Saturday, May 4, 2024

Tagged with: Workers

The Agenda, July 13-19: Should SF Build a new jail?

That's a real issue; the Mirkarimi pile-on is not. Plus: Stopping business displacement in the Mission and making tech dorms pay for affordable housing By...

Solar power isn’t green? PG&E scam heads to the November ballot

Despite last-minute efforts, a misleading measure seeking to undermine clean public power is going to the voters. Will the mayor help defeat it? By Tim...

Ballot measures and D3 race could be referendum on the mayor

Ed Lee has no major opponents -- but the voters can weigh in on his policies By Tim Redmond JULY 7, 2015 – The fall election...

Uber’s cut-rate prices are destroying immigrant jobs

In Fremont, taxi drivers who used to be able to support a family are crushed beneath the giant tech company's plan to attract riders...

The Agenda, June 29-July 5: Mark Farrell’s attack on tenant advocates ….

... And why some say San Francisco needs a Housing Commission to deal with the biggest issue in the city By Tim Redmond JUNE 29, 2015...

Marching on Maximus

Why did ParkMerced get rid of union workers? Why should the city approve a Park Merced investors's project in the Mission? Demonstrators made the...

Labor, community unite in protest against Monster in the Mission

Key investor in Mission project is also part owner of ParkMerced, where union workers were replaced with a nonunion contractor By Tim Redmond JUNE 23, 2105...

Deal saves Mission art space — but at what cost?

Developer will relocate InnerMission -- but will still demolish precious industrial space in the name of luxury housing By Steven T. Jones JUNE 18, 2015 --...

Uber, the Conference of Mayors, and the taxi drivers

Expect protests from (real) cab drivers as Uber helps host US Conference of Mayors -- just as that company is getting hit for failing...

Fifth and Mission adds affordable housing — but nowhere near enough

Let's take a look at the numbers -- which show that even 33 percent on a big commercial project doesn't mitigate the damage By Tim...