Thursday, May 2, 2024

Tagged with: Economy

The Agenda, Feb. 16-23

Airbnb's taxes, ballot initiatives, why are city officials not telling us who they are meeting with, ethics reform, and spaghetti for the 99 percent By...

Mayor Lee wants to “work with” PG&E on clean power

Either the mayor is naive -- or we should all be worried   By Tim Redmond FEBRUARY 10, 2015 – Mayor Ed Lee said this afternoon that...

Mission community fights to save cancer-support service from displacement

 Landlord wants to replace Circulo de Vida with a tech firm By Christopher D. Cook FEBRUARY 10, 2015 -- The symbolism could not be more potent:...

Why is an Orange County Republican helping the Google buses?

Travis Allen, a conservative SoCal legislator, has introduced a bill to legalized private shuttles using public bus stops. Is this a move to bring...

The Agenda: Feb. 9-14

 Clean Power, the CIA, Hedge Funds ... and are we really punishing the rich?   By Tim Redmond FEBRUARY 9, 2015 – Question Time, the brilliant creation...

The Crappie Awards highlight the worst in tech

While the rich and their acolytes celebrated at Davies Hall, the fun was outside on the streets By Calindra Revier February 6, 2015 – As the...

THE AGENDA: Feb. 3-10, 2015

A weekly guide to the events, issues, and activist pressure points for San Francisco and the Bay Area By Tim Redmond FEBRUARY 3, 2015 – The...

The sharing economy shifts liability from corporations to workers

We used to have "welfare capitalism." Now we have nothing. By Tim Redmond JANUARY 30, 2014 – There’s lots of talk about regulating the sharing economy...

The Uber model runs into the DMV

A state agency is the latest to say: Get permission first. But sharing economy companies aren't interested in that. By Tim Redmond JANUARY 26, 2015 –...

Mayor Lee’s failed housing policies — and how we can demand change in 2015

The mayor's State of the City address stressed housing -- but his actual record is dismal and his proposals won't work   By Calvin Welch JANUARY 15,...