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A new, stealthy Amazon delivery center on the edge of the Bayview?

Tim Redmond - September 3, 2023

More trucks in an area with serious air-quality issues. Plus: Evictions in supportive housing. That's The Agenda for Sept. 3-10

Development

Why SF’s downtown is not coming back

Tim Redmond - August 7, 2022

For 50 years, SF mayors and their allies have pushed highrise office space, destroying anything in its path. They were wrong, and now we are paying the price.

News + Politics

The new supes districts: How you can weigh in

Tim Redmond - March 20, 2022

Plus: The future of Amazon's SF distribution center—and why Newsom is all wrong about the state's surplus and gas prices. That's The Agenda for March 21-27

Housing

The cost of continued growth in SF: $20 billion for affordable housing

Tim Redmond - December 13, 2021

Finally, a city study looks as the price tag for the pro-development policies of the past.

News + Politics

The high price of cops continues

Tim Redmond - October 31, 2021

Lawsuits allege homophobia, beatings. Plus: A developer violates city law for years—and wins. That's The Agenda for Oct. 31 to Nov. 7

News + Politics

Planners hear how Nancy Skinner’s housing bill would hurt SF communities

Tim Redmond - June 29, 2019

Several members of the Planning Commission expressed concern this week about SB 330, a bill by Sen. Nancy Skinner that is supposed to speed...

News + Politics

Central Soma: The fix is in at City Planning

John Elberling - December 11, 2018

Mayor London Breed has now signed the legislation approved by the Board of Supervisors approving the Central Soma Plan that will spearhead the “Gig...

News + Politics

Should SF allow a tobacco company to operate on Port property?

Tim Redmond - December 2, 2018

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is demanding information about a lease deal that JUUL, the e-cigarette company, has signed with a developer who...

News + Politics

6,000 more office workers with no housing, the failure of planning in the Eastern Neighborhoods …

Tim Redmond - October 28, 2018

Mayor London Breed is pushing legislation that would amend the city’s historic office-space limitation law to allow an additional 1.5 million square feet of...

News + Politics

The Climate Change Agenda for the week

Tim Redmond - September 9, 2018

More than 30,000 people marched for climate justice in San Francisco Saturday – and that was just the start of a series of events...

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A new, stealthy Amazon delivery center on the edge of the Bayview?

Why SF’s downtown is not coming back

The new supes districts: How you can weigh in

The cost of continued growth in SF: $20 billion for affordable housing

The high price of cops continues

Planners hear how Nancy Skinner’s housing bill would hurt SF communities

Central Soma: The fix is in at City Planning

Should SF allow a tobacco company to operate on Port property?

6,000 more office workers with no housing, the failure of planning in the Eastern Neighborhoods …

The Climate Change Agenda for the week

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