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The budget picture is bleak — but Mayor Lee has no worries

Tim Redmond - March 12, 2017

It was all doom and gloom at the Board of Supes Budget Committee March 9, with the mayor’s budget director and the controller warning...

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Airbnb data shows city still not enforcing law

Tim Redmond - March 9, 2017

Airbnb listings are rising dramatically in the Civic Center area, which includes the Tenderloin, while only a small fraction of the short-term rentals are...

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Can Mayor Lee be part of an Airbnb compromise?

Tim Redmond - January 4, 2017

It seems highly unlikely that the San Francisco supervisors will overturn Mayor Ed Lee’s veto of a 60-day limit on Airbnb and other short-term...

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Five ways to fight illegal Airbnb units

Jennifer Fieber - December 28, 2016

Despite the rhetoric coming out from moderates in City Hall or from Airbnb itself, illegal short-term rentals are still a problem for San Francisco...

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The bogus housing study the Chron loves

Fernando Marti and Peter Cohen - October 31, 2016

Authors’ note: This opinion piece was submitted to the San Francisco Chronicle in response to the paper’s editorial on Sunday Oct 22nd titled “A...

Arts + Culture

Company Town: Tech vs. grassroots on the screen

Tim Redmond - October 27, 2016

SCREEN GRABS It’s hard to imagine that the Aaron Peskin-Julie Christensen election was just a year ago. Back then, the mayor was heavily involved...

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The Agenda, Oct. 16-23: Airbnb threats …

Tim Redmond - October 16, 2016

Did anyone catch the not-at-all-veiled threat in the Chronicle story on new efforts to limit Airbnb rentals? The measure, sponsored by Sups. London Breed and...

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Why is SF tolerating Airbnb’s bad behavior?

Tim Redmond - October 6, 2016

The way the Chronicle spun the new study on Airbnb was just fine: The platform does, indeed, hurt the city’s hotel industry (and hospitality...

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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 agenda, Aug. 29-Sept 4: What if Ed Lee decides to step down …

Tim Redmond - August 28, 2016

It's the week before Labor Day, and the fall campaigns are moving into high speed, and I look around at the state of San...

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