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Alternative facts and the mayor’s housing plan

Calvin Welch - February 28, 2017

Mayor Ed Lee two weeks ago launched a new effort to bring about "affordable" housing opportunities for San Franciscans by proposing, as he did...

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The Agenda, Feb. 26-March 5: What’s still wild in SF …

Tim Redmond - February 26, 2017

Glen Canyon Park is one of my favorite places in the city. It’s right in the middle of the third-densest urban area in the...

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Racism — and politics — in SF Redevelopment history

John Elberling - February 22, 2017

Bad history -- even when well-intended -- gives me a headache, because it so often misses and conceals far more important truths. To wit,...

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YIMBYs, Smart Growth — and unanswered questions

Zelda Bronstein - February 20, 2017

On February 1 I flew to St. Louis for the New Partners for Smart Growth conference, the largest gathering dedicated to dense, transit-oriented/walkable/bikeable development...

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The Agenda, Feb 21-26: More Mission displacement ….

Tim Redmond - February 20, 2017

The luxury-housing assault on the Mission continues this week as the Planning Commission decides Thursday/23 whether to allow a developer to demolish an auto...

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Why SF’s City Planning Department doesn’t get it

John Elberling - February 12, 2017

There is no designated Sociologist position on the 200+ staff of San Francisco’s City Planning Department. And a bachelor/masters degree in Urban Planning can...

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Can burned-out SRO housing units be saved?

Tim Redmond - February 7, 2017

This is what we all feared after the huge fire on 29th and Mission. A building with a (great) taco place, and a greatly missed...

Arts + Culture

What we saw at Sundance 2017: Documentaries

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - February 7, 2017

The 33rd Annual Sundance Film Festival took place during the snowiest winter of the past 10 years in Park City, Utah. Even with a...

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Resist Trump — dump Ford (and ignore the Super Bowl hype)

Jason Henderson - February 4, 2017

San Francisco and the Bay Area remain a bellwether for progressive human rights, peace, labor, and environmental values. Just about everyone in San Francisco...

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Push for single-payer healthcare grows in CA

Tim Redmond - February 1, 2017

More than a thousand people (my estimate) showed up today at the state building to weigh in on health-care costs – and make the...

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