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Does California need to secede?

Tim Redmond - November 9, 2016

There was enough talk on Twitter this morning about California seceding from the United States to merit a story on CBS News. I don’t...

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The Agenda, Oct. 10-17: Should we celebrate the Twitter tax break?

Tim Redmond - October 9, 2016

I am glad, I suppose, that there’s nice art coming to mid-Market to “spur curiosity and connection.” Five years after the Twitter tax break,...

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Obama’s supply-side toolkit attacks local housing policy

Calvin Welch - October 4, 2016

On September 27th the Obama administration released a "Housing Development Toolkit" promoting a deregulation program for market rate housing development at the local level....

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The battle for Midtown: A community housing struggle

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - September 23, 2016

The weekly tenant meetings of the residents of Midtown Park Apartments at the corner of Geary and Divisadero always begin and end with a...

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Palo Alto and the tech shop of horrors

Zelda Bronstein - September 2, 2016

On August 10, Kate Vershov Downing, a 31-year-old intellectual-property lawyer, set the media aflutter when she posted on Medium a letter to the Palo...

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We beat a bad housing bill, so let’s forget the blame game

Peter Cohen - August 28, 2016

There was a provocative screed in Beyond Chron this past Thursday by its editor Randy Shaw about Governor Brown’s failed “By Right Development” bill...

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An open letter to Tony Bennett

Tony Robles - August 5, 2016

Dear Mr. Bennett: Congratulations on your being honored by the city of San Francisco. I’m sure hundreds will attend the ceremony on Nob Hill on...

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The Agenda, June 27-July 4: Why Kim really won, helping victims of the Mission fire …

Tim Redmond - June 26, 2016

The supporters of Sup. Scott Wiener are trying to downplay the stunning victory of Sup Jane Kim in the primary of their state Senate...

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Broken elevators plague seniors, disabled in SROs

Tony Robles - May 22, 2016

Imagine getting trapped in an elevator. You are stuck, with nowhere to go, hoping that help arrives—and fast. For many seniors and people with...

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Supes to decide if 16 and 17-year-olds should vote

Tim Redmond - May 2, 2016

There are plenty of reasons why San Francisco should lower the voting age to 16, but the most important one is that young people...

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