Tech Industry Archives

Business + Tech

What the city can still do to control the rogue robotaxis

Tim Redmond - August 14, 2023

This is by no means over—but SF needs to get out in front of this kind of tech before it becomes such a huge problem

Drug policy

Dorsey attack on wellness center signals larger issues in SF’s new War on Drugs

Tim Redmond - August 8, 2023

The mayor, the DA, and the Tech Right want to revive a failed policy—and maybe go after local judges.

News + Politics

The Chron says the city is broken. Now what?

John Elberling - September 16, 2022

The Establishment paper can't blame the Establishment that has been running SF since the Gold Rush. Are the Powers That Be turning on the mayor?

Opinion

Labor, organizing, money, and an East Bay Assembly race

Tim Paulson - July 21, 2021

The political world is full of surprises. Who will wind up winning the seat formerly occupied by Attorney General Rob Bonta?

Business + Tech

The Chron has a Mission business story all wrong (are we surprised?)

Tim Redmond - June 8, 2021

There are very real issues of displacement and racial equity in the debate over moving a tech-centered 'destination' to 14th and Mission.

Housing

The big Yimby money behind housing deregulation bills

Tim Redmond - May 26, 2021

Cal Yimby spent more than $500,000 pushing for laws that would promote market-rate development with no real affordability guarantees.

Housing

Facebook’s housing echo chamber

Zelda Bronstein - April 22, 2021

Zuckerberg money funds news outlets that repeat Zuckerberg group's supply-side position on the housing crisis.

News + Politics

Oversight — of Recology, the Ferris Wheel deal ….

Tim Redmond - March 14, 2021

... and commercial landlords. Plus the Chron's neo-liberal editorial page editor retires. That's The Agenda for March 15-22.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor: Remembering Lawrence Ferlinghetti

48 Hills - March 14, 2021

Remembrances of the late literary lion from writers David Talbot, Tony Robles, and Eric Sneathen

Elections

The stunning Big Money trying to buy SF’s election

Tim Redmond - November 1, 2020

Latest filings show huge cash infusions in district supe races from people who also oppose property-tax reform.

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