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Tenant Troubles: What Prop. 10 is really about

Dave Crow - October 24, 2018

“Local governments are on the front lines of managing homelessness, displacement and gentrification. They need the ability to stop the bleeding. Proposition 10 would...

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The socialists aren’t leaving the Democratic Party

Tom Gallagher - October 23, 2018

In the October 20 “Willie’s World,” Willie Brown’s often surprisingly informative and entertaining San Francisco Chronicle column, the former mayor and state Assembly speaker...

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New study says rent control doesn’t discourage new housing

Tim Redmond - October 10, 2018

The landlord lobby – and it’s one of the most powerful interests in the state of California – is spending more than $40 million...

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Rust Belt SF? Are we doomed by progressive politics?

Tim Redmond - September 6, 2018

CNBC calls it a picture of a “dystopian future.” The Chron calls it a vision for “a better San Francisco.” That’s what we get with...

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We know how to control housing costs

Peter Dreier - August 23, 2018

Editors note: This is the testimony Professor Peter Dreier gave June 21 at a joint hearing of the state Senate Judiciary Committee and the Assembly...

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Prop. C will define progressive politics in SF

Tim Redmond - August 20, 2018

The most important measure to address homelessness in San Francisco in years now has a ballot designation: It’s Proposition C. And on the state level,...

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The big debate for governor was an embarrassing bust

Tim Redmond - May 8, 2018

I shouldn’t have expected much from the first statewide televised debate for governor. I got even less. The two Republicans – John Cox and Travis...

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SF needs a mayor who will tax, spend, and regulate

Calvin Welch - April 23, 2018

Consider a short list of the realities facing our next mayor: The social/economic/cultural transformation of the city through unchecked hyper-gentrification caused by a development policy...

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Wiener upzoning bill dies in committee

Tim Redmond - April 17, 2018

State Sen. Scott Wiener’s bill that would give the state more control over local zoning and mandate taller buildings on transit corridors died in...

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Ethics Commission blows up over controversial reform law

Tim Redmond - February 20, 2018

The SF Ethics Commission blew up last week as President Peter Keane abruptly announced his resignation after failing to get the four votes to...

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Tenant Troubles: What Prop. 10 is really about

The socialists aren’t leaving the Democratic Party

New study says rent control doesn’t discourage new housing

Rust Belt SF? Are we doomed by progressive politics?

We know how to control housing costs

Prop. C will define progressive politics in SF

The big debate for governor was an embarrassing bust

SF needs a mayor who will tax, spend, and regulate

Wiener upzoning bill dies in committee

Ethics Commission blows up over controversial reform law

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