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The Dreamers were betrayed

Eric Weaver - September 10, 2017

We at Opportunity Fund we are not experts on immigration policy or constitutional law. We do know our clients—hardworking strivers who use our loans,...

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Killing the American Dream

Tim Redmond - September 5, 2017

When I heard about Donald Trumps decision to end DACA, the program that lets young immigrants find a future in this country, I thought...

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Oak and Van Ness project shows stunning failures in city traffic analysis

Tim Redmond - August 30, 2017

The San Francisco supes will vote September 5 on the future of one of the city’s most critical intersections, Market and Van Ness —...

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The Agenda, July 24-30: Undemocratic voting, municipal broadband …

Tim Redmond - July 23, 2017

The bill that would limit citizen initiatives against development is now in the state Senate, and will be heard in committee in August. The...

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The Agenda, July 17-23: Ballot politics and cannabis

Tim Redmond - July 17, 2017

Sup. Aaron Peskin is asking his colleagues to sign Tuesday/18 on to a resolution opposing AB 943, the state measure that would make it...

Arts + Culture

A gentrified language

Marke B. - June 12, 2017

Out of the fog comes a little white bus It ferries us south to the technical mouth of the bay. This is biopharma. Double...

The Agenda

The Agenda: Controller says SF budget lacks buffer for Trump cuts

Tim Redmond - June 11, 2017

The City Controller’s Office released its analysis of Mayor Ed Lee’s proposed budget June 9, and it contains a rather ominous statement. I haven’t seen...

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Wiener housing bill passes, trusting the market to solve the crisis

Tim Redmond - June 5, 2017

The biggest policy issue in Sacramento this spring, aside from health care, was almost certainly housing, and with good reason: San Francisco is not...

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The big media lie about single-payer health care

Tim Redmond - June 4, 2017

The headlines were so consistent, so predictably bad, that I almost couldn’t read them. “Single-payer will cost $400 billion.” “Single-payer costs dwarf entire state...

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Assembly passes bill to limit land-use ballot initiatives

Tim Redmond - June 1, 2017

A bill that would make it harder for local residents to pass ballot measures limiting development has passed the state Assembly with almost no...

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