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How the Yimbys got slaughtered in the November SF election

Calvin Welch - December 4, 2018

This was to be a banner year for San Francisco Yimbys at the polls. The group is the social-media focused, bright young face of...

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Should SF allow a tobacco company to operate on Port property?

Tim Redmond - December 2, 2018

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is demanding information about a lease deal that JUUL, the e-cigarette company, has signed with a developer who...

Culture

Capturing Harvey Milk’s martyrdom and living legacy

Marke B. - November 27, 2018

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the assassinations of Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. (It's also the 10th anniversary of Milk, the movie...

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Tax breaks for corporations are a bad idea, new study shows

Tim Redmond - November 14, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is criticizing the massive tax incentives that New York is giving to Amazon – and that’s created a lot of much-needed discussion...

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6,000 more office workers with no housing, the failure of planning in the Eastern Neighborhoods …

Tim Redmond - October 28, 2018

Mayor London Breed is pushing legislation that would amend the city’s historic office-space limitation law to allow an additional 1.5 million square feet of...

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Tenant Troubles: What Prop. 10 is really about

Dave Crow - October 24, 2018

“Local governments are on the front lines of managing homelessness, displacement and gentrification. They need the ability to stop the bleeding. Proposition 10 would...

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The truth about ‘progressive’ housing policy

Calvin Welch - October 22, 2018

Randy Shaw, who runs a website called “BeyondChron,” is now writing for the Chron. In a piece that ran Oct. 21, he argues that...

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Two big (and environmentally awful) projects — and a step toward saving the Mission

Tim Redmond - October 14, 2018

The India Basin environmental impact report, which was more-or-less rejected by the supes two weeks ago when the local air board said the construction...

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Prop. C: The battle for the soul of San Francisco

John Elberling - October 9, 2018

The New American Oligarchy of Wealth and Privilege that seized control of the United States two years ago with the election of President Donald...

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The utter absurdity of the Central Soma Plan EIR

Tim Redmond - September 26, 2018

The SF Board of Supervisors approved the EIR for the Central Soma Plan Tuesday, despite hours of testimony from Soma residents and activists who...

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How the Yimbys got slaughtered in the November SF election

Should SF allow a tobacco company to operate on Port property?

Capturing Harvey Milk’s martyrdom and living legacy

Tax breaks for corporations are a bad idea, new study shows

6,000 more office workers with no housing, the failure of planning in the Eastern Neighborhoods …

Tenant Troubles: What Prop. 10 is really about

The truth about ‘progressive’ housing policy

Two big (and environmentally awful) projects — and a step toward saving the Mission

Prop. C: The battle for the soul of San Francisco

The utter absurdity of the Central Soma Plan EIR

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