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Why is there no housing for Google and Apple workers on the Peninsula?

Tim Redmond - March 6, 2014

Why is it wrong for Google workers to live near where they work? (Hint: The suburbs don't want them) By Tim Redmond It's time for our...

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Politics on Tuesday: Yee cancels fundraiser at Ellis-eviction law office

Marke B. - March 4, 2014

By Tim Redmond MARCH 4, 2014 -- With little fanfare, State Sen. Leland Yee, who is running for Secretary of State, has apparently cancelled a...

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Soda industry says evictions are comparable to the price of a Dr. Pepper

Marke B. - March 3, 2014

By Tim Redmond March 4, 2014 -- Political campaigns are full of hyperbole. But a mailer from the American Beverage Association that arrived at my...

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The attack on SoMa, part two: Why is this happening, anyway?

Zelda Bronstein - March 3, 2014

By Zelda Bronstein In a story that’s become somewhat legendary of late, David Talbot, founder of Salon.com, asked whether San Francisco could survive the tech...

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City Beat: My meeting with tech folks – and what did the SFPD higher-ups know?

Marke B. - February 28, 2014

By Tim Redmond FEB. 28, 2014 -- The Chron's somewhat sensationalistic coverage of the "tech against displacement" meeting missed the point. At least, according to...

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A protest targets the ‘serial evictors’

Marke B. - February 27, 2014

Tom Rapp and Patricia Kerman are fighting an Ellis eviction. Photo by Sara Bloomberg By Sara Bloomberg FEB 27, 2014 -- A march against one of...

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Anti-speculation tax headed for November ballot

Marke B. - February 26, 2014

By Tim Redmond FEB. 26, 2014 -- A tax on real-estate speculators first proposed by Harvey Milk in the late 1970s could wind up on...

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Eviction lawyer, Ellis Act supporters hold fundraiser for Leland Yee

Marke B. - February 26, 2014

By Tim Redmond State Sen. Leland Yee, who was conspicuously absent from the tenant rally in Sacramento, is raising campaign money from some of the...

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Everyone in town (except a few landlords) is supporting Leno’s Ellis Act bill

Marke B. - February 24, 2014

State Sen. Mark Leno, with Mayor Ed Lee and Assemblymember Phil Ting By Tim Redmond FEB 24, 2014 -- A broad coalition that includes tenant activists...

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How SF Weekly and C.W. Nevius got the tech protests all wrong

Tim Redmond - February 24, 2014

Actually, protests are good. And they work. By Tim Redmond FEB. 24, 2014 -- I don’t have any bad feelings for SF Weekly these days. The...

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Why is there no housing for Google and Apple workers on the Peninsula?

Politics on Tuesday: Yee cancels fundraiser at Ellis-eviction law office

Soda industry says evictions are comparable to the price of a Dr. Pepper

The attack on SoMa, part two: Why is this happening, anyway?

City Beat: My meeting with tech folks – and what did the SFPD higher-ups know?

A protest targets the ‘serial evictors’

Anti-speculation tax headed for November ballot

Eviction lawyer, Ellis Act supporters hold fundraiser for Leland Yee

Everyone in town (except a few landlords) is supporting Leno’s Ellis Act bill

How SF Weekly and C.W. Nevius got the tech protests all wrong

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