@beyondchron.bsky.social
Founder and Director of San Francisco’sTenderloin Housing Clinic. Founder of the Tenderloin museum. Author: The Activist Handbook, Beyond the Fields and Generation Priced Out (all from UC Press) and The Tenderloin. Editor: BeyondChron.org
With activists focused on stopping Trump's destruction of democracy, we hear little about CA's 2026 governor's race. My story today breaks down the political chances of the top candidates, beyondchron.org/is-mahan-fro... @mattmahansj.bsky.social @bettyyeeforca.bsky.social @tonythurmond.bsky.social
09.02.2026 17:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This can’t be said often enough.
28.01.2026 22:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1How about the Reagan-Obama Airport?
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Why do builders and tenant advocates see SF's planned merger of Planning and DBI as a mistake? beyondchron.org/what-is-sfs-... @sflabor.bsky.social @sfplanning.bsky.social @ifpte21.bsky.social @sfdbi.bsky.social
26.01.2026 21:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Walz: "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody is gonna write that children's story about Minnesota."
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MLK Day should also offer a reminder of how #JesseJackson took King's movement to the next level, beyondchron.org/how-jesse-ja... @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
19.01.2026 15:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I recall J Anthony Lukas describing this being done in the big trial covered in The Big Trouble.
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We review John Sayles' just-released novel, Crucible. Great take on Detroit and American class and racial politics from 1920's-1945. #Crucible #Detroit beyondchron.org/sayles-cruci...
12.01.2026 17:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Who wins San Francisco's key political races in 2026? Here's our analysis, including the governor's race, beyondchron.org/san-francisc... @scottwiener.bsky.social #SanFrancisco @robbonta.bsky.social
05.01.2026 15:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Save the Date! I'll be discussing my updated book on SF's historic Tenderloin on Sunday January 11 at 1pm. Pick up The Tenderloin: Sex, Crime and Resistance in the Heart of San Francisco and join us. Here's the invite, bit.ly/3XWHCLY @sflabor.bsky.social @sfstandard.com
30.12.2025 17:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This post reminds me of an event I attended in 1976 when William Coleman, President Ford's Transportation Secretary, told us that while people keep pushing for more train service that nearly all the routes were slower than alternatives.
15.12.2025 18:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
2025 has been a difficult year for America---but it also showed the power of resistance, beyondchron.org/what-we-lear... #NoKings @simonwdc.bsky.social @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
15.12.2025 15:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A great chance to get a unique gift that supports the @tenderloinmuseum.bsky.social
14.12.2025 00:35 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I added a sentence to address your concern.
09.12.2025 00:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I made it clear that tenants in duplexes have no reason to fear demolitions and cited SB330.
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Plans for a 25-story housing development on the Marina Safeway adds fuel to the divisive fight over Mayor Lurie's Family Zoning Plan. My story analyzes the political impact of the project and the Plan. beyondchron.org/the-fight-fo... @sfmohcd.bsky.social @sfplanning.bsky.social @sfdemocrats.org
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Why SPUR's proposed charter reform has many good ideas but one is very bad for tenants. See beyondchron.org/spur-fails-t... @spur-urbanist.bsky.social #Tenants #SanFrancisco
17.11.2025 15:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
San Francisco's best strategy for reducing homelessness, beyondchron.org/sfs-permanen... #Homelessness @nlihc.org @naehomelessness.bsky.social
10.11.2025 15:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Prop 50 win adds to @gavinnewsom.bsky.social's historic legacy, beyondchron.org/is-newsom-be...
05.11.2025 16:03 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
We assess #Mamdani, #Prop50, NYC housing measures and two key Governor races. beyondchron.org/election-pre... @opennewyork.org
@hellgateny.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social
Nancy Pelosi's expected retirement offers San Francisco the first chance since 1987 to elect a new member of Congress. @scottwiener.bsky.social announced he's running. Connie Chan has not announced but many are encouraging her. beyondchron.org/can-connie-c... #NancyPelosi
27.10.2025 18:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The National Guard came to San Francisco in 2023. Here's what it accomplished, beyondchron.org/national-gua... #NationalGuard #Benioff @gavinnewsom.bsky.social
20.10.2025 14:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Can there be a San Francisco "comeback" without closing the many open-air sidewalk drug markets? Here are the facts behind the city's "progress," beyondchron.org/how-do-we-me... @mattdorsey.bsky.social @stephensherrill.bsky.social
14.10.2025 14:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Simon Rosenberg has a much more positive assessment of her campaign.
09.10.2025 14:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Great News! On to air conditioning.
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I see enough evidence to provide an early take on the race to succeed Nancy Pelosi, beyondchron.org/pelosis-re-e... @scottwiener.bsky.social @christinepelosi.bsky.social @saikatforcongress.bsky.social
06.10.2025 16:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Join me Wednesday at 12:30 @uclawsf.bsky.social
for a talk about my new book and how City Hall has long mistreated SF's Tenderloin. Event details in link to story, beyondchron.org/how-sf-city-... #Tenderloin #SanFrancisco
How Trump's privatization plans will negatively impact California vets, beyondchron.org/can-vets-in-... #Veterans @vetsat.bsky.social
29.09.2025 20:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Looking forward to sharing the Tenderloin’s rich history on October 8. Join us!
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