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Will SF allow the owner who evicted a 100-year-old to get a condo conversion permit?

Tim Redmond - January 10, 2018

The SF Planning Commission is set to vote Thursday/11 on allowing the owners of the building where Iris Canada was evicted to convert to...

News + Politics

Leno files for mayor, promises ‘fundamental change’

Tim Redmond - January 8, 2018

Mark Leno formally filed his nomination papers for mayor this morning, and promised a “fundamentally new direction for City Hall.” He told a group of...

News + Politics

What the new mayor’s race poll really shows

Tim Redmond - January 4, 2018

The first poll on the 2018 mayor’s race offers some surprises – and a lot of information that is really not surprising. I’ve obtained a...

Arts + Culture

Our most-read stories of 2017

Marke B. - December 30, 2017

This was a truly unsettling year, from the election of Donald Trump and the resurgence of white supremacist movements to the sudden death of...

The Agenda

More housing. Higher prices. That’s what a new city report shows

Tim Redmond - December 18, 2017

At the Ed Lee memorial Sunday, a string of politicians who are not at all humble talked about the humble side of the late...

News + Politics

Why we should all care about the FCC’s net neutrality vote

Jackie Prager - December 15, 2017

On December 14, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to repeal net neutrality. This a huge deal -- everyone should be paying attention to...

News + Politics

An SF city bank is not only possible — it’s a great idea, budget analyst concludes

Tim Redmond - December 11, 2017

San Francisco faces no legal obstacles and no significant policy problems with creating a municipal bank, a recent report from the city’s budget and...

News + Politics

Chiang wants to be governor, but is a bit vague on some key issues

Tim Redmond - December 8, 2017

State Treasurer John Chiang brought his campaign for governor to San Francisco today, and in front of a fairly modest media crowd accepted the...

News + Politics

Why workers had to strike in Oakland

Tim Redmond - December 7, 2017

I shouldn’t be surprised that the mainstream East Bay news media are, to say the least, unsympathetic toward the Oakland city workers’ strike. The...

News + Politics

Little-known Yimby-developer bills will have big impact on local planning

Zelda Bronstein - December 3, 2017

Of the fifteen bills in the “housing package” signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown on September 29, the one that got the most...

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