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Housing

Wiener bill would kick elected officials out of critical land-use and housing decisions

Zelda Bronstein - February 16, 2023

If cities don't meet the state's impossible housing goals, unelected bureaucrats could be approving development projects with no oversight.

Housing

The Catch-22 at the heart of the Yimby doctrine shows up in Berkeley

Zelda Bronstein - December 15, 2021

Blame cities for the market-driven crisis, then enshrine the market imperative in law.

Housing

Wiener supports giant project pushed through with no neighborhood input

Tim Redmond - August 11, 2021

At town hall, senators says that Yimbys 'are the best thing that's happened' and said he supports a massive Potrero Hill project that avoids Planning Commission approval.

Housing

SPUR, Yimbys say stealth state laws can force more housing

Zelda Bronstein - February 17, 2021

But what happens if developers don't want to build anything but luxury condos -- and maybe not even those?

News + Politics

Growth machine wins big in Berkeley

Zelda Bronstein - January 14, 2021

Mayor who ran as a progressive sides with developer-friendly plan for Adeline Corridor.

Housing

The mystery of Newsom’s 3.5 million housing units shortage

Zelda Bronstein - October 9, 2020

The data shows that the figure the governor still uses to justify his policies is just wrong.

Campaign Trail

Wiener tries to look progressive in debate

Tim Redmond - October 4, 2020

But that requires a bit of historical revisionism, since his record has always been very moderate on police, housing, and homelessness.

Campaign Trail

Talking Yimby, acting Nimby in District 5

Calvin Welch - October 6, 2019

A story is unfolding in the District Five supervisor race, ignored by the news media, that illustrates the contradiction between narrative and fact that...

News + Politics

How the Yimbys got slaughtered in the November SF election

Calvin Welch - December 4, 2018

This was to be a banner year for San Francisco Yimbys at the polls. The group is the social-media focused, bright young face of...

News + Politics

BART Board votes to endorse Wiener housing bill

Zelda Bronstein - March 22, 2018

On March 8, the BART Board voted 5-4 to support SB 827 – state Sen. Scott Wiener’s housing bill -- with undetermined amendments that...

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Wiener bill would kick elected officials out of critical land-use and housing decisions

The Catch-22 at the heart of the Yimby doctrine shows up in Berkeley

Wiener supports giant project pushed through with no neighborhood input

SPUR, Yimbys say stealth state laws can force more housing

Growth machine wins big in Berkeley

The mystery of Newsom’s 3.5 million housing units shortage

Wiener tries to look progressive in debate

Talking Yimby, acting Nimby in District 5

How the Yimbys got slaughtered in the November SF election

BART Board votes to endorse Wiener housing bill

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