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Does Scott Wiener understand the basics of the housing market?

Zelda Bronstein - December 5, 2023

Based in his recent comments, apparently not.

Housing

Facebook’s housing echo chamber

Zelda Bronstein - April 22, 2021

Zuckerberg money funds news outlets that repeat Zuckerberg group's supply-side position on the housing crisis.

News + Politics

Little-known Yimby-developer bills will have big impact on local planning

Zelda Bronstein - December 3, 2017

Of the fifteen bills in the “housing package” signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown on September 29, the one that got the most...

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Inside the Yimby conference

Zelda Bronstein - July 20, 2017

Last weekend about 120 attendees from 17 cities gathered in downtown Oakland for the Yimbytown 2017 conference. Organized by East Bay Forward, the event...

News + Politics

Would a simple tax create 30,000 new housing units in SF?

Tim Redmond - March 8, 2017

Let us stipulate for a moment that there are reasonable people who have rational disagreements about some local policy issues. We can also agree...

News + Politics

YIMBYs, Smart Growth — and unanswered questions

Zelda Bronstein - February 20, 2017

On February 1 I flew to St. Louis for the New Partners for Smart Growth conference, the largest gathering dedicated to dense, transit-oriented/walkable/bikeable development...

News + Politics

The Agenda, Feb 21-26: More Mission displacement ….

Tim Redmond - February 20, 2017

The luxury-housing assault on the Mission continues this week as the Planning Commission decides Thursday/23 whether to allow a developer to demolish an auto...

News + Politics

The SF election: What happened?

Calvin Welch - December 2, 2016

The 2016 election may well be a turning point in our national and local politics. The problem is that it’s unclear what direction the...

News + Politics

Developer allies again try to take over Sierra Club

Tim Redmond - November 28, 2016

For years, the San Francisco chapter of the Sierra Club has been part of a progressive environmental movement. The Club has worked on clean...

News + Politics

Dramatic vote could slow Mission development

Tim Redmond - November 16, 2016

A remarkable, stunning vote happened at the Board of Supes Tuesday: By a 9-0 margin, the members agreed that a big market-rate housing project...

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Does Scott Wiener understand the basics of the housing market?

Facebook’s housing echo chamber

Little-known Yimby-developer bills will have big impact on local planning

Inside the Yimby conference

Would a simple tax create 30,000 new housing units in SF?

YIMBYs, Smart Growth — and unanswered questions

The Agenda, Feb 21-26: More Mission displacement ….

The SF election: What happened?

Developer allies again try to take over Sierra Club

Dramatic vote could slow Mission development

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