Mayor Archives - 48 hills

Housing

Supes propose major affordable-housing reform measures for fall ballot

Tim Redmond - May 24, 2022

Charter amendments directly challenge the Breed/Yimby approach and seek more accountability.

Opinion

Breed and Dorsey won’t march in a Pride without cops? Byeee.

Marke B. - May 23, 2022

Don't threaten us queens with good time

Economy

What if we let artists and homeless people take over all the empty SF office space?

Tim Redmond - May 18, 2022

The old work model is over, and downtown and the local economy is going to suffer—unless we get creative about the future.

The Agenda

The price of Ellis Act speculation, and how SF can help tenants survive it

Tim Redmond - May 15, 2022

Plus: How is the city going to meet its state-mandate affordable housing goals? That's The Agenda for May 16-22

News + Politics

What the mayor’s D6 supe appointment means for the district—and the city

Tim Redmond - May 9, 2022

Matt Dorsey is smart, experienced—and seems to agree with the mayor's agenda on housing and the cops. He will face a tough battle in the fall.

Police

Exposing ‘copaganda’ as SFPD spends $1.6 million on ‘strategic communications’

Tim Redmond - May 5, 2022

Why are the taxpayers subsidizing misinformation and spin with a political agenda coming out of a troubled department?

Opinion

Unlike London Breed, I never took my mask off. Now COVID cases are up again

Charles Lewis III - May 5, 2022

The mayor's 'back to normal' stance seems to mean reinvigorating the Financial District more than protecting her constituents

The Agenda

Will the mayor spend money the voters approved for social housing?

Tim Redmond - May 1, 2022

And if the taxpayers are spending $1 million a year on police PR, why can't we get even basic information from SFPD? That's The Agenda for May 2-9.

Housing

Supply sophistry: How academics miss the point on the cost of urban housing

Zelda Bronstein - April 27, 2022

There is still no good evidence that upzoning leads to more affordability—in New York or in San Francisco.

Culture

At American Steel, a trailblazing artist community is displaced for redevelopment

Steven T. Jones - April 26, 2022

Tight-knit Burning Man clan reckons with moving—but may have itself paved the way for West Oakland industrial hub's gentrification

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