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Fake accounts and accountability: Wells Fargo and the public hospital

Sasha Cuttler - October 19, 2016

In late 2015, a sign mysteriously appeared on the outside of San Francisco General Hospital dubbing the area in front of the main entrance...

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Who is moving into — and out of — SF?

Peter Cohen, Fernando Marti, and Max Arnell - October 17, 2016

Everywhere in San Francisco today, people are talking about the housing crisis. You can’t turn on the radio or read the news or see...

Arts + Culture

Modern Times bookstore says it will close

Marke B. - October 10, 2016

In a message posted to its Facebook page around 9pm on Monday night, Modern Times Collective Bookstore -- for 45 years a vibrant center...

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The Agenda, Oct. 10-17: Should we celebrate the Twitter tax break?

Tim Redmond - October 9, 2016

I am glad, I suppose, that there’s nice art coming to mid-Market to “spur curiosity and connection.” Five years after the Twitter tax break,...

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Why I hate Columbus Day

Tommi Avicolli Mecca - October 9, 2016

I hate October 12. It’s the day I’m supposed to wave la bandiera d’Italia, the Italian flag. I'm proud to be southern Italian, which means,...

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Obama’s supply-side toolkit attacks local housing policy

Calvin Welch - October 4, 2016

On September 27th the Obama administration released a "Housing Development Toolkit" promoting a deregulation program for market rate housing development at the local level....

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Landlord tries to justify evicting 100-year-old

Tommi Avicolli Mecca - October 3, 2016

Iris Canada’s story has been in the media a lot in the past six months, ever since that afternoon in March when her niece,...

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Real estate allies want to try again for Ahsha Safai at DCCC

Tim Redmond - September 27, 2016

Two of the most conservative, pro-landlord members of the Democratic County Central Committee want to redo the endorsements vote in District 11 in an...

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The battle for Midtown: A community housing struggle

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - September 23, 2016

The weekly tenant meetings of the residents of Midtown Park Apartments at the corner of Geary and Divisadero always begin and end with a...

News + Politics

The Eastern Neighborhoods Plan is a bust

Tim Redmond - September 22, 2016

The Planning Commission heard a report on the Eastern Neighborhoods Plan, which has guided development in a huge swath of the city, and from...

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