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DA deal? D5 money … and will an 11-year EIR ever die?

Tim Redmond - October 6, 2019

There are really only two questions for George Gascon at this point: Did he cut a deal with the mayor (and everyone knows Gascon...

Campaign Trail

Talking Yimby, acting Nimby in District 5

Calvin Welch - October 6, 2019

A story is unfolding in the District Five supervisor race, ignored by the news media, that illustrates the contradiction between narrative and fact that...

Movies

‘American Factory’ a tale of two blue collars: US and Chinese

Joshua Rotter - August 20, 2019

As the United States grows more urbanized and service-oriented—not to mention politically polarized—the image of the blue collar factory worker becomes more remote to...

News + Politics

6,000 more office workers with no housing, the failure of planning in the Eastern Neighborhoods …

Tim Redmond - October 28, 2018

Mayor London Breed is pushing legislation that would amend the city’s historic office-space limitation law to allow an additional 1.5 million square feet of...

News + Politics

Ed Lee’s development legacy and the end of ‘balanced growth’

Calvin Welch - January 7, 2018

There is one defining fact about Ed Lee's years as mayor that has been missed in all that has been written about his legacy:...

News + Politics

An SF city bank is not only possible — it’s a great idea, budget analyst concludes

Tim Redmond - December 11, 2017

San Francisco faces no legal obstacles and no significant policy problems with creating a municipal bank, a recent report from the city’s budget and...

News + Politics

Scott Wiener’s housing straw man

Calvin Welch - May 2, 2017

“The market is powerful, but we need other things. That’s why we have regulations. We have to go against the flow and re channel...

News + Politics

The Agenda: Why teachers can’t find housing

Tim Redmond - March 26, 2017

There has been much talk of late about teacher housing, and that’s all good: If teachers can’t live in San Francisco, we have a...

News + Politics

The shape of the housing battle to come

Tim Redmond - March 16, 2017

You could see the shape of the next big housing battle at today’s Planning Commission hearing, where Sups. Ahsha Safai, London Breed, Jane Kim,...

News + Politics

Alternative facts and the mayor’s housing plan

Calvin Welch - February 28, 2017

Mayor Ed Lee two weeks ago launched a new effort to bring about "affordable" housing opportunities for San Franciscans by proposing, as he did...

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DA deal? D5 money … and will an 11-year EIR ever die?

Talking Yimby, acting Nimby in District 5

‘American Factory’ a tale of two blue collars: US and Chinese

6,000 more office workers with no housing, the failure of planning in the Eastern Neighborhoods …

Ed Lee’s development legacy and the end of ‘balanced growth’

An SF city bank is not only possible — it’s a great idea, budget analyst concludes

Scott Wiener’s housing straw man

The Agenda: Why teachers can’t find housing

The shape of the housing battle to come

Alternative facts and the mayor’s housing plan

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