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Newsom’s lawyer says voters can’t be trusted

Tim Redmond - June 28, 2017

Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit against San Francisco appears headed for a September trial after Judge Susan Bolanos tentatively decided not to give either side summary...

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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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Whose waterfront is it, anyway?

Tim Redmond - March 1, 2017

There’s been a lot of press around the battle over a fairly small project on Pier 29. The Ex made it a cover story...

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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, Oct. 23-30: Does the Eastern Neighborhoods plan even work any more?

Tim Redmond - October 23, 2016

There’s more and more evidence that the Eastern Neighborhoods Plan, which since 2008 has guided development in a large swath of San Francisco, 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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Can we stop the displacement of arts space and industry?

John Elberling - June 1, 2016

Sup Jane Kim is drafting legislation that seeks to strongly deter the destruction epidemic that is attacking arts and industrial spaces in the Mission,...

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The myth of the killer bees

Sarah Phelan - May 25, 2016

The media played it like a sci-fi horror movie: “Aggressive killer bees swarm Concord neighborhood” CBS warned. “How bee rampage terrorized neighborhood, killed two...

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Airbnb suddenly drops $245,000 into local politics

Tim Redmond - April 28, 2016

Just days after Sups. David Campos and Aaron Peskin announced a measure to more tightly regulate short-term rentals, Airbnb, the biggest company in that...

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Five myths about the homeless problem in San Francisco

Tim Redmond - February 16, 2016

There is so much misinformation about homeless people and the problem of homelessness in San Francisco that I almost don’t know where to start....

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Newsom’s lawyer says voters can’t be trusted

The mayor’s latest housing plan won’t work

Whose waterfront is it, anyway?

YIMBYs, Smart Growth — and unanswered questions

The Agenda, Oct. 23-30: Does the Eastern Neighborhoods plan even work any more?

Palo Alto and the tech shop of horrors

Can we stop the displacement of arts space and industry?

The myth of the killer bees

Airbnb suddenly drops $245,000 into local politics

Five myths about the homeless problem in San Francisco

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