Stories about Housing
‘In the name of climate sanity’
Hearing shows there is now way for the city to meet its greenhouse-gas goals without controlling Uber, Lyft, and car-based delivery services. Hello, Sacramento?
SF responds to climate crisis (but will anyone mention Uber?)
Plus: Helping small business -- and a massive project that will make the housing crisis worse (but is back by TMG Partners and Ron Conway). That's The Agenda for July 22-28
New measure would link jobs and housing in SF
No more office space until there are affordable places for the new workers to live -- that's the goal of a March 2020 ballot initiative.
Haney’s plan for Homeless Commission faces close vote
The Board of Supes will vote next Tuesday on a Charter Amendment that would create a Homelessness Commission, setting up a fall ballot campaign over a plan that Mayor Breed at this point opposes.
Dan Hoyle’s border-crossing art of empathy
The stage chameleon talks about his latest solo show 'Border People'—and the profound importance of talking to strangers.
Beyond the valley of the gig economy
'Raw Deal' author Steven Hill on Uber tech, the perils of California ideologies, and the twilight of the elites.
Fewer’s racial-equity plan could change the way SF makes policy
A new office would analyze legislation through a lens that has been missing from city policy -- and could lead to some dramatic changes in the political discussion.
Kaiser workers prepare for strike over mental-health staffing
Plus: A massive upzoning at Van Ness and Market raised transportation and congestion issues. That's The Agenda for July 8-14
What if the ‘moderates’ are wrong, about everything?
Forget our ideological differences -- what if the mainstream Democrats (and Yimbys like Scott Wiener) simply have their facts wrong?
Planners hear how Nancy Skinner’s housing bill would hurt SF communities
Testimony looks at how 'streamlining' bill would cut the public out of crucial development discussions.