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Tagged with: Growth

Developers win with “smart growth” rule

With a big assist from the state Legislature, the SF Planning Department opened a new front in the city’s density wars last week. On...

City College faculty vote to authorize strike

Members of the American Federation of Teachers Local 2121 union held signs that read “money in the classroom not in the bank” outside City...

Supes vote to charge developers more for transit — will the mayor veto?

The new 6-5 majority on the Board of Supes was in full force today when Sup. John Avalos moved to increase modestly the amount...

The passions of Yaelisa

ONSTAGE "All that drama must keep you young," I thought, when local flamenco legend Yaelisa -- she of fierce looks, emphatic twirls, and thunderous...

SF’s campaign money: Loopholes, scams, and real-estate cash

The candidates for local office filed their first major campaign-finance statements last week, and some of them are eye-openers. In fact, a careful review...

The agenda, Feb. 8-14: Lee’s strange transit policy …

Here’s a strange one that’s mostly under the radar: Mayor Ed Lee has introduced a ballot measure that would direct all future increases in...

The regional government merger: Is anyone asking why?

On Friday, January 8, the latest phase of the power struggle between the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments, a.k.a....

Mayor’s budget message blames pension costs, lets corporations off the hook

JANUARY 6, 2015 -- Mayor Ed Lee is telling all city departments to cut their budgets by three percent over the next two years,...

The Nimbys and the housing crisis

I probably shouldn’t pay too much attention to a story about San Francisco written by a guy who lives in Venice and likes to...

Chaos isn’t “change”

By Calvin Welch DECEMBER 23, 2015 -- In a period when our national politics are dominated by candidates on the right that rely on “counter...