-term rental business and Lyft and Uber in the taxi...
View ArticleA win for the tenants
A compromise that actually improves the current situation and could help slow the wave of speculative evictions EDITORIAL In a stunning victory, tenant advocates have managed to derail a terrible...
View ArticleMr. Mayor: Stop supporting tax cheats
Businesses don't write the law books, remember?EDITORIAL Mayor Ed Lee's love affair with all things tech shouldn't extend to allowing a large company to cheat on local taxes.It's no secret that Airbnb,...
View ArticleThe Guardian is dead, long live the Guardian
We want to take this opportunity to start a conversation with our readers in the hopes that our next steps can be constructive and deliberateEDITORIAL First of all, we at the Bay Guardian want to thank...
View ArticleSo now what?
The city celebrates equality, but still leaves many behindEDITORIAL The scene at City Hall on Friday, June 28 could have been a video rewind of 2004's Winter of Love: a surprise announcement granting...
View ArticleMore ill winds
America's Cup -- or America's flop?EDITORIAL After years of hype, the 34th America's Cup finally got underway on the San Francisco Bay this past week — with a single boat formally winning in a match...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin: Can it happen here?
OPINION Like many others I have been captivated by the proceedings in the Trayvon Martin case. Personally, and as a member of the Board of Supervisors, it has inspired disappointment, outrage,...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin: Guns escalate conflicts
OPINION The tragedy of Trayvon Martin's death is not merely the loss an innocent young boy's life, nor the criminal justice system's failure to provide justice, though those are wounds we struggle to...
View ArticleWhy democracy matters
EDITORIAL There's a troubling anti-democratic trend taking place in this country, one that's been recently reflected everywhere from the US Supreme Court's decision to strike down key provisions of the...
View ArticleSupporting unions helps all workers
EDITORIAL The San Francisco Bay Area has traditionally been very pro-labor, from the days when legendary longshoreman leader Harry Bridges led the San Francisco General Strike of 1934 to the modern era...
View ArticleGet tough with defiant disrupters
EDITORIAL It may sometimes seem like we at the Bay Guardian don't like the technology industry, but nothing could be further from the truth. We tweet, click, post, and share, playing with all the hot...
View ArticleThe time is now to fix Muni
EDITORIAL San Franciscans love to bash Muni, but this city would be a gridlocked nightmare without it. Despite its many flaws, Muni does a pretty good job at getting people around the city,...
View ArticleProtect local power and control
EDITORIAL There's a growing stench of political corruption — or, at the very least, hidden agendas aimed at subverting popular will in favor of entrenched corporate interests — emanating from the...
View ArticleAnti-cyclist bias must stop
EDITORIAL The streets of San Francisco can be dangerous enough for their most vulnerable users — pedestrians and bicyclists — without the aggressive, insensitive, and judgmental attitudes that have...
View ArticleForget the Willie Brown Bay Bridge
EDITORIAL As the California Legislature prepares to wrap up before fall recess, a resolution is working its way through the approval process to rename the western span of the Bay Bridge the "Willie L....
View ArticleExpand protections for small businesses
Jake Spade controversy shows need for more reformsEDITORIAL Corporations and chain stores are crafty, and they can always find creative ways to get around whatever barriers that cities and counties...
View ArticleChallenge Mayor Lee and his lies
EDITORIAL In the long history of San Francisco political corruption caused by Pacific Gas & Electric's willingness to do and spend whatever it takes to hold onto the energy monopoly that it...
View ArticleLessons of the BART standoff
EDITORIAL BART and its unions reached a tentative deal on new contracts late Monday (10/21) night, the next day restoring service that had been disrupted by the second four-day strike this year. Now,...
View ArticleJoin the movement
EDITORIAL San Francisco is headed for a showdown. Those who see the city as primarily a place to make money and who want to leave its fate to the mercy of market forces are being confronted by a...
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