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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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Regional government sells out Bay Area cities

Zelda Bronstein - April 15, 2016

I’ve been covering the current power struggle between the Association of Bay Area Governments, our region’s land use planning authority, and its transportation planning...

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Who’s ‘against change?’

Zelda Bronstein - March 27, 2016

Like 48 hills editor Tim Redmond, I welcome UC Berkeley geographer Dick Walker’s piece in the East Bay Express debunking the supply-side approach to...

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Developers win with “smart growth” rule

Zelda Bronstein - March 13, 2016

With a big assist from the state Legislature, the SF Planning Department opened a new front in the city’s density wars last week. On...

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The strange and telling story behind the regional planning merger deal

Zelda Bronstein - November 12, 2015

NOVEMBER 12, 2015 -- An overture by SEIU Local 1021, which represents the workers at the Association of Bay Area Governments, averted a showdown...

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Secrecy rules in regional-planning power struggle

Zelda Bronstein - August 31, 2015

Critical funding, equity issues playing out with very little public input By Zelda Bronstein SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 -- Last week the power struggle between the Metropolitan...

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A leading voice on urban planning in CA debunks housing trickle-down

Tim Redmond - August 18, 2015

The progressives are not the only ones saying that building more market-rate housing won't solve the city's problem By Peter Cohen AUGUST 19, 2015 -- A...

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The false promise of regional governance

Zelda Bronstein - May 12, 2015

Unless the elites change their ways, centralized planning is never going to work MAY 13 -- There’s a push on by Bay Area elites to...

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Prosperity, poverty, and really bad planning

Zelda Bronstein - April 14, 2015

You may not have heard of the Economic Prosperity Strategy -- but it's an alarming, dangerous proposal that could impact the future of San...

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A new pro-growth group takes on the politics of housing

Zelda Bronstein - February 8, 2015

SFBARF is getting a lot of press for a theory -- build and build and build and housing prices will come down -- that...

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Palo Alto and the tech shop of horrors

Regional government sells out Bay Area cities

Who’s ‘against change?’

Developers win with “smart growth” rule

The strange and telling story behind the regional planning merger deal

Secrecy rules in regional-planning power struggle

A leading voice on urban planning in CA debunks housing trickle-down

The false promise of regional governance

Prosperity, poverty, and really bad planning

A new pro-growth group takes on the politics of housing

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