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Local housing: A little reality

John Elberling - January 1, 2017

Reading the superficial year-end wrap-ups and “expert commentary” about the city’s housing situation in the local press this week is making my head hurt....

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Five ways to fight illegal Airbnb units

Jennifer Fieber - December 28, 2016

Despite the rhetoric coming out from moderates in City Hall or from Airbnb itself, illegal short-term rentals are still a problem for San Francisco...

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Can SF tax economic inequality?

Tim Redmond - December 27, 2016

This needs to be the Year of Fighting Economic Inequality in San Francisco, and finding ways to get new revenue from the wealthy to...

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2016: Some very bright spots

Caitlin Donohue - December 26, 2016

Good lord, 2016 -- the year the music died, the year the Internet got too real, the year America got majorly oranged. When the...

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What the police won’t tell you about the Amilcar Lopez killing

Father Richard Smith - December 19, 2016

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon says he’s about to announce his long-awaited decision about whether to charge the officers who killed Amilcar Perez...

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The Agenda, 2017: How SF can really fight Trumpism

Tim Redmond - December 18, 2016

Everyone at City Hall agrees that San Francisco should be the Anti-Trump City. We are mostly Democrats in this city, and other than the...

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Tents and the homeless wait list

Tim Redmond - December 16, 2016

You have probably notice that it's cold and rainy out. For a lot of us, that means waterproof coats and boots. And staying inside. The...

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A militant in pink slippers: Remembering an eviction fighter

Ron Winter - December 14, 2016

Mary Elizabeth Phillips was the reluctant media star of San Francisco’s eviction epidemic. And now, she has quietly passed into the vibrant history of...

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Supes approve memorial for Alex Nieto

Tim Redmond - December 13, 2016

The Police Officers Association lost a significant vote today, further isolating the organization from the mainstream of San Francisco politics. Despite an effort by Sup....

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Free City College passes 9-1 — will Mayor Ed Lee defy the board and the voters?

Tim Redmond and Sana Saleem - December 13, 2016

The Board of Supes, by a 9-1 majority, directly challenged Mayor Ed Lee today and appropriated funding to make City College free for all...

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