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Investigation: New condos aren’t owned by San Francisco residents

Darwin Bond Graham and Tim Redmond - September 29, 2014

When condos in a triplet of luxury towers near the Embarcadero called The Brannan began selling in 2000, wealthy buyers snapped them up. Nine...

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The Big Lie on the anti-speculation tax

Tim Redmond - September 4, 2014

By Tim Redmond The campaign against San Francisco’s anti-speculation tax is trying to replay the successful effort in Richmond to shoot down a soda tax....

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Protests work! Ellis Act eviction called off after noisy direct-action campaign

Tim Redmond - September 3, 2014

By Tim Redmond SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 – A local real-estate speculator has dropped his effort to evict four Duboce Street tenants under the Ellis Act...

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The Karl Marx Tree: How Southern Pacific Railroad killed a socialist colony in the name of creating Yosemite National Park

Tim Redmond - August 27, 2014

By Marc Norton AUGUST 27, 2014 -- There has been considerable hoopla this summer around the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln putting his signature...

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Media misses: Taxes, the economy, and Harvey Milk

Tim Redmond - August 18, 2014

By Tim Redmond AUGUST 18, 2014 -- Yes, I listen to NPR. KPFA, of course, but also NPR. That makes me an Old Liberal Leftist,...

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Democratic Party backs tenants — narrowly

Tim Redmond - August 14, 2014

By Tim Redmond AUGUST 14, 2014 -- The biggest applause at the Democratic County Central Committee last night came about an hour and a half...

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City Hall Gives Money to Evil Landlord’s Pet Charity

Tim Redmond - July 16, 2014

By the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project Urban Green, the real estate investment firm, has received a lot of bad press lately. By sending an eviction notice...

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Finally, the myth of the poor landlord is exposed

Tim Redmond - July 7, 2014

By Tim Redmond JULY 7, 2014 – Finally, a local landlord (my neighbor, on my very same street, no less) has said what so desperately...

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When all roads lead to SF City Hall, what will the mayor do?

Tim Redmond - June 19, 2014

By Tim Redmond When Sup. David Campos was seeking support for his bill to raise relocation fees for Ellis Act evictions, he asked the mayor...

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What we Yo about when we Yo about Yo

Tim Redmond - June 19, 2014

By Julia Carrie Wong JUNE 19, 2014 -- On Wednesday morning, news broke that a silly little app called “Yo” had raised $1 million in...

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Investigation: New condos aren’t owned by San Francisco residents

The Big Lie on the anti-speculation tax

Protests work! Ellis Act eviction called off after noisy direct-action campaign

The Karl Marx Tree: How Southern Pacific Railroad killed a socialist colony in the name of creating Yosemite National Park

Media misses: Taxes, the economy, and Harvey Milk

Democratic Party backs tenants — narrowly

City Hall Gives Money to Evil Landlord’s Pet Charity

Finally, the myth of the poor landlord is exposed

When all roads lead to SF City Hall, what will the mayor do?

What we Yo about when we Yo about Yo

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