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BART Board votes to endorse Wiener housing bill

Zelda Bronstein - March 22, 2018

On March 8, the BART Board voted 5-4 to support SB 827 – state Sen. Scott Wiener’s housing bill -- with undetermined amendments that...

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Ed Lee’s development legacy and the end of ‘balanced growth’

Calvin Welch - January 7, 2018

There is one defining fact about Ed Lee's years as mayor that has been missed in all that has been written about his legacy:...

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Why workers had to strike in Oakland

Tim Redmond - December 7, 2017

I shouldn’t be surprised that the mainstream East Bay news media are, to say the least, unsympathetic toward the Oakland city workers’ strike. The...

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Why ABAG housing quotas lead to displacement

Thomas Lord - May 19, 2017

The Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA), a product of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), assigns to each Bay Area Jurisdiction quotas of...

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The mayor’s latest housing plan won’t work

Calvin Welch - May 7, 2017

Mayor Lee and Supervisor Tang are at it again: They’ve proposed a density bonus plan for the second most dense city in the nation....

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Scott Wiener’s housing straw man

Calvin Welch - May 2, 2017

“The market is powerful, but we need other things. That’s why we have regulations. We have to go against the flow and re channel...

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The year that local zoning control comes under attack

Zelda Bronstein - January 9, 2017

2017 is already shaping up as a year in which local control of development will come under unprecedented assault in California and in the...

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Wiener’s first bill could set off housing war

Tim Redmond - December 9, 2016

State Senator Scott Wiener has wasted no time in wading into the statewide housing wars – just as affordable housing advocates have released a...

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More than a million people in SF? Did anyone ask you?

Zelda Bronstein - November 28, 2016

It’s hard not to be riveted by the terrifying advance of Donald Trump’s presidency. But it would be a huge mistake to ignore less...

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Palo Alto and the tech shop of horrors

Zelda Bronstein - September 2, 2016

On August 10, Kate Vershov Downing, a 31-year-old intellectual-property lawyer, set the media aflutter when she posted on Medium a letter to the Palo...

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BART Board votes to endorse Wiener housing bill

Ed Lee’s development legacy and the end of ‘balanced growth’

Why workers had to strike in Oakland

Why ABAG housing quotas lead to displacement

The mayor’s latest housing plan won’t work

Scott Wiener’s housing straw man

The year that local zoning control comes under attack

Wiener’s first bill could set off housing war

More than a million people in SF? Did anyone ask you?

Palo Alto and the tech shop of horrors

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