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McGary is part of a Castro district pilot which has proven successful at helping find people paths to housing, shelter, and treatment. The city is now looking at replicating it in other neighborhoods. 6/7
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Once trust is established with clients, she can better understand what resources they need and connect them with the right city programs and offices. 4/7
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Downtown San Francisco may fall into an “urban doom loop,” and if office building owners hold out for new tech tenants, vacancies could get worse. How can S.F. reverse direction? @NYUStern professor @arpitrage shared his thoughts on #FixingOurCity. LISTEN: trib.al/9Y91fEa
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San Francisco is at risk of falling into an urban doom loop. But it’s not too late to avoid it, says @arpitrage. One potential avenue for staving it off? Rethinking the funding model for public transit. New from #FixingOurCity. LISTEN: trib.al/8Zn9L9M
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What will it take to make San Francisco livable for the blue-collar workers who make the city run? The former tenant rights attorney turned District 5 Supervisor says that adding market rate housing won’t make a significant dent in unaffordability. 3/5
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@DeanPreston knows the @SFPD budget intimately because he has scrutinized it line by line. The District 5 Supervisor is convinced millions could be cut with no noticeable impact. He pointed out some of the expenses he finds wasteful. 2/5
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