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Why are so many people homeless in SF?

Tim Redmond - June 27, 2016

Editors note: The SF Chronicle is leading an effort to get local news media to report on homelessness this week. We are happy to...

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Illegal office conversion: A case study

Zelda Bronstein - June 17, 2016

At the May 18 meeting of the San Francisco Board of Appeals, attorney James Reuben, a principal of Reuben, Junius & Rose, showed why...

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Breaking: Evil accreditor that tried to shut down City College faces its own demise

Tim Redmond - March 18, 2016

The much-despised accreditor that tried, and failed, to put City College out of business is about go out of business itself. The Accrediting Commission for...

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Airbnb makes half its SF money with illegal listings

Tim Redmond - January 20, 2016

If there had ever been any dispute about why Airbnb refuses to support simple measures that would enforce the city’s laws, we now know...

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Lies of the “sharing economy” start to collapse

Tim Redmond - January 18, 2016

The “sharing-economy” companies like Lyft, Uber, and Airbnb have managed to avoid the regulations that govern taxis and hotels largely by insisting that they...

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Mayor’s budget message blames pension costs, lets corporations off the hook

Tim Redmond - January 5, 2016

JANUARY 6, 2015 -- Mayor Ed Lee is telling all city departments to cut their budgets by three percent over the next two years,...

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The Nimbys and the housing crisis

Tim Redmond - January 4, 2016

I probably shouldn’t pay too much attention to a story about San Francisco written by a guy who lives in Venice and likes to...

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The Agenda, Dec. 28- Jan 3: New Year’s resolutions ….

Tim Redmond - December 27, 2015

By Tim Redmond DECEMBER 27, 2015 – Nothing much happens in local politics during the week between Christmas and New Year’s. Hearings are cancelled; the...

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Chaos isn’t “change”

Guest Opinion - December 23, 2015

By Calvin Welch DECEMBER 23, 2015 -- In a period when our national politics are dominated by candidates on the right that rely on “counter...

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The attack on local zoning control

Zelda Bronstein - December 8, 2015

DECEMBER 8, 2015 -- My last story about the continuing power struggle between the Association of Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission...

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Why are so many people homeless in SF?

Illegal office conversion: A case study

Breaking: Evil accreditor that tried to shut down City College faces its own demise

Airbnb makes half its SF money with illegal listings

Lies of the “sharing economy” start to collapse

Mayor’s budget message blames pension costs, lets corporations off the hook

The Nimbys and the housing crisis

The Agenda, Dec. 28- Jan 3: New Year’s resolutions ….

Chaos isn’t “change”

The attack on local zoning control

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