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The School Newspaper of Urban School of San Francisco

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Civic Center Plaza on Feb. 20, 2018.

San Francisco mayoral candidates share their visions for the city

Eli Gordon, Staff Writer March 28, 2018

In the wake of former San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee’s unexpected death in December  2017, a special election for mayor will be held this coming June. With eight candidates, including prominent city politicians...

California declares state of emergency due to hepatitis A outbreak

Katherine Weltzien, Staff Writer November 16, 2017

On October 13, 2017, California Governor Edmund Gerald Brown declared a state of emergency due to the recent hepatitis A outbreak in Southern California in order to secure sufficient hepatitis A vaccines,...

Photo of a homeless encampment by Olivia Meehan, Head Photographer.

San Francisco implements Prop Q

Lily Daniel, Staff Writer May 18, 2017

 According to Investopedia, San Francisco is the second most expensive city in the United States. According to The American Council on Science and Health, it’s also home to one of the biggest homeless...

Rain, Super Bowl shed light on Homelessness in the Haight

Aleah Jennings-Newhouse, Staff Writer March 23, 2016

According to the San Francisco 2015 Homeless Point-in-Time Count and Survey, about 7,000 of San Francisco’s nearly 850,000 residents are homeless. But, depending on where you are in the city, homelessness...

Activist Paul Boden talks about homelessness during an April 2012 interview at the headquarters of the organization he heads, the Western Regional Advocacy Project. Photo by Sonia Bartlett.

Boden sheds new light on homelessness

Tessa Petrich, Staff Writer May 31, 2012

Homelessness is something America can end, and Paul Boden believes he knows how. Living on the streets at the age of 16 — the same age as about a quarter of the students at Urban — was more than...

Students, city leaders debate proposed sit/lie ordinance for San Franciscos Haight Street

Students, city leaders debate proposed sit/lie ordinance for San Francisco’s Haight Street

Madeleine May and Jenna Waldman, Staff writers March 30, 2010
Should the homeless who live on Haight Street in San Francisco be subject to a sit/lie ordinance? Students at The Urban School, which is located in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, have mixed opinions, echoing the debate between the city's supervisors and San Francisco's new police chief
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