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Why is Scott Wiener trying to undermine affordable housing in SF?

Tim Redmond - July 18, 2017

The San Francisco supes approved new rules for affordable housing today – but a move by state Sen. Scott Wiener almost derailed the carefully...

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Jerry Brown sides with polluters in key bill

Tim Redmond - July 13, 2017

Here are some of the things that have happened in the past two days: A giant piece of ice, the size of Delaware, broke off...

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The Agenda, July 10-16: A landlord attack on ballot initiatives …

Tim Redmond - July 9, 2017

A landlord-sponsored bill that would make it harder for local residents to pass growth-control ballot measures – and would have a huge impact in...

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Democrat who blocked single-payer gets big money from insurance industry

Tim Redmond - June 26, 2017

State Assembly Speaker Rendon, who is blocking single-payer health care in the state, has received more than $700,000 in campaign money from the insurance...

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The Agenda: Controller says SF budget lacks buffer for Trump cuts

Tim Redmond - June 11, 2017

The City Controller’s Office released its analysis of Mayor Ed Lee’s proposed budget June 9, and it contains a rather ominous statement. I haven’t seen...

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Wiener housing bill passes, trusting the market to solve the crisis

Tim Redmond - June 5, 2017

The biggest policy issue in Sacramento this spring, aside from health care, was almost certainly housing, and with good reason: San Francisco is not...

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Assembly passes bill to limit land-use ballot initiatives

Tim Redmond - June 1, 2017

A bill that would make it harder for local residents to pass ballot measures limiting development has passed the state Assembly with almost no...

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It’s official: Leno is running for mayor

Tim Redmond - May 4, 2017

The 2019 mayor’s race formally began today when former state Sen. Mark Leno did what everyone had been expecting for months and pulled papers...

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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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The budget picture is bleak — but Mayor Lee has no worries

Tim Redmond - March 12, 2017

It was all doom and gloom at the Board of Supes Budget Committee March 9, with the mayor’s budget director and the controller warning...

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Why is Scott Wiener trying to undermine affordable housing in SF?

Jerry Brown sides with polluters in key bill

The Agenda, July 10-16: A landlord attack on ballot initiatives …

Democrat who blocked single-payer gets big money from insurance industry

The Agenda: Controller says SF budget lacks buffer for Trump cuts

Wiener housing bill passes, trusting the market to solve the crisis

Assembly passes bill to limit land-use ballot initiatives

It’s official: Leno is running for mayor

Scott Wiener’s housing straw man

The budget picture is bleak — but Mayor Lee has no worries

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