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The attack on SoMa, part two: Why is this happening, anyway?

Zelda Bronstein - March 3, 2014

By Zelda Bronstein In a story that’s become somewhat legendary of late, David Talbot, founder of Salon.com, asked whether San Francisco could survive the tech...

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Tom’s Town: The real story of ‘the tech against eviction’ event

Marke B. - February 27, 2014

FEB. 28, 2014 -- This past Tuesday my bar, Virgil's Sea Room, played host to a tech community meet up organized by folks hoping...

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Anti-speculation tax headed for November ballot

Marke B. - February 26, 2014

By Tim Redmond FEB. 26, 2014 -- A tax on real-estate speculators first proposed by Harvey Milk in the late 1970s could wind up on...

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Politics on Tuesday: Fall campaigns begin March 17

Marke B. - February 25, 2014

By Tim Redmond FEB. 25, 2014 – The campaigns for supervisor and state Assembly get real March 17, when the first seriously controversial housing bill...

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Everyone in town (except a few landlords) is supporting Leno’s Ellis Act bill

Marke B. - February 24, 2014

State Sen. Mark Leno, with Mayor Ed Lee and Assemblymember Phil Ting By Tim Redmond FEB 24, 2014 -- A broad coalition that includes tenant activists...

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How SF Weekly and C.W. Nevius got the tech protests all wrong

Tim Redmond - February 24, 2014

Actually, protests are good. And they work. By Tim Redmond FEB. 24, 2014 -- I don’t have any bad feelings for SF Weekly these days. The...

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Ellis Act reform effort starts in Sacramento

Tim Redmond - February 21, 2014

By Tim Redmond FEB 21, 2014 -- Efforts to reform the Ellis Act -- one of the key demands of the tenant rally this week...

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Politics on Wednesday: Tony Kelly files, Ammiano fights for Healthy SF … and the rock band that makes (much) more money than Twitter

Marke B. - February 19, 2014

(So, I was up in Sacramento on the tenant bus yesterday. This week, the Politics on Tuesday Column is called Politics on Wednesday.) FEB. 19,...

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Statewide tenant movement comes alive in Sacramento. Where was Leland?

Marke B. - February 18, 2014

Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (center) addresses the tenant rally, with State Sen. Mark Leno (left) and Supervisors David Campos and John Avalos (behind Ammiano) looking...

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At a half-million bucks to build one unit, how is the market ever going to solve SF’s housing problem?

Marke B. - February 16, 2014

By Tim Redmond There are two interesting articles in the latest Urbanist, a magazine published by the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association –...

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The attack on SoMa, part two: Why is this happening, anyway?

Tom’s Town: The real story of ‘the tech against eviction’ event

Anti-speculation tax headed for November ballot

Politics on Tuesday: Fall campaigns begin March 17

Everyone in town (except a few landlords) is supporting Leno’s Ellis Act bill

How SF Weekly and C.W. Nevius got the tech protests all wrong

Ellis Act reform effort starts in Sacramento

Politics on Wednesday: Tony Kelly files, Ammiano fights for Healthy SF … and the rock band that makes (much) more money than Twitter

Statewide tenant movement comes alive in Sacramento. Where was Leland?

At a half-million bucks to build one unit, how is the market ever going to solve SF’s housing problem?

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