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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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Bad housing bill stalled — but it’s not dead yet

Tim Redmond - August 17, 2016

A really bad housing bill that Gov. Jerry Brown has been pushing may be dead for now – but opponents are keeping a close...

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A regional-planning coup

Zelda Bronstein - May 16, 2016

In late April the year-long power struggle between our region’s land use and transportation planning agencies, respectively the Association of Bay Area Governments and...

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Regional government sells out Bay Area cities

Zelda Bronstein - April 15, 2016

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...

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Campos throws down gauntlet, calls for state of emergency on homelessness

Tim Redmond - March 7, 2016

Supervisor David Campos, frustrated by the city’s lack of progress on homelessness, is planning to announce Tuesday/8 that he’s introducing legislation to call a...

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The problem with the Google bus program

Sue Vaughan - January 25, 2016

On Tuesday, Jan. 26, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will hear an environmental appeal of the permanent commuter shuttle program. That program, now...

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Mayor’s budget message blames pension costs, lets corporations off the hook

Tim Redmond - January 5, 2016

JANUARY 6, 2015 -- Mayor Ed Lee is telling all city departments to cut their budgets by three percent over the next two years,...

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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

Bad housing bill stalled — but it’s not dead yet

A regional-planning coup

Regional government sells out Bay Area cities

Campos throws down gauntlet, calls for state of emergency on homelessness

The problem with the Google bus program

Mayor’s budget message blames pension costs, lets corporations off the hook

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