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Marke B.

Marke B.
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Marke Bieschke is the publisher and arts and culture editor of 48 Hills. He co-owns the Stud bar in SoMa. Reach him at marke (at) 48hills.org, follow @supermarke on Twitter.

Politics on Wednesday: Tony Kelly files, Ammiano fights for Healthy SF … and the rock band that makes (much) more money than Twitter

(So, I was up in Sacramento on the tenant bus yesterday. This week, the Politics on Tuesday Column is called Politics on Wednesday.) FEB. 19,...

Statewide tenant movement comes alive in Sacramento. Where was Leland?

Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (center) addresses the tenant rally, with State Sen. Mark Leno (left) and Supervisors David Campos and John Avalos (behind Ammiano) looking...

Why techies are the new yuppies

By Annalee Newitz Back in the 1980s, people talked about the 1 percent by referring to "young urban professionals," or yuppies. The term was supposed...

At a half-million bucks to build one unit, how is the market ever going to solve SF’s housing problem?

By Tim Redmond There are two interesting articles in the latest Urbanist, a magazine published by the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association –...

BREAKING: 8 Washington backers sue over waterfront height limits initiative

By Tim Redmond Whatdya know? A few hours after I questioned Randy Shaw's analysis of the legal weakness of the waterfront height measure (and said...

Another odd attack on the waterfront height measure

By Tim Redmond Randy Shaw has a big detailed expose of why the waterfront ballot measure might not be legal and could be taken off...

Another way to look at housing in SF

By Tim Redmond I teach a class in SF political history at SF State's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and this morning my guest speaker was...

Wow, now they really do think they are gods

By Tim Redmond FEB, 13, 2014 -- It's not enough for the Google buses to park in Muni stops. Now they're parking in the middle...

City Beat: On Michael Sam’s “lifestyle”

By Tim Redmond Most of everything written in the local press about Michael Sam has been supportive, wonderful, just what Bay Area media coverage of...

Politics on Tuesday: The tenant vote, D10 – and a place where housing prices just go down

By Tim Redmond FEB. 11, 2014 -- There was a telling moment at the tenant convention this weekend, a hint at how the race for...