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Alternative facts and the mayor’s housing plan

February 28, 2017

Mayor Ed Lee two weeks ago launched a new effort to bring about "affordable" housing opportunities for San Franciscans by proposing, as he did...

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Defending us from Trumpism? Jerry Brown is no help

January 22, 2017

At the heart of the appeal of Trump's successful campaign message was (is) the accusation that the leadership of the Democratic party was (is)...

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The SF election: What happened?

December 2, 2016

The 2016 election may well be a turning point in our national and local politics. The problem is that it’s unclear what direction the...

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Obama’s supply-side toolkit attacks local housing policy

October 4, 2016

On September 27th the Obama administration released a "Housing Development Toolkit" promoting a deregulation program for market rate housing development at the local level....

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The Chron’s C.W. Nevius again gets the housing market all wrong

September 21, 2016

The Chron’s C.W. Nevius announced last week for all the honest world to see that the law of supply and demand is alive and...

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The real housing record of London Breed

September 12, 2016

Sup. London Breed’s campaign website makes the ambiguous claim that she is “creating more affordable housing,” as if she has a hammer and is...

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A real answer to the mayor’s (latest) bogus housing plan

May 16, 2016

Market based “solutions” to our housing affordability crisis come and go like spring fashions; only the crisis persists. Eight years ago, it was removing maximum...

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The lessons of last fall’s Airbnb campaign

May 2, 2016

Last month, at its annual meeting in Puerto Rico, the American Association of Political Consultants gave the $10M Airbnb-financed No on F campaign its...

Calvin Welch

Alternative facts and the mayor’s housing plan

Defending us from Trumpism? Jerry Brown is no help

The SF election: What happened?

Obama’s supply-side toolkit attacks local housing policy

The Chron’s C.W. Nevius again gets the housing market all wrong

The real housing record of London Breed

A real answer to the mayor’s (latest) bogus housing plan

The lessons of last fall’s Airbnb campaign

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