Saturday, May 4, 2024

Tagged with: Lobbying

YIMBYs, Smart Growth — and unanswered questions

On February 1 I flew to St. Louis for the  New Partners for Smart Growth conference, the largest gathering dedicated to dense, transit-oriented/walkable/bikeable development...

Free City College passes 9-1 — will Mayor Ed Lee defy the board and the voters?

The Board of Supes, by a 9-1 majority, directly challenged Mayor Ed Lee today and appropriated funding to make City College free for all...

The Agenda, 7/25/2016: Down to the wire for the November ballot

The battle of the November ballot continues Tuesday as several key items left over from last week’s crazy Board of Supes meeting are back...

Big wins for progressives at key board meeting

The Board of Supervisors meeting yesterday started off with the mayor showing up for Question Time and asking for unity on the city budget...

Airbnb regulations pass — unanimously

In a somewhat surprising move that indicates an election-year shift at City Hall, a measure by Sups. David Campos and Aaron Peskin that will...

A terrible housing bill looms in Sacramento

The State Assembly may vote as early as Monday on a bill that would give real estate developers a huge windfall at the expense...

The Agenda, May 23-29: Amateur hour in the Mayor’s Office …

By mid-afternoon, a little after 3pm Friday, reporters were starting to gather out in front of the Mayor’s office. We’d gotten the word, thanks...

Airbnb suddenly drops $245,000 into local politics

Just days after Sups. David Campos and Aaron Peskin announced a measure to more tightly regulate short-term rentals, Airbnb, the biggest company in that...

PG&E tries to cheat San Francisco — again

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., in another dramatic move to prevent San Francisco from operating a lucrative public-power system, is moving to block the...

Regional government sells out Bay Area cities

  I’ve been covering the current power struggle between the Association of Bay Area Governments, our region’s land use planning authority, and its transportation planning...