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Tagged with: Board of Supervisors

Supes approve Gaza ceasefire resolution by an 8-3 supermajority

Preston, Ronen, Peskin agree on compromise that all of the activists could support in historic vote.

Peskin, Chan want to know if SF can sue the state over impossible housing rules

Letter to city attorney seeks advice on how to deal with mandates from Sacramento that almost everyone agrees SF can never meet.

Opinion: The Valencia Street center bike lane was a mistake and has to go

It's bad for cyclists, bad for small business, and shows the need for SFMTA reform.

Planning Commission agrees to end public input on many housing developments

Narrow 4-3 votes ends the ability of community activists to call out unscrupulous landlords and speculators.

Check the record: Preston and his progressive colleagues are not against housing

Back in 2021, when Heather Knight was still at the Chronicle, the Yimbys put out something they called a "study" of the housing record...

Huge crowd shows up to support Preston-Ronen resolution on Gaza ceasefire

More than 2,000 descend on City Hall to pressure Biden Administration to push for an end to the killing.

Breed announces budget cuts as Dorsey plays the ‘cops tax’ card in campaign

The city has a $1 billion budget problem, and only a total tax overhaul will fix it.

The housing crisis Scott Wiener created

Demolitions. Displacement. And zero new affordable housing. That's the bill the state senator got passed, and the supes have to deal with it this week.

New laws seek to end private developer risk, burdening public instead

Why should cities and counties guarantee profits for builders and push the costs of growth onto the local taxpayers?

We all want local government to work—but for whom?

The Chron seems to think the plutocrats are the ones who ought to be in charge. That's never ended well.