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Housing

A (major) new twist on affordable housing legislation

Tim Redmond - June 29, 2022

Last-minute Mandelman move seeks to allow widespread housing demolition—potentially dooming Chan's affordable-housing measure.

Development

Major housing policy changes happening—but will they work?

Tim Redmond - June 28, 2022

Upzoning, a budget deal, competing visions of affordable housing—and a bit of reality about the current market.

Economy

What if we let artists and homeless people take over all the empty SF office space?

Tim Redmond - May 18, 2022

The old work model is over, and downtown and the local economy is going to suffer—unless we get creative about the future.

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

Tenderloin project shows serious loopholes in SF planning rules

Tim Redmond - October 3, 2021

Developer can double the number of units, change the use—and present no financial data—and planners say it's still the same project.

Housing

Two major developer-driven housing bills head for Assembly floor

Tim Redmond - August 19, 2021

Newsom may soon be asked to sign deregulation measures—at a time when Wall Street is moving fast into the CA housing market.

Housing

Wiener supports giant project pushed through with no neighborhood input

Tim Redmond - August 11, 2021

At town hall, senators says that Yimbys 'are the best thing that's happened' and said he supports a massive Potrero Hill project that avoids Planning Commission approval.

Housing

Study: New housing for the rich leads to more evictions for the poor

Tim Redmond - August 8, 2021

Data from Madison Wisconsin could have implications for efforts to force more market-rate development into vulnerable SF neighborhoods.

Transportation

Muni director talks about cutting lines and changing focus

Tim Redmond - July 25, 2021

Post-COVID plans could alter the city's transportation policy in some profound ways.

Housing

Wiener’s housing bill could encourage even more sprawl

Zelda Bronstein - July 20, 2021

Read the fine print: Obscene development in Tassajara Valley could qualify for special protection under SB 10.

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A (major) new twist on affordable housing legislation

Major housing policy changes happening—but will they work?

What if we let artists and homeless people take over all the empty SF office space?

The jobs-housing mix in SF is a mess

Tenderloin project shows serious loopholes in SF planning rules

Two major developer-driven housing bills head for Assembly floor

Wiener supports giant project pushed through with no neighborhood input

Study: New housing for the rich leads to more evictions for the poor

Muni director talks about cutting lines and changing focus

Wiener’s housing bill could encourage even more sprawl

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