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News + Politics

Demolish rent-controlled housing? New Wiener bill could wipe out restrictions

Tim Redmond -
Plus: Politics and Pride. That's The Agenda for June 19-July 6
Campaign Trail

Wiener tries to fundraise—for himself—from Peskin mayoral campaign announcement

Tim Redmond -
Plus: Will the right-wing candidates really do an anti-Peskin RCV strategy?
Business + Tech

Wiener wants to regulate AI—but not help people whose jobs are destroyed

Tim Redmond -
Half a million people in this state make a living as drivers; if robots replace them, how will they survive? That's not on the Wiener agenda.
Housing

Why the Wiener housing bills will never work—and could destroy the coast. A detailed primer

Michael Barnes -
An economist explains the reality of the housing market, economic inequality, developer profits, and threats to the environment.
Development

Wiener wants to allow more big development along the Ocean Beach coast

Tim Redmond -
A very strange 'power grab' that makes no policy sense—unless you want Miami Beach in the Outer Sunset.
COVID

I have long COVID—and Sen. Scott Wiener wouldn’t help

Galen Panger -
Things are not back to normal. This is a huge crisis. The state needs to step in.
Housing

Does Scott Wiener understand the basics of the housing market?

Zelda Bronstein -
Based in his recent comments, apparently not.
The Agenda

The housing crisis Scott Wiener created

Tim Redmond -
Demolitions. Displacement. And zero new affordable housing. That's the bill the state senator got passed, and the supes have to deal with it this week.
Housing

What Wiener wrought: Demolition and oversized housing meeting no need

Tim Redmond -
Castro project too tall, too expensive, no family housing, probably corporate rentals—but the city has to approve it anyway.
Development

Wiener, the Yimbys, and the 50-story tower

Zelda Bronstein -
An ambitious politician is backing away from the Yimby position in the face of a project that is going to be deeply unpopular.
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