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Housing Rights Committee celebrates 40 years of fighting for renters

Tim Redmond - September 17, 2019

In 1979, San Francisco had just passed its first rent-control ordinance – and tenant groups were starting to emerge to protect that law. Among...

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Eviction, elder abuse, and homelessness

Tiny - July 30, 2019

“I am being evicted from the home I was evicted to. I don’t know where to go now. I want to come back to...

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SF rent control turns 40

Jennifer Fieber - June 4, 2019

Sometimes even long-time San Franciscans take the city's rent control regulations for granted, but we need to remember that we have tenant projections today...

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BREAKING: Breed’s Rent Board appointee resigns

Tim Redmond - April 19, 2019

Reese Isbell, Mayor London Breed’s recent appointment to the Rent Board, resigned that position this afternoon, meaning the full Board of Supes won’t be...

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Supes vote on Breed’s Rent Board appointee will be political test

Tim Redmond - April 18, 2019

The full Board of Supes will be voting Tuesday/23 on the appointment of a supporter of Mayor Breed who has little connection with the...

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The bizarre argument in favor of Wiener’s housing bill

Tim Redmond - April 7, 2019

A Board of Supes committee has passed a resolution opposing SB 50, the Scott Wiener bill that would allow a lot more market-rate housing...

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Breed Rent Board appointment raises issues for tenants

Tim Redmond - April 4, 2019

For 40 years, the process for selecting members of the San Francisco Rent Board has been pretty consistent. The board, which has the crucial (and...

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Cops continue homeless sweeps, even in the cold rain

Tim Redmond - March 7, 2019

In the worst of the past month’s storms, San Francisco cops were confiscating the tents of homeless people on a routine basis, a top...

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The Democrats in Sacramento want to deregulate housing — but that has never worked

Tim Redmond - March 3, 2019

Of all the information that came out of the hearing on homelessness last week, when several supervisors said the Mayor’s Office and its Department of...

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Chilly reception for the new Monster in the Mission plan

Tim Redmond - February 8, 2019

Outside the packed Planning Commission hearing on the Monster in the Mission Thursday evening, I saw Tim Colen, senior advisor to the pro-development Housing...

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Housing Rights Committee celebrates 40 years of fighting for renters

Eviction, elder abuse, and homelessness

SF rent control turns 40

BREAKING: Breed’s Rent Board appointee resigns

Supes vote on Breed’s Rent Board appointee will be political test

The bizarre argument in favor of Wiener’s housing bill

Breed Rent Board appointment raises issues for tenants

Cops continue homeless sweeps, even in the cold rain

The Democrats in Sacramento want to deregulate housing — but that has never worked

Chilly reception for the new Monster in the Mission plan

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