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How the Twitter tax break continues to damage San Francisco …

Tim Redmond - March 10, 2019

The long-term impact of the Twitter tax break was never going to be the money that came in or was lost by the city...

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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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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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Regional planners mount a quiet coup to promote developers and attack vulnerable communities

Zelda Bronstein - January 3, 2019

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission has been planning a coup. Not the putsch kind of coup, where armed insurgents overthrow a duly constituted government, but an...

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PG&E is on the ropes

Tim Redmond - December 26, 2018

When the California Public Utilities Commission – never known for its tight oversight of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. – suddenly starts talking about...

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Behind the battle for board president

Tim Redmond - December 10, 2018

When I was a young reporter at the Bay Guardian, the editor, Bruce Brugmann, told me not to bother writing stories about how “the...

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The truth about Prop. C

Nick Large - November 4, 2018

“I’m calling to see what the supervisor is going to do about the tent encampments outside my building.” I am working in the office of...

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Statewide tenant group celebrates ten years of organizing

Tim Redmond - September 20, 2018

What began as an experiment is now the longest running statewide tenant organization in California history. Tenants Together, California’s statewide renters’ rights organization, is...

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Business districts use public money to attack homeless people, study finds

Tim Redmond - September 19, 2018

Business Improvement Districts, which are in essence private tax assessors that spend money to spiff up certain parts of town, have been using public...

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OPINION: The best sort of democracy for San Francisco

Steven Hill and Tom Ammiano - July 18, 2018

Calvin Welch has been a dedicated housing activist and progressive leader for decades, but we have consistently disagreed with him about Ranked Choice Voting...

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How the Twitter tax break continues to damage San Francisco …

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

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

Regional planners mount a quiet coup to promote developers and attack vulnerable communities

PG&E is on the ropes

Behind the battle for board president

The truth about Prop. C

Statewide tenant group celebrates ten years of organizing

Business districts use public money to attack homeless people, study finds

OPINION: The best sort of democracy for San Francisco

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