Stories about Mayor Ed Lee
Could SF tax new IPO wealth?
Sup. Gordon Mar is raising the issue -- and asking about how to make sure the tech companies pay for the impacts they are having on the city.
How the Twitter tax break continues to damage San Francisco …
... plus big city contracts that never got the proper oversight, smoking weed in public -- and Scott Wiener's plan to further gentrify San Francisco. That's The Agenda for March 11-17
The inhumanity of homeless ‘sweeps’
When did taking people's possessions, destroying their shelter, and leaving them to suffer in the rain become the new normal?
The Democrats in Sacramento want to deregulate housing — but that has never worked
The 'grand bargain' for Bay Area housing is a sham -- the developers get what they want, vulnerable communities get nothing. And homelessness continues to increase.
Breed’s State of the City: Let’s all work together
Except that there's a class war in this city, and the speculators and big corporations have an agenda that's causing horrible problems -- and a lot of people want to know what side the mayor will be on.
PG&E is on the ropes
There's never been a better time for the city to move on creating a public power system.
Central Soma: The fix is in at City Planning
Why is there no community process to determine which Soma developers will get their valuable permits under Prop. M?
Tax breaks for corporations are a bad idea, new study shows
The Twitter tax break, the tax breaks for Amazon -- they do a lot more harm than good. It's time SF officials admitted that.
Prop. C: The battle for the soul of San Francisco
It's the oligarchy vs. the community and the people as we head to the ballot
Breed’s opposition to Prop. C shows she’s on the side of big business
And her statement defending her position is based on inaccurate Chamber of Commerce talking points