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Denounce the Yimby disruption: An open letter to Sen. Wiener

Tim Redmond - April 6, 2018

Dear Senator Wiener: On April 4, on the steps of San Francisco’s City Hall, we and other representatives from more than 40 San Francisco community...

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SF supes oppose Wiener real-estate bill

Tim Redmond - April 3, 2018

The Board of Supes voted today to oppose State Senator Scott Wiener’s real-estate bill, SB 827, which would upzone most of San Francisco. The discussion...

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Wiener endorses Breed as battle over SB 827 heats up

Tim Redmond - April 2, 2018

State Sen. Scott Wiener endorsed Sup. London Breed for mayor today, putting her squarely in the Yimby camp that supports SB 827 – and...

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BART Board votes to endorse Wiener housing bill

Zelda Bronstein - March 22, 2018

On March 8, the BART Board voted 5-4 to support SB 827 – state Sen. Scott Wiener’s housing bill -- with undetermined amendments that...

Campaign Trail

Campaign trail: Homelessness, superPACs and a weird Chron story

Tim Redmond - March 19, 2018

This was the week of candidates putting forward plans to address homelessness. Mark Leno put forward his plan to end “street homelessness,” and while some...

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African American displacement — and the Midtown battle — becomes an issue in mayoral debate

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - March 19, 2018

The SF mayoral candidates – except for Sup. London Breed -- debated their positions on housing issues Saturday at the Kelly Cullen Community center...

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The flaws in Stanford’s anti-rent-control study

Tim Redmond - March 13, 2018

Economists who believe in free-market solutions generally don’t like rent control, because – by definition – it distorts the market. So we’ve seen a...

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Hearing on Wiener housing bill points to the roots of this crisis

Tim Redmond - March 12, 2018

Most of the time, when San Francisco supervisors ask the board to weigh in on a state or federal issue, it’s just an agenda...

The Agenda

Supes to vote on Wiener upzoning bill, Police Commission to vote on Taser initiative …

Tim Redmond - March 11, 2018

THE AGENDA There is good news every once in a while. The Planning Commission last week rejected, on a 7-0 vote, an application to...

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Yimbyism and the cruel irony of metropolitan history

David Levitus - March 2, 2018

The sense of housing crisis is nearly everywhere. Debates about housing policy are heating up, turning once arcane fields into the subject of fevered...

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Denounce the Yimby disruption: An open letter to Sen. Wiener

SF supes oppose Wiener real-estate bill

Wiener endorses Breed as battle over SB 827 heats up

BART Board votes to endorse Wiener housing bill

Campaign trail: Homelessness, superPACs and a weird Chron story

African American displacement — and the Midtown battle — becomes an issue in mayoral debate

The flaws in Stanford’s anti-rent-control study

Hearing on Wiener housing bill points to the roots of this crisis

Supes to vote on Wiener upzoning bill, Police Commission to vote on Taser initiative …

Yimbyism and the cruel irony of metropolitan history

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