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OPINION: Jerry Brown can help police accountability

Susan Leff - September 18, 2017

Imagine you are in your neighborhood when you see a police officer interacting with a civilian. You are confused by what you see, but you...

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Killing the American Dream

Tim Redmond - September 5, 2017

When I heard about Donald Trumps decision to end DACA, the program that lets young immigrants find a future in this country, I thought...

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Cell-phone companies try to ram through bill blocking local control of transmitters

Tim Redmond - July 10, 2017

The state Senate has a had a bumper-crop year for bills to help developers, landlords, and corporate interests – and to undermine the ability...

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OPINION: Alarming housing bill heading for approval

Peter Cohen and Fernando Marti - July 9, 2017

Senate Bill 35, heading to Assemblymember David Chiu’s Housing and Community Development Committee Wednesday/12, is a potentially serious threat to California’s most vulnerable urban...

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Scott Wiener’s housing straw man

Calvin Welch - May 2, 2017

“The market is powerful, but we need other things. That’s why we have regulations. We have to go against the flow and re channel...

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YIMBYs, Smart Growth — and unanswered questions

Zelda Bronstein - February 20, 2017

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...

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Defending us from Trumpism? Jerry Brown is no help

Calvin Welch - January 22, 2017

At the heart of the appeal of Trump's successful campaign message was (is) the accusation that the leadership of the Democratic party was (is)...

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The year that local zoning control comes under attack

Zelda Bronstein - January 9, 2017

2017 is already shaping up as a year in which local control of development will come under unprecedented assault in California and in the...

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Does Newsom want to be the guv who turns SF into Miami Beach?

Tim Redmond - January 5, 2017

Gavin Newsom seems to want to be the governor who turned the San Francisco waterfront into Miami Beach. Newsom, who as Lite Guv chairs the...

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Obama’s supply-side toolkit attacks local housing policy

Calvin Welch - October 4, 2016

On September 27th the Obama administration released a "Housing Development Toolkit" promoting a deregulation program for market rate housing development at the local level....

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OPINION: Jerry Brown can help police accountability

Killing the American Dream

Cell-phone companies try to ram through bill blocking local control of transmitters

OPINION: Alarming housing bill heading for approval

Scott Wiener’s housing straw man

YIMBYs, Smart Growth — and unanswered questions

Defending us from Trumpism? Jerry Brown is no help

The year that local zoning control comes under attack

Does Newsom want to be the guv who turns SF into Miami Beach?

Obama’s supply-side toolkit attacks local housing policy

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