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The case for a homeless shelter in Bayview

TJ Johnston - May 31, 2017

It’s Friday afternoon at the drop-in center known as Mother Brown’s on the corner of Jennings Street and Van Dyke Avenue. Despite the iron-gated...

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Scott Wiener’s housing straw man

Calvin Welch - May 2, 2017

“The market is powerful, but we need other things. That’s why we have regulations. We have to go against the flow and re channel...

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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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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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A terrible housing bill looms in Sacramento

Tim Redmond - May 22, 2016

The State Assembly may vote as early as Monday on a bill that would give real estate developers a huge windfall at the expense...

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Nimbys, SFBARF, and a clueless writer at the NY Times

Tim Redmond - April 23, 2016

The easy thing to do is just try to ignore the likes of SFBARF and hope they will go away. But they don’t, and...

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Chaos isn’t “change”

Guest Opinion - December 23, 2015

By Calvin Welch DECEMBER 23, 2015 -- In a period when our national politics are dominated by candidates on the right that rely on “counter...

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How SF Weekly and C.W. Nevius got the tech protests all wrong

Tim Redmond - February 24, 2014

Actually, protests are good. And they work. By Tim Redmond FEB. 24, 2014 -- I don’t have any bad feelings for SF Weekly these days. The...

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The big real-estate money in SF politics

Tim Redmond - February 12, 2014

By Darwin Bond Graham The tech boom has made San Francisco's real estate the most expensive in the nation. Tech companies, from startups to Fortune...

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The attack on Soma: City wants to create a new downtown, wiping out culture and thousands of blue-collar jobs

Zelda Bronstein - January 30, 2014

By Zelda Bronstein (first of a series on South of Market development) Four years ago, Donny Beckwith lived and worked in San Francisco. He and his...

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The case for a homeless shelter in Bayview

Scott Wiener’s housing straw man

Alternative facts and the mayor’s housing plan

YIMBYs, Smart Growth — and unanswered questions

A terrible housing bill looms in Sacramento

Nimbys, SFBARF, and a clueless writer at the NY Times

Chaos isn’t “change”

How SF Weekly and C.W. Nevius got the tech protests all wrong

The big real-estate money in SF politics

The attack on Soma: City wants to create a new downtown, wiping out culture and thousands of blue-collar jobs

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