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The Agenda: Rose Pak, the devastation of the Eastern Neighborhoods ….

Tim Redmond - September 18, 2016

Gordon Chin, a founder and former director of the Chinatown Community Development Center, notes in his book Building Community, Chinatown Style, that for Rose...

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The real housing record of London Breed

Calvin Welch - September 12, 2016

Sup. London Breed’s campaign website makes the ambiguous claim that she is “creating more affordable housing,” as if she has a hammer and is...

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Palo Alto and the tech shop of horrors

Zelda Bronstein - September 2, 2016

On August 10, Kate Vershov Downing, a 31-year-old intellectual-property lawyer, set the media aflutter when she posted on Medium a letter to the Palo...

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Why are we still pushing criminalization of homeless people?

Tommi Avicolli Mecca - August 26, 2016

More and more evidence keeps emerging that housing-first efforts, or the placing of homeless people into housing paid for by the city, not only...

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The developers are wrong: CEQA doesn’t stop housing

Tim Redmond - August 23, 2016

Developers see the California Environmental Quality Act as some sort of Great Satan, the source of pretty much everything that’s wrong with the state....

Arts + Culture

An open letter to Tony Bennett

Tony Robles - August 5, 2016

Dear Mr. Bennett: Congratulations on your being honored by the city of San Francisco. I’m sure hundreds will attend the ceremony on Nob Hill on...

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The Agenda, July 31-Aug. 6: The attack on blue collar jobs continues …

Tim Redmond - August 1, 2016

I’ve often wondered how much housing San Francisco is building for international criminals. And now it appears the feds are asking the same question. A...

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Board factions (mostly) work out deals for fall ballot

Tim Redmond - July 28, 2016

Everyone seems to be complaining about a lack of “collegiality” at the Board of Supes, since some of the discussions over the budget and...

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The Agenda, 7/25/2016: Down to the wire for the November ballot

Tim Redmond - July 25, 2016

The battle of the November ballot continues Tuesday as several key items left over from last week’s crazy Board of Supes meeting are back...

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Governor’s housing plan promoted at closed-door meeting with Mayor Lee

Tim Redmond - July 20, 2016

I went to the strangest press conference today. Ed Lee was there; so was Ben Metcalf, who is Gov. Jerry Brown’s director of housing...

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