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Assassination of Philippine leader 35 years ago holds lessons for today

Reese Erlich - October 7, 2018

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT Filipinos remember a disaster that hit their country 35 years ago. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the assassination of Philippine leader...

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Brown, Bloomberg (and their agenda) face protests at Climate Action Summit

Christopher D. Cook - September 13, 2018

As Governor Jerry Brown and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg opened the Global Climate Action Summit Thursday, they were greeted by hundreds...

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Rust Belt SF? Are we doomed by progressive politics?

Tim Redmond - September 6, 2018

CNBC calls it a picture of a “dystopian future.” The Chron calls it a vision for “a better San Francisco.” That’s what we get with...

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75 arrested in Marriott protest as strike vote looms

Tim Redmond - September 3, 2018

A loud, energetic rally and march of roughly 1,000 hotel workers and supporters ended with 75 arrests as members of UNITE HERE Local 2...

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A people’s climate summit

Martha Hawthorne, Michael Eisenscher, Lorraine Thiebaud, and Jonathan Kocher - August 29, 2018

This September, community, political, and business leaders from around the globe will be meeting in San Francisco for the Global Climate Action Summit to discuss...

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The real rent control debate

Tim Redmond - August 23, 2018

The battle over state Proposition 10, which could dramatically slow evictions in cities like San Francisco, is going to dominate the fall ballot, with...

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We know how to control housing costs

Peter Dreier - August 23, 2018

Editors note: This is the testimony Professor Peter Dreier gave June 21 at a joint hearing of the state Senate Judiciary Committee and the Assembly...

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The very odd Breed Administration memo on homeless policy

Tim Redmond - August 12, 2018

The Chron, which lost any hope of claiming objectivity during the mayor’s race, is now clearly on the side of the Chamber of Commerce...

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Why Trump will lose the trade war with China

Reese Erlich - July 27, 2018

When I first reported from China in 1980, bicycles outnumbered cars on Beijing's major streets, and the tallest building in town was a 25-story...

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Central Soma Plan shows the problem with large-scale EIRs

Tim Redmond - July 16, 2018

The Central Soma Plan, more than ten years in the making, got a mixed reception at the Land Use and Transportation Committee meeting today,...

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Assassination of Philippine leader 35 years ago holds lessons for today

Brown, Bloomberg (and their agenda) face protests at Climate Action Summit

Rust Belt SF? Are we doomed by progressive politics?

75 arrested in Marriott protest as strike vote looms

A people’s climate summit

The real rent control debate

We know how to control housing costs

The very odd Breed Administration memo on homeless policy

Why Trump will lose the trade war with China

Central Soma Plan shows the problem with large-scale EIRs

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