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We’re taking a short summer break

By Tim Redmond 48hills is taking a short summer vacation break. Since we’re such a small operation, with minimal staff, the only way we (well,...

City Beat: Newsom sues SF. Judge smacks down ACCJC. And did the mayor really say “Supervisor Asshole?”

By Tim Redmond JULY 17, 2014 -- Here’s the most interesting thing about the State Lands Commission suing San Francisco: Gavin Newsom is, in essence,...

City Hall Gives Money to Evil Landlord’s Pet Charity

By the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project Urban Green, the real estate investment firm, has received a lot of bad press lately. By sending an eviction notice...

Let’s not elect our elected officials. That’s what the supes said today

By Tim Redmond JULY 15, 2014 – The supervisors rejected a plan today that would have allowed voters to fill vacancies on the Board of...

Politics on Tuesday: Is City Hall under Lee and Chiu more effective?

By Tim Redmond JULY 15, 2014 -- Over at the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council Thursday night, a group of political observers and activists (including, yes,...

Why building more market-rate housing can’t possibly solve the city’s crisis

JULY 15, 2014 -- Yesterday, we presented Part One of our Housing Video Series, explaining how San Francisco got into this mess. And in...

In Oakland, Loveable winners and assholes

By L.E. Leone JULY 14, 2014 – Last week I read (on ESPN.com, if you must know) that Raiders new running back Maurice Jones-Drew thinks...

Tom’s Town: Harvey Milk’s tenant legacy

By Tom Temprano JULY 11, 2014 -- City Hall received a blast from the past on Thursday when the Anti-Speculation Tax, which is already on...

The Wild West of zoning: Go ahead, create DNA-altered glow-in-the-dark roses in SoMa. Nobody’s watching.

By Zelda Bronstein In recent weeks 48 hills has revealed that the Planning Department’s lax enforcement of San Francisco’s zoning laws has allowed the illegal...

Politics: The future of Airbnb regulations

By Tim Redmond JULY 10, 2014 -- There won’t be an Airbnb initiative on the November ballot – but the issue, and the possibility of...