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Federal official tells SF to fix ongoing problems at ‘uninhabitable’ Plaza East public housing

Cydney Hayes - April 15, 2024

After years of organizing alongside their neighbors and demanding the city make the necessary repairs to their homes, Plaza East Apartments residents could finally...

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How will the city implement forced treatment for people with mental illness?

Tim Redmond - September 24, 2023

Plus: Does the Mayor's Office have a real homelessness plan—and what's going to happen new to Laguna Honda Hospital? That's The Agenda this week

Housing

Tenants and organizers rally against Breed’s budget cuts

Mary Jane Agnew - June 12, 2023

Plan would eliminate funding for critical housing programs.

Housing

Planning Department has ambitious housing goals; Mayor’s Office stands in the way

Tim Redmond - January 23, 2023

Hearing shows huge disconnect between lofty goals and the ability of the city to implement them.

Housing

Planning Commission to review new Housing Element—which is based on fantasy

Tim Redmond - June 6, 2022

How do you do an environmental review of a proposal that is so far from reality that you can't take it seriously?

Housing

65-year-old cancer survivor is fighting Ellis Act eviction—for the second time

Sam Lew - May 17, 2022

Community rallies around 'flower lady' as Apple engineer seeks to throw her out of her home in Bernal Heights.

Housing

Lawsuit seeks to block Plan Bay Area 2050—and prevent gentrification

Tim Redmond - November 28, 2021

Petition argues that the sweeping regional planning proposal would displace tens of thousands of vulnerable residents in the name of more high-end development.

Housing

Labor, housing activists tell supes: Trickle-down policy is a failure

Tim Redmond - November 8, 2021

Hearing on jobs-housing mix makes clear that market-based solutions haven't worked and the city needs a new approach.

Housing

Eviction-free SF: Advocates say that renters still have options

Garrett Leahy - October 2, 2021

Know your rights—the moratorium is over but renters still have a lot of protections.

Housing

Two-thirds of needy SF tenants could get zero state or local rent relief

Tim Redmond - June 24, 2021

Supes hearing shows huge gap between the promises and the reality -- but the money is there if the mayor is willing to spend it.

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Federal official tells SF to fix ongoing problems at ‘uninhabitable’ Plaza East public housing

How will the city implement forced treatment for people with mental illness?

Tenants and organizers rally against Breed’s budget cuts

Planning Department has ambitious housing goals; Mayor’s Office stands in the way

Planning Commission to review new Housing Element—which is based on fantasy

65-year-old cancer survivor is fighting Ellis Act eviction—for the second time

Lawsuit seeks to block Plan Bay Area 2050—and prevent gentrification

Labor, housing activists tell supes: Trickle-down policy is a failure

Eviction-free SF: Advocates say that renters still have options

Two-thirds of needy SF tenants could get zero state or local rent relief

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