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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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The SF election: What happened?

Calvin Welch - December 2, 2016

The 2016 election may well be a turning point in our national and local politics. The problem is that it’s unclear what direction the...

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More than a million people in SF? Did anyone ask you?

Zelda Bronstein - November 28, 2016

It’s hard not to be riveted by the terrifying advance of Donald Trump’s presidency. But it would be a huge mistake to ignore less...

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Developer allies again try to take over Sierra Club

Tim Redmond - November 28, 2016

For years, the San Francisco chapter of the Sierra Club has been part of a progressive environmental movement. The Club has worked on clean...

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Afraid — and fighting

Kate Redmond - November 14, 2016

Like so many Americans, I woke up on November 9th excited to hear that for the first time in the history of our nation,...

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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

The SF election: What happened?

More than a million people in SF? Did anyone ask you?

Developer allies again try to take over Sierra Club

Afraid — and fighting

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