Tag: David Chiu
Arts Forecast: Day of the Dead in the City of Souls
Ready to shed the rotting pumpkin skin of Halloween and sniff the sweet spice of the afterlife? OK that question is a lot, but after this year's All Hallow's...
Planners keep wanting to streamline approvals for housing that won’t get built
The Board of Supes isn’t back from vacation yet, but the Planning Commission is – and on Thursday/22 the panel will hear a report on how the Planning Department...
Facebook money pushes Chiu housing bill
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 housing policy. The first installment...
Mayor Lee’s ‘jobs agenda’ made life worse for many San Franciscans
The late Mayor Ed Lee called it the “jobs agenda.” When he took office, the city was coming out of the recession, and he did everything he possibly could...
Gig economy horror stories frame supes hearing
The litany of horror stories at today’s hearing on the gig economy was alarming. One Uber driver said he used to get paid $50 for a trip to the...
State bill could allow undocumented workers to claim tax credit
A bill making its way through the state Legislature would allow some undocumented Californians to claim the state’s earned-income tax credit – widely considered an effective anti-poverty program.
The bill,...
The Democrats come to town: Convention preview
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The California Democratic Party convention will take over Moscone Center this weekend – and along with speeches by candidates...
The real lessons from the surging numbers of homeless people on the streets of SF
The biggest takeaway from the disturbing (but not surprising) new homeless-count numbers is not that there are more homeless people on the streets. We all know that.
It’s this:
Mayor London...
Uber is already undermining public transit …
Uber’s newly revealed goal of damaging public transit is already working in San Francisco, a new study shows. It comes in the wake of a series of protests by...
The Democrats in Sacramento want to deregulate housing — but that has never worked
Of all the information that came out of the hearing on homelessness last week, when several supervisors said the Mayor’s Office and its Department of Homelessness isn’t doing the job,...
