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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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The Agenda: SF is losing affordable housing almost as fast as we can build it

Tim Redmond - May 29, 2017

The Planning Department has released its latest report on how the city’s affordable housing balance is coming along, and it’s not pretty. The report, which...

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What the city’s new housing policy will mean

Tim Redmond - May 26, 2017

San Francisco wound up with a sweeping new affordable housing policy this week, one that will encourage the demolition of some existing low-rise commercial...

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What the Airbnb settlement means

Tim Redmond - May 2, 2017

I am going to let Doug Engmann, former chair of the Pacific Stock Exchange and president of the SF Planning Commission, make the point...

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Safai-Breed housing bill: A $60 million giveaway

Tim Redmond - April 26, 2017

Developers in San Francisco could stand to pick up an additional $60 million in profits under an affordable housing proposal by Sups. London Breed...

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The Agenda, April 24 -39: Real health-care reform!

Tim Redmond - April 23, 2017

A measure that would transform health care in California and set the stage for a profound change nationwide comes before its first committee Wednesday/26. SB...

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The Agenda, April 17-24: Planners and developers, Free City College ….

Tim Redmond - April 17, 2017

The San Francisco Planning Department has never really been about planning; in the 35 years I’ve been in San Francisco, it’s been driven by...

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The shape of the housing battle to come

Tim Redmond - March 16, 2017

You could see the shape of the next big housing battle at today’s Planning Commission hearing, where Sups. Ahsha Safai, London Breed, Jane Kim,...

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The Agenda, March 13-19: The next big housing battle

Tim Redmond - March 12, 2017

Two competing plans for affordable housing come before the Planning Commission Thursday/16, and they reflect the new politics of the Board of Supes and...

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The Agenda, Feb. 26-March 5: What’s still wild in SF …

Tim Redmond - February 26, 2017

Glen Canyon Park is one of my favorite places in the city. It’s right in the middle of the third-densest urban area in the...

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

The Agenda: SF is losing affordable housing almost as fast as we can build it

What the city’s new housing policy will mean

What the Airbnb settlement means

Safai-Breed housing bill: A $60 million giveaway

The Agenda, April 24 -39: Real health-care reform!

The Agenda, April 17-24: Planners and developers, Free City College ….

The shape of the housing battle to come

The Agenda, March 13-19: The next big housing battle

The Agenda, Feb. 26-March 5: What’s still wild in SF …

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