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At Midtown, loud construction disturbs shelter-in-place

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - May 27, 2020

At the Midtown housing complex in the Western Addition, tenants are doing their best to comply with the city’s shelter-in-place order, but are facing...

Housing

Preston wants rent control for Midtown

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - January 9, 2020

Supervisor Dean Preston announced Tuesday the introduction of legislation that would bring the Fillmore-Western Addition’s historic Midtown Park Apartments under rent control. The rents at...

News + Politics

Our top stories of 2019

Marke B. - December 28, 2019

From the election of Chesa Boudin and Dean Preston to a renewed spirit of arts and culture in the face of displacement, the 48...

News + Politics

Two big victories for tenants at Midtown apartments

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - November 11, 2019

Five years into the ongoing campaign for tenant ownership and self-management at the Midtown Park Apartments, residents have won two major victories. Earlier this year,...

News + Politics

The Patty Hearst kidnapping and the rise of community-based organizations in SF

Calvin Welch - April 25, 2019

UPDATED, see the end. The 1974 kidnapping of Patricia “Patty” Hearst, granddaughter of the founder of the Hearst media empire, was a dramatic chapter in...

News + Politics

The bizarre argument in favor of Wiener’s housing bill

Tim Redmond - April 7, 2019

A Board of Supes committee has passed a resolution opposing SB 50, the Scott Wiener bill that would allow a lot more market-rate housing...

News + Politics

The wolves of Wall Street, here in San Francisco

Jessica Lindquist - September 10, 2018

Nicole has resorted to storing her wages in an office desk drawer at her place of work after funds she was saving for a...

The Agenda

Should private shuttles be able to use Muni-only lanes?

Tim Redmond - August 19, 2018

San Francisco transit planners have been working for years on a proposal to create bus-only lanes on Geary Boulevard. It’s called Bus Rapid Transit,...

Opinion

OPINION: What went wrong June 5 — and what we can learn

Calvin Welch - June 28, 2018

Editor’s note: Progressives who supported Mark Leno or Sup. Jane Kim are looking at the results of the election and trying to figure out...

News + Politics

Denounce the Yimby disruption: An open letter to Sen. Wiener

Tim Redmond - April 6, 2018

Dear Senator Wiener: On April 4, on the steps of San Francisco’s City Hall, we and other representatives from more than 40 San Francisco community...

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At Midtown, loud construction disturbs shelter-in-place

Preston wants rent control for Midtown

Our top stories of 2019

Two big victories for tenants at Midtown apartments

The Patty Hearst kidnapping and the rise of community-based organizations in SF

The bizarre argument in favor of Wiener’s housing bill

The wolves of Wall Street, here in San Francisco

Should private shuttles be able to use Muni-only lanes?

OPINION: What went wrong June 5 — and what we can learn

Denounce the Yimby disruption: An open letter to Sen. Wiener

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