Saturday, May 4, 2024

Tagged with: Scott Wiener

Nancy Pelosi is getting two more years. Maybe she can help SF with housing money

Is it all about her daughter taking her seat—or, for a change, will she use her clout to bring federal cash to SF for affordable housing?

Dorsey attack on wellness center signals larger issues in SF’s new War on Drugs

The mayor, the DA, and the Tech Right want to revive a failed policy—and maybe go after local judges.

Lots of housing laws. Not much housing

Hearing, data show how the state's 'streamlining' supply-side approach is failing.

Fielder way ahead in D9 fundraising

Fifteen months before the election, she has raised enough to qualify for $309,000 in total money.

Jackie Fielder formally announces for District 9 supe seat

Two progressives will be competing against at least one strong moderate in a race that could be decided by an RCV strategy.

A delay, and maybe some hope, for the Castro Theater

Parties take two weeks to meet, organize; Mandelman facing pressure.

What Wiener wrought: Demolition and oversized housing meeting no need

Castro project too tall, too expensive, no family housing, probably corporate rentals—but the city has to approve it anyway.

Wiener, the Yimbys, and the 50-story tower

An ambitious politician is backing away from the Yimby position in the face of a project that is going to be deeply unpopular.

Suddenly, Wiener is a climate champion (and he’s running for Congress)

A strange mailer looks like the kickoff of the Wiener campaign for Pelosi's seat.

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

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