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Yes (on affordable housing) In My Back Yard!

Tim Redmond - July 24, 2017

I’m kind of done talking about the Yimby conference, which has gotten far more press than you normally see for a wonky housing policy...

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The Agenda, July 24-30: Undemocratic voting, municipal broadband …

Tim Redmond - July 23, 2017

The bill that would limit citizen initiatives against development is now in the state Senate, and will be heard in committee in August. The...

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Inside the Yimby conference

Zelda Bronstein - July 20, 2017

Last weekend about 120 attendees from 17 cities gathered in downtown Oakland for the Yimbytown 2017 conference. Organized by East Bay Forward, the event...

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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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Listen, Yimby!

Tim Redmond - July 12, 2017

Dear Yimbytown folks: Welcome to the Bay Area, where housing and land-use debates are at the heart of almost all local politics. You’re going to...

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OPINION: Alarming housing bill heading for approval

Peter Cohen and Fernando Marti - July 9, 2017

Senate Bill 35, heading to Assemblymember David Chiu’s Housing and Community Development Committee Wednesday/12, is a potentially serious threat to California’s most vulnerable urban...

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The Agenda: SF is losing affordable housing almost as fast as we can build it

Tim Redmond - May 29, 2017

The Planning Department has released its latest report on how the city’s affordable housing balance is coming along, and it’s not pretty. The report, which...

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What the city’s new housing policy will mean

Tim Redmond - May 26, 2017

San Francisco wound up with a sweeping new affordable housing policy this week, one that will encourage the demolition of some existing low-rise commercial...

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In historic vote, Democratic Party supports rent control

Dean Preston - May 23, 2017

Here’s some big news from last weekend’s California Democratic Party Convention that won’t make the papers: Delegates voted to pass a resolution expressing “the...

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The Agenda, May 15-21: Who can afford ‘affordable’ housing?

Tim Redmond - May 14, 2017

Two competing affordable housing bills – and another bill that could override both of them to give developers more density – are headed for...

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Yes (on affordable housing) In My Back Yard!

The Agenda, July 24-30: Undemocratic voting, municipal broadband …

Inside the Yimby conference

The problem with “smart growth”

Listen, Yimby!

OPINION: Alarming housing bill heading for approval

The Agenda: SF is losing affordable housing almost as fast as we can build it

What the city’s new housing policy will mean

In historic vote, Democratic Party supports rent control

The Agenda, May 15-21: Who can afford ‘affordable’ housing?

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