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Why allowing more housing makes property more expensive

Tim Redmond - May 18, 2016

Fred Sherburn-Zimmer, director of the Housing Rights Committee, stood on the steps of City Hall yesterday morning and explained why allowing the free market...

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A real answer to the mayor’s (latest) bogus housing plan

Calvin Welch - May 16, 2016

Market based “solutions” to our housing affordability crisis come and go like spring fashions; only the crisis persists. Eight years ago, it was removing maximum...

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The lessons of last fall’s Airbnb campaign

Calvin Welch - May 2, 2016

Last month, at its annual meeting in Puerto Rico, the American Association of Political Consultants gave the $10M Airbnb-financed No on F campaign its...

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Who sent the mayor to Brazil? A group that wants to turn the Mission into tech offices

Tim Redmond - March 30, 2016

So we haven’t seen much of Mayor Ed Lee for a while, partly because he doesn’t seem to want to hear protesters go after...

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When city planners treat us like infants

Zelda Bronstein - March 29, 2016

Tomorrow evening (Wed/30) the Planning Department will hold a “Community Discussion” of the Railyard Alternatives and I-280 Feasibility Study (RAB) at the Potrero Hill...

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Yes, gentrification will hit the Tenderloin

John Elberling - March 24, 2016

In an admirable burst of optimism, a current BeyondChron post concludes that, unlike the rapidly gentrifying Mission District, the Tenderloin is not “... transforming...

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The Academy of Art compliance hearing: We should live so long

Tim Redmond - March 17, 2016

More than 20 years after the Academy of Art University began gobbling up San Francisco real estate and violating planning codes all over the...

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Campos throws down gauntlet, calls for state of emergency on homelessness

Tim Redmond - March 7, 2016

Supervisor David Campos, frustrated by the city’s lack of progress on homelessness, is planning to announce Tuesday/8 that he’s introducing legislation to call a...

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The Mission, noir — with some ugly history and real life today

Tim Redmond - March 7, 2016

On Dec. 12, 1975, an arsonist set fire to the Gartland Apartments, a low-income residential complex at 16th and Valencia, killing at least 14 people...

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Some data about homeless people in SF

Tim Redmond - February 24, 2016

We’ve talked about the big myths around homelessness in San Francisco. We’ve discussed the problem of sweeping people off the streets when there’s nowhere...

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Why allowing more housing makes property more expensive

A real answer to the mayor’s (latest) bogus housing plan

The lessons of last fall’s Airbnb campaign

Who sent the mayor to Brazil? A group that wants to turn the Mission into tech offices

When city planners treat us like infants

Yes, gentrification will hit the Tenderloin

The Academy of Art compliance hearing: We should live so long

Campos throws down gauntlet, calls for state of emergency on homelessness

The Mission, noir — with some ugly history and real life today

Some data about homeless people in SF

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