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What if the ‘moderates’ are wrong, about everything?

Tim Redmond - July 1, 2019

The New York Times went crazy this week with stories about the terror “moderates” are feeling about the direction of the Democratic Party. It...

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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...

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The problems with the gig economy and a housing ‘crisis’ bill

Tim Redmond - June 23, 2019

The gig economy and its problems are big news all over the country. California is moving to crack down on some huge, profitable companies...

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Wiener quietly turns barber bill into major housing legislation

Hydee Feldstein - June 18, 2019

State Sen. Scott Wiener, as predicted here, has taken an uncontroversial bill about cosmetology licenses and turned it into a complex and detailed piece...

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Wiener’s gut-and-amend tactics: Will they return with SB 50?

Hydee Feldstein - June 11, 2019

The date was Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2017, in Sacramento CA, when Senator Scott Wiener introduced SB 384, a bill amending the California Business...

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Celebrate 40 years of rent control — and support the Tenants Union

Tim Redmond - June 9, 2019

If you live in San Francisco, and you pay rent, you can thank the Tenants Union for the fact that you are still here. The...

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SF rent control turns 40

Jennifer Fieber - June 4, 2019

Sometimes even long-time San Franciscans take the city's rent control regulations for granted, but we need to remember that we have tenant projections today...

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Facebook money and California housing

Zelda Bronstein - May 29, 2019

On January 24, 2019, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the limited liability company founded by Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg,...

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We’ve been counted and studied. We still don’t have homes.

Tiny - May 22, 2019

“Excuse me, how many of you are sleeping under there?” a nasal voice yelled into the cardboard box my mama and me were sleeping...

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The real lessons from the surging numbers of homeless people on the streets of SF

Tim Redmond - May 17, 2019

The biggest takeaway from the disturbing (but not surprising) new homeless-count numbers is not that there are more homeless people on the streets. We...

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What if the ‘moderates’ are wrong, about everything?

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

The problems with the gig economy and a housing ‘crisis’ bill

Wiener quietly turns barber bill into major housing legislation

Wiener’s gut-and-amend tactics: Will they return with SB 50?

Celebrate 40 years of rent control — and support the Tenants Union

SF rent control turns 40

Facebook money and California housing

We’ve been counted and studied. We still don’t have homes.

The real lessons from the surging numbers of homeless people on the streets of SF

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