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Walton wants SF to get serious about reparations

Sam Lew - January 18, 2020

Supervisor Shamann Walton announced Friday that he’s asking the city to develop a reparations plan for the Black community. “The effect of slavery still remains...

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Supes poised to create 12 new districts where vacancy tax can be assessed

Tim Redmond - January 13, 2020

The Board of Supes is moving to create a dozen new neighborhood commercial districts – a move that will bring more of the city...

Housing

Preston wants rent control for Midtown

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - January 9, 2020

Supervisor Dean Preston announced Tuesday the introduction of legislation that would bring the Fillmore-Western Addition’s historic Midtown Park Apartments under rent control. The rents at...

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Preston to join board Dec. 17

Tim Redmond - December 11, 2019

City Hall will move another big step in the progressive direction next week as Dean Preston joins the Board of Supes. Preston, who narrowly defeated...

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Two big victories for tenants at Midtown apartments

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - November 11, 2019

Five years into the ongoing campaign for tenant ownership and self-management at the Midtown Park Apartments, residents have won two major victories. Earlier this year,...

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Vallie Brown tenant disputes the supervisor’s version of her eviction

Tim Redmond - October 15, 2019

A tenant who lived in the Fillmore Street building that Vallie Brown bought in 1994 told me today that Brown’s account of what happened...

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Talking Yimby, acting Nimby in District 5

Calvin Welch - October 6, 2019

A story is unfolding in the District Five supervisor race, ignored by the news media, that illustrates the contradiction between narrative and fact that...

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Outside money starts to pour into D5 supe race

Tim Redmond - September 17, 2019

The big outside money is starting to flow into the District 5 supes race. We heard last week that someone was paying for a poll...

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Housing is focus of D5 debate

Michael Toren - June 17, 2019

It’s not surprising, given the political landscape in San Francisco, that housing and homelessness were among the most contentious issues at Friday’s District 5...

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Mayor makes smart move with public defender appointment

Tim Redmond - March 11, 2019

The entire Office of the Public Defender was celebrating today with the news that Mayor London Breed has named Manohar Raju to replace the...

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Walton wants SF to get serious about reparations

Supes poised to create 12 new districts where vacancy tax can be assessed

Preston wants rent control for Midtown

Preston to join board Dec. 17

Two big victories for tenants at Midtown apartments

Vallie Brown tenant disputes the supervisor’s version of her eviction

Talking Yimby, acting Nimby in District 5

Outside money starts to pour into D5 supe race

Housing is focus of D5 debate

Mayor makes smart move with public defender appointment

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