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Secrecy rules in regional-planning power struggle

Critical funding, equity issues playing out with very little public input By Zelda Bronstein SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 -- Last week the power struggle between the Metropolitan...

A leading voice on urban planning in CA debunks housing trickle-down

The progressives are not the only ones saying that building more market-rate housing won't solve the city's problem  By Peter Cohen AUGUST 19, 2015 -- A...

Displacement policy at risk in quiet power struggle

Two regional agencies battling over the future of Bay Area planning -- with social justice in the balance By Zelda Bronstein JULY 21, 2015 --At a...

The Agenda, June 22-28: Housing bonds, the cost of more cops, the cost of growth ….

... And some highlights of Pride Weekend -- a guide to the upcoming week in politics By Tim Redmond JUNE 22, 2015 – Like developers, mayors...

Why market-rate housing makes the crisis worse

The city's own studies show that building luxury units causes more problems than it solves. Why is this not the defining issue in housing...

The Mission moratorium goes down, narrowly — but the fight has only begun

Hundreds and hundreds of Mission residents and community activists demonstrate the massive anger over displacement -- and some folks at City Hall didn't listen....

The politics and economics of the new tenant-protection proposals

Kim's eviction regulations will infuriate the big landlord lobby -- but they could be good news for the local economy By Tim Redmond MARCH 13, 2015...

The false promise of regional governance

Unless the elites change their ways, centralized planning is never going to work MAY 13 -- There’s a push on by Bay Area elites to...

In Vietnam, capitalism is winning

Forty years afer the war ended, it's Apple, Facebook, and American TV By Andrew Lam MAY 5, 2015 -- Forty years have passed since the Vietnam...

Ethics reform: Going after Astroturf lobbyists

Friends of Ethics wants to close a loophole in the disclosure laws By Larry Bush APRIL 27, 2015 -- It’s not just true of sports that...