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Who gets to plan SF’s future—and will the people who live here have a say?

Tim Redmond -
That's the essential issue in the Nov. 5 local election. Here's some historical context.
Housing

Real estate industry seeks state bill to take advantage of key affordable housing bond

Zelda Bronstein -
Wicks measure could override local requirements, make higher profits for private developers.
Development

Pending state bill would allow developers to make more big local land-use decisions

Zelda Bronstein -
Under the radar, a Wicks-Bonta housing bill changes the standards for projects in a way that undermines any professional planning standards.
News + Politics

Can SF even do basic fire safety without state bills getting in the way?

Tim Redmond -
A basic, simple rule to protect lives faced a challenge because it might slow the production of more market-rate housing.
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.
Housing

New laws seek to end private developer risk, burdening public instead

Zelda Bronstein -
Why should cities and counties guarantee profits for builders and push the costs of growth onto the local taxpayers?
Development

Lots of housing laws. Not much housing

Zelda Bronstein -
Hearing, data show how the state's 'streamlining' supply-side approach is failing.
Development

Should developers bulldoze 100,000 houses on the west side of town?

Tim Redmond -
It's not an idle question. It's part of the mayor's housing agenda. And it's not going to lead to more affordability.
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.
Housing

Wiener bill would kick elected officials out of critical land-use and housing decisions

Zelda Bronstein -
If cities don't meet the state's impossible housing goals, unelected bureaucrats could be approving development projects with no oversight.

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