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Government of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich

John Elberling - August 10, 2020

Editor's note: Plan Bay Area, a joint effort of the Association of Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, is creating a "blueprint"...

Housing

Supes to vote on Wiener’s development bill

Tim Redmond - December 3, 2019

A Board of Supes committee will decide Thursday/5whether to oppose state Sen. Scott Wiener’s SB 50– and at this point, there are eight votes...

Housing

Mayor Breed sides with the Yimbys and developers

Tim Redmond - November 21, 2019

The housing agenda of Mayor London Breed continues to become more clear – and it’s entirely in line with development interests and the Yimby...

News + Politics

Facebook money pushes Chiu housing bill

Zelda Bronstein - August 17, 2019

48 hills’ “Facebook money and California housing” series delves into the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s multi-million-dollar funding of the pro-growth shadow government that’s reshaping California...

News + Politics

Facebook money and California housing

Zelda Bronstein - May 29, 2019

On January 24, 2019, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the limited liability company founded by Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg,...

News + Politics

48hills sues MTC over secretive housing policy operation

Tim Redmond - April 15, 2019

48hills filed suit in San Francisco Superior Court today asking a judge to order the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to release full reports of how...

News + Politics

CASA’s secret New York junket

Zelda Bronstein - January 15, 2019

During the final meeting of the CASA Technical Committee on December 12, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf let slip that she and unnamed others had...

News + Politics

What the regional housing “compact” amounts to — so far

Zelda Bronstein - January 10, 2019

The first installment of my CASA story listed bills introduced in the state Legislature on December 3, most notably Scott Wiener’s do-over of his...

News + Politics

Regional planners mount a quiet coup to promote developers and attack vulnerable communities

Zelda Bronstein - January 3, 2019

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission has been planning a coup. Not the putsch kind of coup, where armed insurgents overthrow a duly constituted government, but an...

News + Politics

Wiener’s real estate bill gets first Senate hearing

Tim Redmond - April 15, 2018

State Sen. Scott Wiener’s real-estate bill that would increase height limits across 96 percent of San Francisco faces its first hearing in the Senate...

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Government of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich

Supes to vote on Wiener’s development bill

Mayor Breed sides with the Yimbys and developers

Facebook money pushes Chiu housing bill

Facebook money and California housing

48hills sues MTC over secretive housing policy operation

CASA’s secret New York junket

What the regional housing “compact” amounts to — so far

Regional planners mount a quiet coup to promote developers and attack vulnerable communities

Wiener’s real estate bill gets first Senate hearing

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