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Housing

Bill that could cost SF $50 million up for key Assembly vote

Tim Redmond - July 27, 2020

A bill that could cost San Francisco as much as $50 million in lost affordable housing money comes before a key state Assembly committee...

Housing

City Planning (finally) admits it has a problem

Tim Redmond - July 23, 2020

The Land Use and Transportation Committee hearing this week was remarkable: For the first time ever, as far as I can remember, the Planning...

Campaign Trail

The end of Shahid Buttar’s campaign — and the lessons

Tim Redmond - July 21, 2020

Shahid Buttar’s campaign against Rep. Nancy Pelosi was always a longshot. He was challenging the person most responsible for challenging Donald Trump, and while...

Campaign Trail

Some defining issues in the fall supes race

Tim Redmond - July 21, 2020

The San Francisco Democratic Party will vote on endorsements for the Board of Supes Wednesday/22, and while the party nod doesn’t always mean victory,...

News + Politics

Harry Britt, LGBT progressive pioneer, dies at 82

Tim Redmond - June 24, 2020

Harry Britt, who was a pioneering LGBTQ leader as well as a champion of the city’s left, died today at 82. Britt was a close...

News + Politics

SF measure would allow all residents to serve on commissions

Garrett Leahy - May 7, 2020

On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to put on the fall ballot a City Charter amendment that would allow all San Francisco...

Culture

Saving money by not going out for coffee? Here’s where you can donate it

Rebecca Bowe - April 20, 2020

One of the most striking takeaways of the crisis triggered by COVID-19 is how unevenly it affects people. Multiple economic sectors face staggering job...

News + Politics

Can hotels become permanent housing for homeless people?

Tim Redmond - April 15, 2020

There are ways to describe the logistics of moving thousands of homeless people into hotel rooms. It’s not going to be simple. But referring to...

COVID

Sup. Preston calls for permanent ban on evictions due to COVID-related rent debt

Tim Redmond - April 14, 2020

Sup. Dean Preston is moving to ensure that tenants who are impacted by COVID-19 don’t wind up getting evicted after the crisis is over. Preston...

COVID

Density, neoliberalism, and COVID

Calvin Welch - March 31, 2020

"There is a density level in NYC that is destructive. It has to stop and it has to stop now. NYC must develop an...

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Bill that could cost SF $50 million up for key Assembly vote

City Planning (finally) admits it has a problem

The end of Shahid Buttar’s campaign — and the lessons

Some defining issues in the fall supes race

Harry Britt, LGBT progressive pioneer, dies at 82

SF measure would allow all residents to serve on commissions

Saving money by not going out for coffee? Here’s where you can donate it

Can hotels become permanent housing for homeless people?

Sup. Preston calls for permanent ban on evictions due to COVID-related rent debt

Density, neoliberalism, and COVID

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