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Housing

SF needs $19 billion to meet state affordable housing goals—and Breed has no plan

Tim Redmond - May 19, 2022

Mayor's Office has no clue where to find the money, and won't even spend the existing Prop. I windfall right now. It's 'unbelievable.'

Housing

Supply sophistry: How academics miss the point on the cost of urban housing

Zelda Bronstein - April 27, 2022

There is still no good evidence that upzoning leads to more affordability—in New York or in San Francisco.

Housing

Another tech-worker dorm, this time in the Castro. Will the supes go along?

Tim Redmond - March 14, 2022

The new scam in real-estate development moves to 18th Street, with an appeal Tuesday/15. That's The Agenda for March 13-20

Housing

Demolitions, speculation—and maybe not that much new housing anyway

Tim Redmond - March 7, 2022

Remarkable honesty at a supes hearing shows the actual impact of ending single-family zoning in San Francisco.

Housing

Does the end of single-family zoning mean the beginning of demolitions?

Tim Redmond - March 6, 2022

A measure that would profoundly change neighborhood zoning in SF could lead to a lot of existing housing getting torn down. That's The Agenda for March 7-13

The Agenda

The jobs-housing mix in SF is a mess

Tim Redmond - December 12, 2021

Plus: The reality of a new Climate Action Plan and a much-needed investigative hearing on conflicts of interest. That's The Agenda for Dec. 13-19

Housing

In dramatic move, supes block huge luxury housing project in Soma

Tim Redmond - October 27, 2021

Debate shows city planners' utter failure to understand the role of market-rate housing in gentrification and displacement.

Housing

In a direct assault on planning policy, supes reject Tenderloin tech dorms

Tim Redmond - October 6, 2021

Board makes clear, for perhaps the first time ever, that developer profits should not be a deciding factor in city housing policy.

News + Politics

Some warned 20 years ago that the US was creating a disaster in Afghanistan

Tim Redmond - August 15, 2021

Plus: SF just lost two notable activists, James Hormel and Alvin Duskin. That's The Agenda for August 15-22

News + Politics

Budget time is a time to ask department heads some detailed questions

Tim Redmond - June 20, 2021

Plus: What is the city doing to be sure tenants get rent relief? That's The Agenda for June 20-27

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SF needs $19 billion to meet state affordable housing goals—and Breed has no plan

Supply sophistry: How academics miss the point on the cost of urban housing

Another tech-worker dorm, this time in the Castro. Will the supes go along?

Demolitions, speculation—and maybe not that much new housing anyway

Does the end of single-family zoning mean the beginning of demolitions?

The jobs-housing mix in SF is a mess

In dramatic move, supes block huge luxury housing project in Soma

In a direct assault on planning policy, supes reject Tenderloin tech dorms

Some warned 20 years ago that the US was creating a disaster in Afghanistan

Budget time is a time to ask department heads some detailed questions

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