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Wiener quietly turns barber bill into major housing legislation

Hydee Feldstein - June 18, 2019

State Sen. Scott Wiener, as predicted here, has taken an uncontroversial bill about cosmetology licenses and turned it into a complex and detailed piece...

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Wiener’s gut-and-amend tactics: Will they return with SB 50?

Hydee Feldstein - June 11, 2019

The date was Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2017, in Sacramento CA, when Senator Scott Wiener introduced SB 384, a bill amending the California Business...

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Fewer calls on city to ‘blow up’ taxi permit system

Tim Redmond - June 11, 2019

Sup. Sandra Lee Fewer yesterday called for the city to “blow up” its current taxi permit system, find a way to pay back drivers...

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Celebrate 40 years of rent control — and support the Tenants Union

Tim Redmond - June 9, 2019

If you live in San Francisco, and you pay rent, you can thank the Tenants Union for the fact that you are still here. The...

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Facebook money and California housing

Zelda Bronstein - May 29, 2019

On January 24, 2019, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the limited liability company founded by Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg,...

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Uber’s plans include attacking public transit

Tim Redmond - May 6, 2019

Uber has acknowledged in a federal filing that its long-term goal is to privatize public transportation around the world. In a document filed with the...

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Wiener’s ‘transit-oriented development’ bill screws public transit

Calvin Welch - May 2, 2019

State Sen. Scott Wiener is promoting his housing bill, SB 50, as an example of environmental progress, since the measure is pushing transit-oriented development...

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The local TV news coverage of Jeff Adachi’s death is a disgrace

Tim Redmond - February 24, 2019

I’m just going to come right out and say it: Some of the TV news coverage of Jeff Adachi’s death has been utterly repugnant. Channel...

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The Sierra Club and the luxury-housing developer

Zelda Bronstein - February 17, 2019

Are you a Sierra Club member who lives in Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville, Alameda, Piedmont or San Leandro? If so, you fall under the aegis...

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Debate over $185 million windfall begins this week

Tim Redmond - February 3, 2019

The debate over how to spend a $185 million windfall that the city just received begins at the Board of Supes Wednesday/6 when the...

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Wiener quietly turns barber bill into major housing legislation

Wiener’s gut-and-amend tactics: Will they return with SB 50?

Fewer calls on city to ‘blow up’ taxi permit system

Celebrate 40 years of rent control — and support the Tenants Union

Facebook money and California housing

Uber’s plans include attacking public transit

Wiener’s ‘transit-oriented development’ bill screws public transit

The local TV news coverage of Jeff Adachi’s death is a disgrace

The Sierra Club and the luxury-housing developer

Debate over $185 million windfall begins this week

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