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Could SF take over thousands of rent-controlled apartments?

Sam Lew - January 27, 2020

Supervisor Dean Preston is demanding that one of San Francisco’s biggest landlords, Veritas Investments, halt the sale of 76 buildings in the hope that...

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Accounting trick hides real cost of admin raises at City College

Michael Toren - October 1, 2019

Most City College administrators will see a 10 percent increase in their next paycheck – plus back pay retroactive to July 1 – after...

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Facebook money pushes Chiu housing bill

Zelda Bronstein - August 17, 2019

48 hills’ “Facebook money and California housing” series delves into the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s multi-million-dollar funding of the pro-growth shadow government that’s reshaping California...

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Will Newsom sign PG&E bailout bill?

Tim Redmond - July 11, 2019

When the San Francisco Chronicle runs an editorial saying that a PG&E bailout bill is a bad idea because it might undermine the city’s...

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Planners hear how Nancy Skinner’s housing bill would hurt SF communities

Tim Redmond - June 29, 2019

Several members of the Planning Commission expressed concern this week about SB 330, a bill by Sen. Nancy Skinner that is supposed to speed...

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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 is already undermining public transit …

Tim Redmond - May 9, 2019

Uber’s newly revealed goal of damaging public transit is already working in San Francisco, a new study shows. It comes in the wake of...

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Critical housing measure comes to the board of supes

Tim Redmond - April 3, 2019

The Board of Supes Government Audit and Oversight Committee will consider Thursday/4 a resolution that could put the board in direct opposition to the mayor...

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Another step toward a public bank

Tim Redmond - February 5, 2019

The Board of Supes took a step toward the creation of a public bank today, approving unanimously a resolution by Sup. Sandra Lee Fewer...

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Building momentum and the Women’s March

Tim Redmond - January 21, 2019

The New York Times spent a lot of time talking about the “controversy” around this weekend’s Women’s March. The march was “smaller;”maybe there’s a “waning...

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Could SF take over thousands of rent-controlled apartments?

Accounting trick hides real cost of admin raises at City College

Facebook money pushes Chiu housing bill

Will Newsom sign PG&E bailout bill?

Planners hear how Nancy Skinner’s housing bill would hurt SF communities

Facebook money and California housing

Uber is already undermining public transit …

Critical housing measure comes to the board of supes

Another step toward a public bank

Building momentum and the Women’s March

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