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Economy

If SF wants to revitalize downtown, why not buy up these dirt-cheap buildings?

Tim Redmond - May 7, 2024

An entire 14-story highrise for $6.5 million? That could be 150 artist studios. And there's so much more to come.

Environment

New report says we can’t save the planet without taxing the rich

Tim Redmond - November 20, 2023

Oxfam says there is no such thing as an effective climate plan that isn't also an economic equality plan.

The Agenda

The (other) big problems with APEC

Tim Redmond - November 12, 2023

Powerful CEOs and politicians meet in secret to promote global catastrophe. Plus: Judges, cops, and crime ... That's The Agenda for Nov. 12 to 19

Economy

Opposition grows to Breed’s APEC boosterism—and the massive security plans

Tim Redmond - October 25, 2023

Small businesses, seniors, hotel workers, Soma residents say the billionaire party will hurt them badly.

Economy

If we are going to bail out the banks, what about the flooded farmworkers?

Tim Redmond - March 14, 2023

Most of this bailout discussion is missing the point.

Economy

As the rich party in Davos, a new study shows the importance of a global wealth tax

Tim Redmond - January 17, 2023

This needs to be on the agenda of political leaders at every level, from Congress to the SF Board of Supes.

Economy

The Golden Goose is dead

John Elberling - October 24, 2022

For decades, the city's elite touted downtown development as the savior of SF economy. That era is now officially over.

Economy

What if we let artists and homeless people take over all the empty SF office space?

Tim Redmond - May 18, 2022

The old work model is over, and downtown and the local economy is going to suffer—unless we get creative about the future.

Economy

I don’t want Gavin Newsom’s $400 gift card

Tim Redmond - March 24, 2022

If he sends me one, I'm sending it to the Coalition on Homelessness. But it's still a terrible idea.

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Economy

If SF wants to revitalize downtown, why not buy up these dirt-cheap buildings?

New report says we can’t save the planet without taxing the rich

The (other) big problems with APEC

Opposition grows to Breed’s APEC boosterism—and the massive security plans

If we are going to bail out the banks, what about the flooded farmworkers?

As the rich party in Davos, a new study shows the importance of a global wealth tax

The Golden Goose is dead

What if we let artists and homeless people take over all the empty SF office space?

I don’t want Gavin Newsom’s $400 gift card

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