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Supes, mayor fail on immigration

Tim Redmond - March 3, 2017

Everyone involved is putting a (fairly) nice face on it, but the reality is that the Board of Supes Budget and Finance Committee’s rejection...

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The Agenda, Feb. 26-March 5: What’s still wild in SF …

Tim Redmond - February 26, 2017

Glen Canyon Park is one of my favorite places in the city. It’s right in the middle of the third-densest urban area in the...

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Racism — and politics — in SF Redevelopment history

John Elberling - February 22, 2017

Bad history -- even when well-intended -- gives me a headache, because it so often misses and conceals far more important truths. To wit,...

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YIMBYs, Smart Growth — and unanswered questions

Zelda Bronstein - February 20, 2017

On February 1 I flew to St. Louis for the New Partners for Smart Growth conference, the largest gathering dedicated to dense, transit-oriented/walkable/bikeable development...

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Why SF’s City Planning Department doesn’t get it

John Elberling - February 12, 2017

There is no designated Sociologist position on the 200+ staff of San Francisco’s City Planning Department. And a bachelor/masters degree in Urban Planning can...

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The agenda: What’s ‘divisive’?

Tim Redmond - February 6, 2017

I keep hearing the same song from one side of San Francisco’s Democratic Party, and it goes like this: We are all Democrats here, and...

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A stunning lack of reality at Mayor Lee’s State of the City

Tim Redmond and Sana Saleem - January 26, 2017

An upbeat Mayor Ed Lee delivered a State of the City address at the old Hibernia Bank Building today that sounded like a re-election...

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Can Mayor Lee be part of an Airbnb compromise?

Tim Redmond - January 4, 2017

It seems highly unlikely that the San Francisco supervisors will overturn Mayor Ed Lee’s veto of a 60-day limit on Airbnb and other short-term...

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Local housing: A little reality

John Elberling - January 1, 2017

Reading the superficial year-end wrap-ups and “expert commentary” about the city’s housing situation in the local press this week is making my head hurt....

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Wiener’s first bill could set off housing war

Tim Redmond - December 9, 2016

State Senator Scott Wiener has wasted no time in wading into the statewide housing wars – just as affordable housing advocates have released a...

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Supes, mayor fail on immigration

The Agenda, Feb. 26-March 5: What’s still wild in SF …

Racism — and politics — in SF Redevelopment history

YIMBYs, Smart Growth — and unanswered questions

Why SF’s City Planning Department doesn’t get it

The agenda: What’s ‘divisive’?

A stunning lack of reality at Mayor Lee’s State of the City

Can Mayor Lee be part of an Airbnb compromise?

Local housing: A little reality

Wiener’s first bill could set off housing war

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