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The mayor’s latest housing plan won’t work

Calvin Welch - May 7, 2017

Mayor Lee and Supervisor Tang are at it again: They’ve proposed a density bonus plan for the second most dense city in the nation....

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What the Airbnb settlement means

Tim Redmond - May 2, 2017

I am going to let Doug Engmann, former chair of the Pacific Stock Exchange and president of the SF Planning Commission, make the point...

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The life and death of Iris Canada, the 100-year-old victim of eviction

Sana Saleem - March 30, 2017

Iris Canada, 100, sat in a wheelchair looking frail and tired but not without the touch of her impeccable sense of style; yellow blazer,...

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Alternative facts and the mayor’s housing plan

Calvin Welch - February 28, 2017

Mayor Ed Lee two weeks ago launched a new effort to bring about "affordable" housing opportunities for San Franciscans by proposing, as he did...

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Begging and Immoral Lives: A pattern of police citations

Tim Redmond - February 23, 2017

San Francisco police have issued tens of thousands of citations for minor quality-of-life crimes in recent years, and most of them are clustered in...

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Racism — and politics — in SF Redevelopment history

John Elberling - February 22, 2017

Bad history -- even when well-intended -- gives me a headache, because it so often misses and conceals far more important truths. To wit,...

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YIMBYs, Smart Growth — and unanswered questions

Zelda Bronstein - February 20, 2017

On February 1 I flew to St. Louis for the New Partners for Smart Growth conference, the largest gathering dedicated to dense, transit-oriented/walkable/bikeable development...

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The Agenda, Feb 21-26: More Mission displacement ….

Tim Redmond - February 20, 2017

The luxury-housing assault on the Mission continues this week as the Planning Commission decides Thursday/23 whether to allow a developer to demolish an auto...

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The Agenda, Feb. 13-19: Can Mayor Lee really deny funding to defend immigrants?

Tim Redmond - February 13, 2017

Mayor Ed Lee has said on repeated occasion that he doesn’t want to send city money to the Public Defender’s Office to represent undocumented...

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Why SF’s City Planning Department doesn’t get it

John Elberling - February 12, 2017

There is no designated Sociologist position on the 200+ staff of San Francisco’s City Planning Department. And a bachelor/masters degree in Urban Planning can...

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The mayor’s latest housing plan won’t work

What the Airbnb settlement means

The life and death of Iris Canada, the 100-year-old victim of eviction

Alternative facts and the mayor’s housing plan

Begging and Immoral Lives: A pattern of police citations

Racism — and politics — in SF Redevelopment history

YIMBYs, Smart Growth — and unanswered questions

The Agenda, Feb 21-26: More Mission displacement ….

The Agenda, Feb. 13-19: Can Mayor Lee really deny funding to defend immigrants?

Why SF’s City Planning Department doesn’t get it

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