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How SF loses affordable housing almost as fast as it gets built

Tim Redmond - May 20, 2018

The Planning Commission will hear a report Thursday/24 on the city’s latest housing balance figures – and the data includes some startling information that...

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Supes refuse to allow building owners to profit from evicting senior

Tim Redmond - April 24, 2018

The Board of Supes sent a clear message today that people who evict seniors shouldn’t get a lucrative permit to turn former apartments into...

The Agenda

Supes asked to allow condos where centenarian was evicted

Tim Redmond - April 22, 2018

The owners of a Page Street building who evicted a centenarian who died shortly after losing her home are asking the Board of Supes to...

Campaign Trail

Campaign Trail: Leno blasts Breed’s housing record

Tim Redmond - April 19, 2018

Mark Leno kicked the mayor’s race into another gear this week when he released an ad and held a press conference directly challenging Sup....

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Wiener’s real estate bill gets first Senate hearing

Tim Redmond - April 15, 2018

State Sen. Scott Wiener’s real-estate bill that would increase height limits across 96 percent of San Francisco faces its first hearing in the Senate...

Tenant Troubles

Tenant Troubles: Can I get in trouble for breaking a lease?

Dave Crow - April 4, 2018

I'm finding myself in the position of looking for an apt for the first time in a long time. I thought I ought to...

News + Politics

SF supes oppose Wiener real-estate bill

Tim Redmond - April 3, 2018

The Board of Supes voted today to oppose State Senator Scott Wiener’s real-estate bill, SB 827, which would upzone most of San Francisco. The discussion...

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Tenant troubles: My building is for sale — what should I do?

Dave Crow - March 28, 2018

I live in 24-unit building in the Western Addition, built long before 1979. It is three stories and all of the units are either...

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The flaws in Stanford’s anti-rent-control study

Tim Redmond - March 13, 2018

Economists who believe in free-market solutions generally don’t like rent control, because – by definition – it distorts the market. So we’ve seen a...

The Agenda

Supes to vote on Wiener upzoning bill, Police Commission to vote on Taser initiative …

Tim Redmond - March 11, 2018

THE AGENDA There is good news every once in a while. The Planning Commission last week rejected, on a 7-0 vote, an application to...

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How SF loses affordable housing almost as fast as it gets built

Supes refuse to allow building owners to profit from evicting senior

Supes asked to allow condos where centenarian was evicted

Campaign Trail: Leno blasts Breed’s housing record

Wiener’s real estate bill gets first Senate hearing

Tenant Troubles: Can I get in trouble for breaking a lease?

SF supes oppose Wiener real-estate bill

Tenant troubles: My building is for sale — what should I do?

The flaws in Stanford’s anti-rent-control study

Supes to vote on Wiener upzoning bill, Police Commission to vote on Taser initiative …

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