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From Dark Past, City College Student Looks to Bright Future

From Dark Past, City College Student Looks to Bright Future

This piece was originally published in Vol. 161, Issue 3 of The Guardsman and is being republished as part of San Francisco's city-wide focus on homelessness on June 29, 2016. For more information about this effort, visit http://projects.sfchronicle.com/sf-homeless/.

Homeless Displacement Reveals City’s Values

Homeless Displacement Reveals City’s Values

By Cassie Ordonio The removal of the homeless on San Francisco’s Division Street demonstrates how low this city has sunk itself into a pithole—it’s disgusting. Stretching from Division between 11th Street and South Van Ness Avenue, city officials gave the homeless a 72-hour notice to “clean up”

Super Bowl City Sparks Community Outcry

Countless protests emerged during Super Bowl week where activists accused Mayor Ed Lee and San Francisco police of displacing the homeless to make way for Super Bowl City. On February 3, 2016, Stuart Schuffman, a 2015 mayoral candidate known to locals as Broke-Ass Stuart, organized the #tacklehomelessness protest. Supporters pitched

Super Bowl Brings Bad Business

Super Bowl Brings Bad Business

By Pablo Reyes Super Bowl 50 is being played this year at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. roughly 40 miles from San Francisco. The NFL and Super Bowl City have descended upon the beautiful city of San Francisco and they are like an ugly ill fitting, cheap suit.