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SF needs a mayor who will tax, spend, and regulate

Calvin Welch - April 23, 2018

Consider a short list of the realities facing our next mayor: The social/economic/cultural transformation of the city through unchecked hyper-gentrification caused by a development policy...

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SF supes oppose Wiener real-estate bill

Tim Redmond - April 3, 2018

The Board of Supes voted today to oppose State Senator Scott Wiener’s real-estate bill, SB 827, which would upzone most of San Francisco. The discussion...

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The flaws in Stanford’s anti-rent-control study

Tim Redmond - March 13, 2018

Economists who believe in free-market solutions generally don’t like rent control, because – by definition – it distorts the market. So we’ve seen a...

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Progressive debate offers a bit of candidate clarity

Tim Redmond - February 15, 2018

What a difference two weeks and a different venue makes. The three leading candidates for mayor all said they supported, more or less, Sen. Scott...

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First mayoral debate has no winners and too much agreement

Tim Redmond - February 3, 2018

The first mayoral debate of the spring had no clear winners or losers; in fact, none of the candidates stood out as dramatically different...

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Protecting tenants from ‘renoviction’

Jennifer Fieber and Mary Gallagher - January 30, 2018

As if there weren’t already enough ways to evict tenants, unscrupulous owners now have a new weapon in their arsenal: temporary moveouts justified by...

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Low-income housing units lost in Oakland, study shows

Tim Redmond - December 29, 2017

Hundreds of low-cost residential hotel rooms have been lost in Oakland in just the past year, likely driving many people into homelessness, a new...

The Agenda

More housing. Higher prices. That’s what a new city report shows

Tim Redmond - December 18, 2017

At the Ed Lee memorial Sunday, a string of politicians who are not at all humble talked about the humble side of the late...

The Agenda

No questions for Ed Lee? What has happened to the idea of robust debate?

Tim Redmond - December 10, 2017

Mayor Ed Lee appears before the Board of Supes Tuesday/12 for Question Time, but according to the agenda, no supervisor from an even-numbered district...

News + Politics

Chiang wants to be governor, but is a bit vague on some key issues

Tim Redmond - December 8, 2017

State Treasurer John Chiang brought his campaign for governor to San Francisco today, and in front of a fairly modest media crowd accepted the...

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SF needs a mayor who will tax, spend, and regulate

SF supes oppose Wiener real-estate bill

The flaws in Stanford’s anti-rent-control study

Progressive debate offers a bit of candidate clarity

First mayoral debate has no winners and too much agreement

Protecting tenants from ‘renoviction’

Low-income housing units lost in Oakland, study shows

More housing. Higher prices. That’s what a new city report shows

No questions for Ed Lee? What has happened to the idea of robust debate?

Chiang wants to be governor, but is a bit vague on some key issues

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