City Planning Archives

The Agenda

How will the cops explain all the arrests at the Dolores hill bomb skateboard event?

Tim Redmond - July 16, 2023

Plus: A big step toward a public bank and some good and bad housing stories ... that 's The Agenda for July 16-23

Housing

What Wiener wrought: Demolition and oversized housing meeting no need

Tim Redmond - April 23, 2023

Castro project too tall, too expensive, no family housing, probably corporate rentals—but the city has to approve it anyway.

Development

Wiener, the Yimbys, and the 50-story tower

Zelda Bronstein - April 19, 2023

An ambitious politician is backing away from the Yimby position in the face of a project that is going to be deeply unpopular.

Housing

Housing for ‘families’ or corporate rentals?

Tim Redmond - March 30, 2023

Planning Commission approves the conversion of units that were supposed to help the housing crisis into very expensive places for short-term use.

Development

The state of California is screwing San Francisco on housing

Tim Redmond - January 30, 2023

Thanks to Sen. Wiener and our own delegation, San Francisco may be in serious trouble in four years—and it won't be the city's fault.

Housing

New study says market conditions, not city requirements, prevent housing construction

Tim Redmond - January 19, 2023

It's not affordable-housing policies or regulatory delays: Under current conditions, there is no way to meet the state's housing mandates.

News + Politics

Two crucial issues, housing and downtown, will come before the supes this week

Tim Redmond - November 13, 2022

Plus: what does 'a city that works' really mean? That's The Agenda for Nov. 13-20

The Agenda

Breed’s messaging undermines her own goals, including a critical Muni tax measure

Tim Redmond - October 30, 2022

Plus: Limits on cops' military hardware, long delays in Ethics audits, and a farce of a Housing Plan gets a hearing. That's The Agenda for Oct. 30-Nov. 6

News + Politics

How independent are Breed’s commissioners? Apparently not very.

Tim Redmond - September 25, 2022

Plus: The Planning Department is talking about 'equity;' what does that mean? That's The Agenda for Sept. 25-Oct. 2

The Agenda

Police racism, police violence, a hiatus on the Amazon tax ….

Tim Redmond - September 4, 2022

... and gee, they are so nice in Sacramento. Guess that's why the landlord lobby keeps on winning.

Tagged with: City Planning

How will the cops explain all the arrests at the Dolores hill bomb skateboard event?

What Wiener wrought: Demolition and oversized housing meeting no need

Wiener, the Yimbys, and the 50-story tower

Housing for ‘families’ or corporate rentals?

The state of California is screwing San Francisco on housing

New study says market conditions, not city requirements, prevent housing construction

Two crucial issues, housing and downtown, will come before the supes this week

Breed’s messaging undermines her own goals, including a critical Muni tax measure

How independent are Breed’s commissioners? Apparently not very.

Police racism, police violence, a hiatus on the Amazon tax ….

News

Politics

Arts

Culture