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The Street Sheet: 30 years of journalism by and for homeless people

TJ Johnston - November 1, 2019

Since 2001, I’ve been involved with Street Sheet in some capacity — at first as a freelancer, and now as a sort-of managing editor...

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SF Planning’s really weak ‘Community Stabilization Policy’

Tim Redmond - October 14, 2019

The San Francisco Planning Commission will hear a presentation Thursday/ 17 on the department’s Community Stabilization Policy– supposedly an interagency effort to fight the...

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Sup. Vallie Brown evicted low-income tenants

Tim Redmond - October 10, 2019

Sup. Vallie Brown has a narrative driving her campaign: She had a difficult childhood, faced evictions and homelessness, and is now working to protect...

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The real lessons from the surging numbers of homeless people on the streets of SF

Tim Redmond - May 17, 2019

The biggest takeaway from the disturbing (but not surprising) new homeless-count numbers is not that there are more homeless people on the streets. We...

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BREAKING: Wiener’s housing deregulation bill on hold — for now

Tim Redmond - May 16, 2019

State Senator Scott Wiener’s AB 50, which would have deregulated housing across California, was pulled from this year’s Legislative session today. Sen. Anthony Portantino, who...

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Activists warn of a new landlord scam: Seismic upgrade evictions

Tim Redmond - April 21, 2019

A relatively obscure hearing at the Board of Appeals this week shed some important light on the preservation of rental housing and a potential...

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Should the tech boom pay the costs of the tech boom?

Tim Redmond - April 21, 2019

The Board of Supes will discuss two very different issues this week that are actually closely related and could inform some productive discussion about...

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How to take housing out of the private market

Tim Redmond - March 31, 2019

Go through any of the real-estate-listings databases, and you’ll see dozens of small rental properties – typically places with four-to-six units – on the...

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Could SF tax new IPO wealth?

Tim Redmond - March 13, 2019

Supervisor Gordon Mar wants a hearing on the impacts of the IPOs that are the result of the Twitter tax break and that threaten...

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The local TV news coverage of Jeff Adachi’s death is a disgrace

Tim Redmond - February 24, 2019

I’m just going to come right out and say it: Some of the TV news coverage of Jeff Adachi’s death has been utterly repugnant. Channel...

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The Street Sheet: 30 years of journalism by and for homeless people

SF Planning’s really weak ‘Community Stabilization Policy’

Sup. Vallie Brown evicted low-income tenants

The real lessons from the surging numbers of homeless people on the streets of SF

BREAKING: Wiener’s housing deregulation bill on hold — for now

Activists warn of a new landlord scam: Seismic upgrade evictions

Should the tech boom pay the costs of the tech boom?

How to take housing out of the private market

Could SF tax new IPO wealth?

The local TV news coverage of Jeff Adachi’s death is a disgrace

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