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News + Politics

How independent are Breed’s commissioners? Apparently not very.

Tim Redmond - September 25, 2022

Plus: The Planning Department is talking about 'equity;' what does that mean? That's The Agenda for Sept. 25-Oct. 2

Stage Review

The buck stops and/or starts with gentrification in ‘Dream Hou$e’

Charles Lewis III - July 31, 2022

Two sisters must decide to preserve a family legacy or jump at a possible payday in Shotgun Players' latest

Development

Major housing policy changes happening—but will they work?

Tim Redmond - June 28, 2022

Upzoning, a budget deal, competing visions of affordable housing—and a bit of reality about the current market.

Opinion

Academia, displacement, and the dorm-industrial complex

Tiny - June 22, 2022

From Columbia's Manhattanville to UC Berkeley in People's Park, luxury student housing can lead to gentrification

News + Politics

Will the city’s Climate Plan ever happen? Plus: Election Day, tech-worker dorms …

Tim Redmond - June 5, 2022

... and shelter politics, the cost of cops, and an embarrassing NYT story. That's The Agenda for June 6-13.

Housing

The state’s housing goals would require massive demolition and evictions in SF

Tim Redmond - May 31, 2022

Data shows that RHNA rules are just impossible without complete urban transformation. What was Wiener thinking?

Lit

Passion for degraded materials: a conversational bibliography of Dodie Bellamy

Johnny Ray Huston - May 3, 2022

From 'Feminine Hijinx' to 'Bee Reaved,' the quintessential SF writer talks art, life, 'Frozen,' E.T., and grief through her published works.

Housing

Supply sophistry: How academics miss the point on the cost of urban housing

Zelda Bronstein - April 27, 2022

There is still no good evidence that upzoning leads to more affordability—in New York or in San Francisco.

Culture

At American Steel, a trailblazing artist community is displaced for redevelopment

Steven T. Jones - April 26, 2022

Tight-knit Burning Man clan reckons with moving—but may have itself paved the way for West Oakland industrial hub's gentrification

Movies

Screen Grabs: Fests fete films from Greece, UK, Berlin & Beyond (and here at home)

Dennis Harvey - March 7, 2022

Wayne Wang gets a retrospective, the SF Urban Film Fest comes panel-rich, and Dennis Hopper's critical comeback is restored.

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