SF Planning Archives

Environment

The Hunters Point Shipyard: Art survives amid toxic waste

Tom Molanphy - March 5, 2023

Part II: As artists move into the former base, the level of contamination reaches the point where 'if it can't be cleaned, stay the hell out.'

Development

The price of corruption: Families face eviction from illegal units in Portola

Tim Redmond - February 21, 2023

Developer cheated. City officials allowed it. Now the tenants have to pay.

Housing

Planning Commission to review new Housing Element—which is based on fantasy

Tim Redmond - June 6, 2022

How do you do an environmental review of a proposal that is so far from reality that you can't take it seriously?

Housing

The facts behind the developer propaganda on Soma housing project

John Elberling - December 6, 2021

The supes vote wasn't anti-housing; there's a great housing deal on the table that the developer has rejected.

Housing

Some perspective—and facts—on supes’ recent housing vote

Tim Redmond - November 5, 2021

The Chron and the Yimby world are going crazy over the supes decision not to allow a market-rate housing project to gentrify a low-income...

Housing

Luxury housing will destroy the last low-income community in Soma

John Elberling - October 20, 2021

Oh, and on a site with very shaky ground, the building could be the next Leaning Tower.

Environment

Will SF’s ambitious Climate Action plan ever actually happen?

Michael Redmond - September 10, 2021

Implementing the program will cost money and involve tough decisions. Is City Hall up to it?

News + Politics

Judge blocks—for now—massive UC expansion in Parnassus Heights

Tim Redmond - August 24, 2021

Temporary order saves historic murals and could force the school to negotiate with the neighborhood that its development project will impact.

Housing

Supes challenge planners over construction on toxic sites

Tim Redmond - May 2, 2021

Resolution points to Planning Department's record of allowing new luxury housing despite hazards. Plus: Why City College matters. That's The Agenda for May 3-9

Campaign Trail

Some defining issues in the fall supes race

Tim Redmond - July 21, 2020

The San Francisco Democratic Party will vote on endorsements for the Board of Supes Wednesday/22, and while the party nod doesn’t always mean victory,...

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The Hunters Point Shipyard: Art survives amid toxic waste

The price of corruption: Families face eviction from illegal units in Portola

Planning Commission to review new Housing Element—which is based on fantasy

The facts behind the developer propaganda on Soma housing project

Some perspective—and facts—on supes’ recent housing vote

Luxury housing will destroy the last low-income community in Soma

Will SF’s ambitious Climate Action plan ever actually happen?

Judge blocks—for now—massive UC expansion in Parnassus Heights

Supes challenge planners over construction on toxic sites

Some defining issues in the fall supes race

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