Tag: San Francisco
Facing the eviction threat: Tenants push back and slow Ellis evictions in 2014
By Gen Fujioka
Part one of a two-part series
JANUARY 5, 2014 -- As San Francisco’s tenants and their progressive allies take stock and develop their agenda for this new year,...
Debunking the myth of the poor landlord
By Tim Redmond
DECEMBER 30, 2014 – If you haven’t heard the one about the poor struggling landlord who has a millionaire tenant with a cheap rent-controlled apartment, then you’re...
Housing — or “safe deposit boxes in the sky?”
By Tim Redmond
DECEMBER 29, 2014 – In the earlier days of San Francisco urban environmental movement, we talked about the “Manhattanization” of the city – the threat that highrise...
Flower Mart tenants seeking fair lease terms
By Zelda Bronstein
DECEMBER 26, 2014 -- Ever since Kilroy Realty Corp. announced last July that it had bought out one of the two businesses that own the San Francisco...
Why not just send everyone a ballot?
By Tim Redmond
DECEMBER 22, 2014 – Supervisor David Campos has an idea that could revolutionize electoral politics in San Francisco – and it’s so simple that I’m amazed none...
Beyond the happy talk at Flower Mart press conference, big issues remain
By Zelda Bronstein
DECEMBER 19, 2014 -- In the face of continuing opposition, Kilroy Realty Corporation has completed its takeover of the San Francisco Flower Mart.
But the future of the...
Days in the life of a substitute teacher
By Martin Nicolaus
DECEMBER 19, 2014 -- Substitute teachers, like plumbers and emergency room doctors, don’t see systems at their best. Crap and blood everywhere is their normal. Worse, subs...
Tom’s Town: The 12 days of San Franciscmas
By Tom Temprano
DECEMBER 19, 2014 -- The holidays are here, and despite this feeling like a tough year for many of us on San Francisco’s left, I can’t help...
The elusive Barbara Beno: The story of the person who is behind the move to shut down City College
By Mary Strope, Michaela Payne and Arami Reyes
DECEMBER 18, 2014 -- “No narrative would be complete without a worthy villain, and we have one here. Her name is Dr....
Kilroy exec named in Flower Mart ethics complaint
CORRECTION: An early version of this story incorrectly stated that the Flower Mart is in the Soma Redevelopment Area.
UPDATE 2: The Ethics Commission has dismissed this complaint.
By Zelda Bronstein
DECEMBER...
