Thursday, May 2, 2024

Tagged with: Development

The year in housing policy: State forced SF into a no-win situation (and Breed went along)

The supes did what they had to do, although a lot of them didn't like it—but it's not going to matter anyway.

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...

In ‘Portal,’ John King tells the strange and wondrous saga of the Ferry Building

Beloved landmark came with surprising amount of drama and alternate realities, vividly detailed in Chron critic's new book.

SF’s state legislators have deeply damaged SF’s ability to prevent displacement

Wiener, Ting, and Haney bills undermine 'all that is sacred' in San Francisco. Do they know what the fuck they are doing?

How Breed undermined plan to save affordable housing on Divisadero Street

Building could easily have gone to nonprofit instead of convicted felon who tried to burn down res hotel in Oakland.

Historical photos of queer relationships inspire tender moves of RAWdance’s ‘LOVING STILL’

"Romance has been as much a part of our history as struggle," reminds company co-founder Wendy Rein.

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.

Việt Lê embodies the divine of ‘MOTHER | GODDESS’ with Southeast Asian ‘spiritual drag’

Drawing on ceremony practiced in one of the oldest Indigenous Vietnamese religions, event looks to support audience's own intuition.

No, the supes didn’t ‘punt’ on housing bill

A measure that makes no sense is still on track; here's what it might mean for the city.