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Obliviate! Mayor Lee makes CleanPowerSF vanish

Marke B. - March 11, 2014

Mayor Lee offers Sup. Avalos birthday greetings – before telling him that his administration no longer cares about generating city-owned clean power By Tim Redmond MARCH...

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Despite ‘Twitter’ tax breaks, tech firms do little for senior neighbors

Tim Redmond - March 11, 2014

Zendesk launched Link-SF, a database of resouces for homeless and low-income residents accessible from mobile devices, at a press event last week. Featured from...

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The Cove of Weepers: Why San Francisco has often had good reason to be nervous about new arrivals

Tim Redmond - March 10, 2014

By Rebecca Solnit “In the past, it was racists and homophobes who attacked newcomers to San Francisco. Today, anti-tech activists are promoting a new nativism,...

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Why is there no housing for Google and Apple workers on the Peninsula?

Tim Redmond - March 6, 2014

Why is it wrong for Google workers to live near where they work? (Hint: The suburbs don't want them) By Tim Redmond It's time for our...

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Mayor Lee’s latest plaza-privatization plan is based on a troubling New York model

Marke B. - March 5, 2014

By Tim Redmond The Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development is pushing a plan that would allow private entities to "sponsor" public plazas –...

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Soda industry says evictions are comparable to the price of a Dr. Pepper

Marke B. - March 3, 2014

By Tim Redmond March 4, 2014 -- Political campaigns are full of hyperbole. But a mailer from the American Beverage Association that arrived at my...

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The attack on SoMa, part two: Why is this happening, anyway?

Zelda Bronstein - March 3, 2014

By Zelda Bronstein In a story that’s become somewhat legendary of late, David Talbot, founder of Salon.com, asked whether San Francisco could survive the tech...

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Politics on Tuesday: Fall campaigns begin March 17

Marke B. - February 25, 2014

By Tim Redmond FEB. 25, 2014 – The campaigns for supervisor and state Assembly get real March 17, when the first seriously controversial housing bill...

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Everyone in town (except a few landlords) is supporting Leno’s Ellis Act bill

Marke B. - February 24, 2014

State Sen. Mark Leno, with Mayor Ed Lee and Assemblymember Phil Ting By Tim Redmond FEB 24, 2014 -- A broad coalition that includes tenant activists...

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How SF Weekly and C.W. Nevius got the tech protests all wrong

Tim Redmond - February 24, 2014

Actually, protests are good. And they work. By Tim Redmond FEB. 24, 2014 -- I don’t have any bad feelings for SF Weekly these days. The...

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Obliviate! Mayor Lee makes CleanPowerSF vanish

Despite ‘Twitter’ tax breaks, tech firms do little for senior neighbors

The Cove of Weepers: Why San Francisco has often had good reason to be nervous about new arrivals

Why is there no housing for Google and Apple workers on the Peninsula?

Mayor Lee’s latest plaza-privatization plan is based on a troubling New York model

Soda industry says evictions are comparable to the price of a Dr. Pepper

The attack on SoMa, part two: Why is this happening, anyway?

Politics on Tuesday: Fall campaigns begin March 17

Everyone in town (except a few landlords) is supporting Leno’s Ellis Act bill

How SF Weekly and C.W. Nevius got the tech protests all wrong

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