Calvin Welch
SF needs a mayor who will tax, spend, and regulate
With all the challenges facing the city, the next mayor has to be willing to challenge the corporate, growth, and tech agendas
How we beat Airbnb
The news media have missed the real story of how a community coalition organized, ran campaigns, educated, and eventually forced the giant corporation to quit posting illegal listings
Ed Lee’s development legacy and the end of ‘balanced growth’
A serious reflection on how the mayor presided over evictions, displacement, and the greatest economic inequality in modern history
Assault on local control equals deregulation of housing
Democrats in Sacramento guarantee that real-estate interests will trump affordability
The mayor’s latest housing plan won’t work
HOME SF is great for developers, but not for the rest of us
Scott Wiener’s housing straw man
The senator misses the point -- and the facts -- when he attacks people who don't think the private market will solve our woes
Alternative facts and the mayor’s housing plan
"Density bonus" for "middle-class housing" defies reality
Defending us from Trumpism? Jerry Brown is no help
His budget leaves cities on their own -- and Mayor Lee isn't doing much to help, either
The SF election: What happened?
How did progressives lose the Board of Supes -- and what can we do now?
Obama’s supply-side toolkit attacks local housing policy
The White House wants to overrule local zoning and inclusionary housing rules -- but won't give cities any money for affordable housing