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What’s wrong with bringing down land values in SF?

The key phrase in the affordable report by the SF Controller’s Office, released today, was mostly buried in news accounts. The headline in the...

Iris Canada turns 100 — as her landlord tries to evict her

Iris Canada turns 100 on July 13. Iris Canada, eviction fighter, who has lived in San Francisco’s black community on Page Street since the...

Why are so many people homeless in SF?

Editors note: The SF Chronicle is leading an effort to get local news media to report on homelessness this week. We are happy to...

San Francisco residents demand resources to address housing crisis

Coalitions of community, racial and economic justice, and housing groups including Jobs with Justice, the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Mission Economic Development...

A terrible housing bill looms in Sacramento

The State Assembly may vote as early as Monday on a bill that would give real estate developers a huge windfall at the expense...

Nimbys, SFBARF, and a clueless writer at the NY Times

The easy thing to do is just try to ignore the likes of SFBARF and hope they will go away. But they don’t, and...

The deep roots of SF’s housing crisis

The most interesting and insightful analysis of the local housing crisis that I’ve read in quite a while appeared today – not in the...

The eviction nightmare may be slowing, thanks to tenant advocates

Last year we reported on the surge of evictions devastating this city. As 2015 began, San Francisco’s Rent Board reported that increasing numbers of...

The Mission, noir — with some ugly history and real life today

On Dec. 12, 1975, an arsonist set fire to the Gartland Apartments, a low-income residential complex at 16th and Valencia, killing at least 14 people...

Another foreclosure in Bayview puts the focus on Fannie Mae

 More than 30 people gathered last week outside the home of yet another Bayview family losing a home of 19 years. It couldn’t be...