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Wiener’s real estate bill gets first Senate hearing

Tim Redmond - April 15, 2018

State Sen. Scott Wiener’s real-estate bill that would increase height limits across 96 percent of San Francisco faces its first hearing in the Senate...

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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...

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The Lexus Lanes — and why they won’t work

Zelda Bronstein - October 19, 2017

One of the hallmarks of neoliberalism is the application of market solutions to market-generated problems. It’s an approach that’s bound to fail, because market-generated...

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The problem with “smart growth”

John Elberling - July 12, 2017

I think we can all stipulate that in general "Smart Growth" -- environmentally-responsible urban development -- is good. And in general more housing to...

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Resist Trump — dump Ford (and ignore the Super Bowl hype)

Jason Henderson - February 4, 2017

San Francisco and the Bay Area remain a bellwether for progressive human rights, peace, labor, and environmental values. Just about everyone in San Francisco...

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The year that local zoning control comes under attack

Zelda Bronstein - January 9, 2017

2017 is already shaping up as a year in which local control of development will come under unprecedented assault in California and in the...

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Wiener’s first bill could set off housing war

Tim Redmond - December 9, 2016

State Senator Scott Wiener has wasted no time in wading into the statewide housing wars – just as affordable housing advocates have released a...

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More than a million people in SF? Did anyone ask you?

Zelda Bronstein - November 28, 2016

It’s hard not to be riveted by the terrifying advance of Donald Trump’s presidency. But it would be a huge mistake to ignore less...

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Have regional planners set their targets on SF’s growth-control law?

Zelda Bronstein - June 15, 2016

Plan Bay Area—the controversial, state-mandated regional “blueprint” for land use and transportation planning through 2040—is back. Actually, it never went away; it just stopped...

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ABAG leaders betray local cities

Zelda Bronstein - May 18, 2016

The latest betrayal of Bay Area cities by the leadership of the Association of Bay Area Governments occurred on May 17, when the Joint...

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Wiener’s real estate bill gets first Senate hearing

Why workers had to strike in Oakland

The Lexus Lanes — and why they won’t work

The problem with “smart growth”

Resist Trump — dump Ford (and ignore the Super Bowl hype)

The year that local zoning control comes under attack

Wiener’s first bill could set off housing war

More than a million people in SF? Did anyone ask you?

Have regional planners set their targets on SF’s growth-control law?

ABAG leaders betray local cities

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