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Fewer calls on city to ‘blow up’ taxi permit system

Tim Redmond - June 11, 2019

Sup. Sandra Lee Fewer yesterday called for the city to “blow up” its current taxi permit system, find a way to pay back drivers...

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SF breaks America’s heart, says Washington Post

Tim Redmond - May 23, 2019

Early in the San Francisco Planning Commission meeting today, Commissioner Dennis Richards mentioned the recent Washington Post article – How San Francisco broke America's...

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Court to hear arguments on police raid of reporters house

Tim Redmond - May 20, 2019

The fate of the property of journalist Bryan Carmody – and the role of the local courts in allowing a clearly illegal search warrant...

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Uber is already undermining public transit …

Tim Redmond - May 9, 2019

Uber’s newly revealed goal of damaging public transit is already working in San Francisco, a new study shows. It comes in the wake of...

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Wiener’s ‘transit-oriented development’ bill screws public transit

Calvin Welch - May 2, 2019

State Sen. Scott Wiener is promoting his housing bill, SB 50, as an example of environmental progress, since the measure is pushing transit-oriented development...

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Hello Kitty to ‘Happy Cleaners’: Asian American film shines at CAAMFest

Dennis Harvey - May 1, 2019

From SF’s own Chinatown to the crisscrossing currents of transnational adoption, this year’s CAAMFest—formerly known as the San Francisco Asian American Film Festival—covers the...

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Tech IPOS will radically increase housing costs and inequality, report shows

Tim Redmond - April 28, 2019

The six tech IPOs that are likely to happen in the next year could drive up housing prices as much as 11 percent –...

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Should the tech boom pay the costs of the tech boom?

Tim Redmond - April 21, 2019

The Board of Supes will discuss two very different issues this week that are actually closely related and could inform some productive discussion about...

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How to take housing out of the private market

Tim Redmond - March 31, 2019

Go through any of the real-estate-listings databases, and you’ll see dozens of small rental properties – typically places with four-to-six units – on the...

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Mar seeks to fund Free City College without ballot campaign

Michael Toren - March 26, 2019

Sup. Gordon Mar is exploring ways to fund the Free City College program for the next decade without going to the ballot. For two years,...

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Fewer calls on city to ‘blow up’ taxi permit system

SF breaks America’s heart, says Washington Post

Court to hear arguments on police raid of reporters house

Uber is already undermining public transit …

Wiener’s ‘transit-oriented development’ bill screws public transit

Hello Kitty to ‘Happy Cleaners’: Asian American film shines at CAAMFest

Tech IPOS will radically increase housing costs and inequality, report shows

Should the tech boom pay the costs of the tech boom?

How to take housing out of the private market

Mar seeks to fund Free City College without ballot campaign

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