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Housing

How corporate rentals are taking away rent-controlled housing

Tim Redmond - January 20, 2020

During the Planning Commission’s hearing last Thursday on corporate rentals, Peter Cohen, co-director of the Council of Community Housing Organizations, made a critical point. “We...

Campaign Trail

With Fewer retiring, Connie Chan takes up progressive banner in D1

Tim Redmond - January 18, 2020

District 1 has a remarkable political history. It’s not, by definition, one of the most left-leaning parts of the city. The voters who tend...

Housing

Real-estate industry rebels at modest measure to limit corporate rentals

Tim Redmond - January 15, 2020

The real-estate industry and the San Francisco Planning Department are going crazy over a rather modest proposal by Sup. Aaron Peskin to limit corporate...

News + Politics

Supes poised to create 12 new districts where vacancy tax can be assessed

Tim Redmond - January 13, 2020

The Board of Supes is moving to create a dozen new neighborhood commercial districts – a move that will bring more of the city...

Housing

Why so little state money for housing?

Tim Redmond - January 12, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing the biggest budget in state history, $220 billion,which is a huge number, and it shows that Newsom, unlike his...

Housing

Wiener’s housing deregulation bill is back!

Tim Redmond - January 5, 2020

State Sen. Scott Wiener will hold a press conference and rally in Oakland Tuesday/7 to announce that he’s re-introducing a new version of his...

News + Politics

Should a developer lawyer be on the Planning Commission?

Tim Redmond - November 17, 2019

For the first time in at least my 37 years of covering city politics – and possibly much longer – a lawyer who has...

News + Politics

SF could have a public bank by 2020

Jeantelle Laberinto - November 12, 2019

San Francisco is moving closer to having its own public bank. Today, Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer, alongside the San Francisco Public Bank Coalition, gathered on...

Campaign Trail

The future of SF politics

Tim Redmond - November 10, 2019

If you spent any time in the headquarters of the campaigns for Chesa Boudin or Dean Preston, if you spent any time on the...

News + Politics

In dramatic hearing, Haney housing measure moves forward

Tim Redmond - October 22, 2019

The Land Use and Transportation Committee yesterday moved forward a plan to increase the fee office developers pay for housing after a remarkable hearing...

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How corporate rentals are taking away rent-controlled housing

With Fewer retiring, Connie Chan takes up progressive banner in D1

Real-estate industry rebels at modest measure to limit corporate rentals

Supes poised to create 12 new districts where vacancy tax can be assessed

Why so little state money for housing?

Wiener’s housing deregulation bill is back!

Should a developer lawyer be on the Planning Commission?

SF could have a public bank by 2020

The future of SF politics

In dramatic hearing, Haney housing measure moves forward

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