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Housing

Planning Department has ambitious housing goals; Mayor’s Office stands in the way

Tim Redmond - January 23, 2023

Hearing shows huge disconnect between lofty goals and the ability of the city to implement them.

News + Politics

The next supes president, the future of safe-consumption sites, PG&E’s failure …

Tim Redmond - January 8, 2023

... and what the School Board leadership debate is really about. That's The Agenda for Jan. 9-16

News + Politics

SF tried to further damage cab drivers who are already suffering

Tim Redmond - January 4, 2023

SFMTA wants to take away cab permits from people who won them just as the city let Uber and Lyft destroy the industry—but Board of Appeals pushes back

Drug policy

Why are we still fighting over harm reduction in SF?

Tim Redmond - December 16, 2022

Feinstein resisted AIDS-era needle exchanges, now Breed rejects proven safe injection sites. We can't incarcerate our way out of crisis

The Agenda

What does Breed plan to do about the overdose crisis?

Tim Redmond - December 11, 2022

Plus: The future of Laguna Honda, racist police traffic stops, and the farce that is the city's Housing Element. That's The Agenda for Dec. 11-18

Housing

Community advocates push for major changes in city housing plan

Tim Redmond - November 16, 2022

Extraordinary hearing shows that Housing Element won't work—and Newsom Administration just wants to help real-estate interests make money.

News + Politics

Two crucial issues, housing and downtown, will come before the supes this week

Tim Redmond - November 13, 2022

Plus: what does 'a city that works' really mean? That's The Agenda for Nov. 13-20

Housing

The state agency enforcing housing rules doesn’t care about affordable housing

Tim Redmond - September 19, 2022

The people who build the badly needed projects call on Sacramento to work with them to make the RHNA goals possible. Newsom's administration hasn't even responded.

Homelessness

There’s not much care in Newsom’s CARE court

TJ Johnston - September 16, 2022

Governor Gavin Newsom’s CARE Courts are now law. He signed the legislation on September 14. Senate Bill 1338, a Newsom proposal, will create a specialized court where...

Housing

The state’s local housing goals are nothing more than a farce

Tim Redmond - September 7, 2022

Why is everyone so set on meeting "RHNA" standards when the evidence is very clear that it will never happen?

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Planning Department has ambitious housing goals; Mayor’s Office stands in the way

The next supes president, the future of safe-consumption sites, PG&E’s failure …

SF tried to further damage cab drivers who are already suffering

Why are we still fighting over harm reduction in SF?

What does Breed plan to do about the overdose crisis?

Community advocates push for major changes in city housing plan

Two crucial issues, housing and downtown, will come before the supes this week

The state agency enforcing housing rules doesn’t care about affordable housing

There’s not much care in Newsom’s CARE court

The state’s local housing goals are nothing more than a farce

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