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Tagged with: Aaron Peskin

What’s up with the Leaning Tower of Soma? The supes want to know

Will a new plan fix the Millennium Tower—or once again just make it worse? That's The Agenda for Jan 3-9

Supes learn of the serious problems with e-scooters—and how the city regulates them

People die and get injured. Scooters wind up in the Bay. And the rules are constantly ignored.

SF destroyed the lives of cab drivers—and is now trying to duck responsibility

SF sold drivers expensive permits, then let Uber and Lyft undermine the industry. Now the permits are worthless—and the city is doing nothing.

The high price of cops continues

Lawsuits allege homophobia, beatings. Plus: A developer violates city law for years—and wins. That's The Agenda for Oct. 31 to Nov. 7

In dramatic move, supes block huge luxury housing project in Soma

Debate shows city planners' utter failure to understand the role of market-rate housing in gentrification and displacement.

Saving Soma—and laundromats

The Agenda: Another massive development (and the loss of a place to wash your clothes) shows why zoning rules are really important.

In a direct assault on planning policy, supes reject Tenderloin tech dorms

Board makes clear, for perhaps the first time ever, that developer profits should not be a deciding factor in city housing policy.

Tenderloin project shows serious loopholes in SF planning rules

Developer can double the number of units, change the use—and present no financial data—and planners say it's still the same project.

Sorting out the upcoming election madness

Plus: Private electric-car charging in neighborhood curbsides? And a key vote on housing in the Tenderloin. That's The Agenda for Sept. 27-Oct. 4

Should SF ban the no-knock warrants that lead to Breonna Taylor’s death?

Plus: Juvenile justice, small-business rent relief, and a 'beach-to-the-Bay' bike path. That's The Agenda for Sept. 20-26.