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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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It’s official: Leno is running for mayor

Tim Redmond - May 4, 2017

The 2019 mayor’s race formally began today when former state Sen. Mark Leno did what everyone had been expecting for months and pulled papers...

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Scott Wiener’s housing straw man

Calvin Welch - May 2, 2017

“The market is powerful, but we need other things. That’s why we have regulations. We have to go against the flow and re channel...

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What the Airbnb settlement means

Tim Redmond - May 2, 2017

I am going to let Doug Engmann, former chair of the Pacific Stock Exchange and president of the SF Planning Commission, make the point...

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The only two ways out of the eviction crisis

Tim Redmond - April 3, 2017

We are all talking this week about the eviction of seniors, about how San Francisco has become such a hostile place for long-time residents....

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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

It’s official: Leno is running for mayor

Scott Wiener’s housing straw man

What the Airbnb settlement means

The only two ways out of the eviction crisis

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