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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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What the regional housing “compact” amounts to — so far

Zelda Bronstein - January 10, 2019

The first installment of my CASA story listed bills introduced in the state Legislature on December 3, most notably Scott Wiener’s do-over of his...

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Halting the epidemic of housing demolitions

Tim Redmond - December 11, 2018

Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Rafael Mandelman introduced legislation today that could save thousands of units of rent-controlled housing and stop the epidemic of demolition...

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Capturing Harvey Milk’s martyrdom and living legacy

Marke B. - November 27, 2018

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the assassinations of Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. (It's also the 10th anniversary of Milk, the movie...

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Prop. C: The battle for the soul of San Francisco

John Elberling - October 9, 2018

The New American Oligarchy of Wealth and Privilege that seized control of the United States two years ago with the election of President Donald...

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We know how to control housing costs

Peter Dreier - August 23, 2018

Editors note: This is the testimony Professor Peter Dreier gave June 21 at a joint hearing of the state Senate Judiciary Committee and the Assembly...

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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

What the regional housing “compact” amounts to — so far

Halting the epidemic of housing demolitions

Capturing Harvey Milk’s martyrdom and living legacy

Prop. C: The battle for the soul of San Francisco

We know how to control housing costs

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