Friday, May 3, 2024

Tagged with: Neighborhoods

Cooking in your car

The smell of salt, grease and fried meat filled the air, with just hint of burnt sugar thrown in. My mind wandered to breakfasts...

A bad week for the Yimby narrative

It is not a good week for the Yimby argument. In a series of reports, studies, and articles, the claim that building more housing for...

OPINION: The cannabis industry should not disregard Chinatown’s voices

We write in response to the Tom Ammiano and Jesse Stout’s editorial, “Yes we cannabis – even in Chinatown” which makes a number of...

The Agenda, July 22-July 29: The new (same old) Planning Commission …

Sup. Malia Cohen, I am reliably told, promised progressives on the board that she would re-appoint Planning Commissioners Dennis Richards and Kathrin Moore if...

OPINION: The best sort of democracy for San Francisco

Calvin Welch has been a dedicated housing activist and progressive leader for decades, but we have consistently disagreed with him about Ranked Choice Voting...

Central Soma Plan shows the problem with large-scale EIRs

The Central Soma Plan, more than ten years in the making, got a mixed reception at the Land Use and Transportation Committee meeting today,...

Too many jobs, too little housing in Soma

The Central Soma Plan – which will open South of Market to the equivalent of a new downtown, with office space for at least...

OPINION: Stopping rent-hikes in affordable housing

Young Community Developers has been fighting for Bayview residents and the entire District 10 community for more than 45 years. In 2016, YCD full...

Joe O’Donoghue sues Willie Brown over Breed campaign money

Here’s one for the ages: Joe O’Donoghue, longtime leader of the Residential Builders Association and political player in SF, is suing former Mayor Willie...

OPINION: What went wrong June 5 — and what we can learn

Editor’s note: Progressives who supported Mark Leno or Sup. Jane Kim are looking at the results of the election and trying to figure out...