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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

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Again, the Chron misses the (critical) point on housing

Zoning rules aren't stopping construction, period. It's all about capital and finance—so blaming affordable housing activists is wrong.

Should shopping malls become housing? Yes—but only if the state does it right

The Legislature has responded to affordable-housing developers. But there's a lot of unfinished work to protect vulnerable communities.

Newsom wants emergency $1.4 billion PG&E nuclear bailout—now

Fast-track bill would override state regulation and give criminal utility taxpayer money for a plant that isn't safe—and he wants a vote this week.

The City Hall corruption probe may not be over

That sound you hear is the shoes falling from the City Hall corruption scandal: Mohammed Nuru is going to prison for as long as...

Building where 11 Chinese immigrants were evicted gets held to scrutiny

Planning Commission votes 4-1 to demand changes—and to keep track of the future use to prevent the place from getting flipped.

District 4 contender won’t call for candidate with anti-Semitic comments to drop out

Joel Engardio shows no indication that he wants Leanna Louie out of the race.

New sheriff’s oversight agency off to a disturbing start

Already, the Mayor's Office is moving to take control and undermine an effective effort to hold the deputies accountable.

Gavin Newsom cares more about his political future than people dying of drug overdoses

The only reason he vetoed a life-saving bill: He wants to run for president. Why are we surprised?

Evictions, displacement and a discretionary review on the edge of Chinatown

Plus: Will there be real civilian oversight of the Sheriff's Office? That's The Agenda for Aug. 21-28

Are yimbys the new progressives? Only in a bizarre Wonderland

The supporters of the 'build-at-all-costs' position ignore a half-century of history and the realities of the modern housing market

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