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Tagged with: Housing

Mayor says he’s “open” to a tax on vacant housing

By Tim Redmond DECEMBER 17, 2014 – Mayor Ed Lee said yesterday that he was “open” to the concept of a tax on vacant residential...

Protesters disrupt landlord from getting on Google bus

By Sara Bloomberg DECEMBER 16, 2014 -- Sometimes he drives to work, but this morning Jack Halprin decided to take a private shuttle to his...

Sup. Mar takes on Zombie Neighborhoods and Housing Hoarding

By Tim Redmond DECEMBER 16, 2014 -- A measure by Sup. Eric Mar to tax unoccupied or largely unoccupied housing units could be one of...

Why the mayor’s office is asking the wrong questions about housing

By Tim Redmond DECEMBER 12, 2014 – Almost 30 years ago, the San Francisco Planning Commission heard a proposal to develop the empty Balboa Reservoir...

What’s Ron Conway up to? And why is SF still (almost) broke in the tech boom?

By Tim Redmond DECEMBER 8, 2014 – There’s not a single elected Republican in San Francisco government (the last GOP member to hold any elective...

Will there be a mayor’s race in 2015?

  By Tim Redmond DECEMBER 2, 2014 – With Mark Leno officially taking himself out of the 2015 mayor’s race, there’s a real possibility that Mayor...

Could there be a Grand Bargain solution to the housing crisis?

By Tim Redmond DECEMBER 1, 2014 -- You talk about housing in this city, you get lots of response. And when you suggest something as...

Ballot measure targeting Airbnb headed for November 2015 election

by Tim Redmond with Manissa Maharawal and Erin McElroy NOVEMBER 25, 2014 – Former Sup. Aaron Peskin, standing in front of the headquarters of Airbnb...

Flipcharts, planners — and the ongoing attack on blue-collar jobs in Soma

By Zelda Bronstein NOVEMBER 21, 2014 -- On Tuesday, November 18, from 6-8 pm, the San Francisco Planning Department held an open house on the...

Oh great. Now the housing crisis can’t be solved. And the tech folks are afraid to talk in public

By Tim Redmond NOVEMBER 20, 2014 – You know the housing crisis in San Francisco has gone from insane to absurd when the City Planning...