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The Democrats in Sacramento want to deregulate housing — but that has never worked

Tim Redmond - March 3, 2019

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...

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Has Breed made an impact on homelessness?

Tim Redmond - February 25, 2019

On Feb. 12, as the SF Chamber of Commerce announced a new CEO, Mayor London Breed announced that her administration is making great strides...

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Preston launches campaign with energetic event

Tim Redmond - February 24, 2019

Dean Preston officially launched his campaign for District Five supervisor Friday night with a party that brought together a broad spectrum of the progressive...

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Chilly reception for the new Monster in the Mission plan

Tim Redmond - February 8, 2019

Outside the packed Planning Commission hearing on the Monster in the Mission Thursday evening, I saw Tim Colen, senior advisor to the pro-development Housing...

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New MIT study suggests the Yimby narrative on housing is wrong

Tim Redmond - January 29, 2019

The Yimby narrative – that higher density in US cities will bring down housing prices – doesn’t work in real life, a dramatic new...

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What the regional housing “compact” amounts to — so far

Zelda Bronstein - January 10, 2019

The first installment of my CASA story listed bills introduced in the state Legislature on December 3, most notably Scott Wiener’s do-over of his...

Somi sings of Harlem immigrants (and gentrification’s effects) on ‘Petite Afrique’

Joanna Ladd - January 4, 2019

ALL EARS The sound of Harlem during its jazz heyday is so indelible that it jumps to mind instantly, almost a century later. For...

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Regional planners mount a quiet coup to promote developers and attack vulnerable communities

Zelda Bronstein - January 3, 2019

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission has been planning a coup. Not the putsch kind of coup, where armed insurgents overthrow a duly constituted government, but an...

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A new housing ‘compact’ looks a lot like a developer’s dream

Tim Redmond - December 9, 2018

With State Sen. Scott Wiener’s new housing bill now pending, a group convened by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission has released a draft plan to...

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Wiener’s new housing bill is radically unfair

Tim Redmond - December 5, 2018

State Sen. Scott Wiener has introduced a new version of his housing bill that went down in flames last year, and while the current...

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The Democrats in Sacramento want to deregulate housing — but that has never worked

Has Breed made an impact on homelessness?

Preston launches campaign with energetic event

Chilly reception for the new Monster in the Mission plan

New MIT study suggests the Yimby narrative on housing is wrong

What the regional housing “compact” amounts to — so far

Somi sings of Harlem immigrants (and gentrification’s effects) on ‘Petite Afrique’

Regional planners mount a quiet coup to promote developers and attack vulnerable communities

A new housing ‘compact’ looks a lot like a developer’s dream

Wiener’s new housing bill is radically unfair

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