Housing

The surreal world of the supes and the Lurie [Rich] Family Zoning Plan

Are real estate speculators going to make housing affordable? Or is Scott Wiener forcing us to displace existing vulnerable communities?

Housing Tim Redmond - October 21, 2025

Protesting Donald Trump is not enough

We need to demand elected officials address economic inequality at every level—including here at home

Housing Tim Redmond - October 20, 2025

A pro-growth Yimby ally has some untimely questions about Wiener’s new bill

Veteran planner Bill Fulton is all about more housing, but he isn't sure that SB 79 will work. He could have said that sooner.

Housing Zelda Bronstein - October 19, 2025

Berkeley’s city planning ‘cancel culture’

Small shops and the public cut out of the process of upzoning three neighborhoods

Housing Zelda Bronstein - October 9, 2025

Drug policy

Dorsey wants to block city funding for supportive housing that isn’t drug-free

Tim Redmond - October 7, 2025

Bill is a direct challenge to years of data-driven policy that focuses on 'housing first' and harm reduction

Homelessness

Catch a new film about the brutality of sweeps and attacks on the unhoused

Tiny - October 7, 2025

With no love from Hollywood, 'Crushing Wheelchairs' gets two Bay Area screenings

Housing

New study shows why Lurie’s zoning plan will never make housing affordable

Tim Redmond - September 24, 2025

Detailed housing data from 2015 to 2022 shows that developers aren't building what the city needs—and are damaging vulnerable communities

News + Politics

Watch: 48 Hills’ Tim Redmond talks Engardio recall, ‘family zoning plan’ on Doomloop Dispatch

Tim Redmond - September 24, 2025

Our editor appeared on the podcast to delve into the roots of the housing crisis and discuss how to fight another tech takeover.

Housing

The bizarre incompetence of Wiener’s SB 79

Michael Barnes - September 22, 2025

Do that math: This will never work. And it undermines all the twisted efforts cities are making to comply with RHNA

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Housing

Strange (and maybe inappropriate) actions at the Planning Commission …

Tim Redmond - September 15, 2025

... plus an attack on preservation in North Beach, and has the privatized zoo improved enough to get another $3 million? That's The Agenda for Sept. 14 to 21

Housing

Planning Commission passes Lurie plan over strong community opposition

Serena Finney and Tim Redmond - September 12, 2025

Key measure advances to Board of Supes, where neighbors from the swing vote districts will be pitted against the mayor and the big developers

Housing

Mayor will face opponents to zoning plan at rallies outside of City Hall

Tim Redmond - September 10, 2025

Press conference, silent protest marks first official meeting on upzoning proposal. Here's what to look for

Housing

Opposition grows to Lurie’s zoning plan that would transform San Francisco

Tim Redmond - September 9, 2025

Tenants, neighborhood groups, and some supes are saying the plan will hurt renters and small businesses—and needs more environmental review

Homelessness

The lie of ‘equity considerations’ in Oakland attack on the unhoused

Tiny - September 8, 2025

Use all the nice language you want—it still means destroying lives

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Homelessness

The unfairness of the RV eviction process

Charlie Fisch - August 27, 2025

The SFMTA can make life a lot easier for RV dwellers—but so far, the agency refuses

Housing

A democratic socialist victory: Affordable housing on Divisadero

Dean Preston - August 26, 2025

Taxing the rich to build social housing works—and this project proves it

Housing

How to unsell Mama Earth

Tiny - August 17, 2025

A radical new strategy to remove land from ever being sold, rented, or used for evictions

Opinion

In the context of a banana republic, Trump’s homeless policy makes perfect sense

Paul Boden - August 11, 2025

It's all about moving money to the ruling class—and getting the rest of us out of the way

Housing

Small Business Commission rejects (for now) Lurie’s upzoning plan

Tim Redmond - August 3, 2025

Panel says the threats to local merchants are serious—and the city isn't doing enough to stop displacement

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Housing

The surreal world of the supes and the Lurie [Rich] Family Zoning Plan

Protesting Donald Trump is not enough

A pro-growth Yimby ally has some untimely questions about Wiener’s new bill

Berkeley’s city planning ‘cancel culture’

Dorsey wants to block city funding for supportive housing that isn’t drug-free

Catch a new film about the brutality of sweeps and attacks on the unhoused

New study shows why Lurie’s zoning plan will never make housing affordable

Watch: 48 Hills’ Tim Redmond talks Engardio recall, ‘family zoning plan’ on Doomloop Dispatch

The bizarre incompetence of Wiener’s SB 79

Strange (and maybe inappropriate) actions at the Planning Commission …

Planning Commission passes Lurie plan over strong community opposition

Mayor will face opponents to zoning plan at rallies outside of City Hall

Opposition grows to Lurie’s zoning plan that would transform San Francisco

The lie of ‘equity considerations’ in Oakland attack on the unhoused

The unfairness of the RV eviction process

A democratic socialist victory: Affordable housing on Divisadero

How to unsell Mama Earth

In the context of a banana republic, Trump’s homeless policy makes perfect sense

Small Business Commission rejects (for now) Lurie’s upzoning plan

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