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Jerry Brown sides with polluters in key bill

Tim Redmond - July 13, 2017

Here are some of the things that have happened in the past two days: A giant piece of ice, the size of Delaware, broke off...

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Cell-phone companies try to ram through bill blocking local control of transmitters

Tim Redmond - July 10, 2017

The state Senate has a had a bumper-crop year for bills to help developers, landlords, and corporate interests – and to undermine the ability...

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Can we actually solve homelessness?

Tim Redmond - June 30, 2017

I told Audrey Cooper, the editor of the Chronicle, that 48hills would once again participate in the ongoing media series on homelessness in San...

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Why can Uber and Lyft use city streets for free?

Tim Redmond - June 16, 2017

When San Francisco news media reported on a blockbuster study showing the impacts of Uber and Lyft on San Francisco transportation and traffic, Sup....

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Wiener housing bill passes, trusting the market to solve the crisis

Tim Redmond - June 5, 2017

The biggest policy issue in Sacramento this spring, aside from health care, was almost certainly housing, and with good reason: San Francisco is not...

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Assembly passes bill to limit land-use ballot initiatives

Tim Redmond - June 1, 2017

A bill that would make it harder for local residents to pass ballot measures limiting development has passed the state Assembly with almost no...

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Party Radar: Catching up, falling out

Marke B. - June 1, 2017

PARTY RADAR The real news is always so terrible -- and that's not fake. HOWEVER, there's some heartening nightlife news out there for us denizens...

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Why ABAG housing quotas lead to displacement

Thomas Lord - May 19, 2017

The Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA), a product of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), assigns to each Bay Area Jurisdiction quotas of...

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Single-payer’s next step

Anjali Baliga - May 19, 2017

On April 26, 2017, the Healthy California Act (S.B. 562) was passed with a 5-2 vote at the Senate Health Committee hearing in Sacramento. The...

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How we can tax Uber

Tim Redmond - May 9, 2017

Pretty much everyone in San Francisco these days (except for Mayor Ed Lee) has come to the conclusion that Uber is a problem. Progressives,...

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Jerry Brown sides with polluters in key bill

Cell-phone companies try to ram through bill blocking local control of transmitters

Can we actually solve homelessness?

Why can Uber and Lyft use city streets for free?

Wiener housing bill passes, trusting the market to solve the crisis

Assembly passes bill to limit land-use ballot initiatives

Party Radar: Catching up, falling out

Why ABAG housing quotas lead to displacement

Single-payer’s next step

How we can tax Uber

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