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SF Examiner -Peter Cohen and Fernando Marti
- May 11, 2018
- 3 min
Planning for an affordable future in Central SoMa
A big change is coming to South of Market: The Central SoMa Plan is before the Planning Commission today. It is a massive neighborhood re...
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SF Examiner - By Joshua Sabatini
- May 9, 2018
- 2 min
Pilot to streamline permit process could combat vacant storefronts
San Francisco may expedite permits for small businesses looking to open in the Sunset and Excelsior neighborhoods under two-year pilot pr...
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NY TIMES - Conor Dougherty and Inyoung Kangd
- May 4, 2018
- 2 min
California Today: A Tech Company Wades Into Housing Politics
The tech industry has become the go-to scapegoat for the Bay Area’s run-up in rent and home prices. Now, as the housing crisis escalates ...
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SF Examiner - By Joshua Sabatini
- Mar 28, 2018
- 5 min
Small Sites program a major asset to SF housing
In early 2016, Ani Rivera’s landlord offered her a $5,000 buyout to leave the place she called home in the Mission and Bernal Heights are...
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NY TIMES - Conor Dougherty and Brad Plumermarch
- Mar 16, 2018
- 5 min
A Bold, Divisive Plan to Wean Californians From Cars
Legislation would allow more home building along transit routes to reduce gas-guzzling commutes. Some who support the goal have denounced...
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CITY LAB - BENJAMIN SCHNEIDER
- Mar 5, 2018
- 10 min
In California, Momentum Builds for Radical Action on Housing
The origins of and potential solutions to California’s housing crisis, explained. Cities around the world are dealing with severe housing...
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Lori Livingston - San Francisco Chronicle
- Feb 21, 2018
- 3 min
We love SF, but city small business rules are chasing us away
My son and I are considering buying a small tutoring business in San Francisco. It’s a good fit for our education-minded family. It serve...
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San Francisco Business Times - Roland Li
- Feb 21, 2018
- 4 min
"This is why housing is expensive in San
Francisco"
: A Mission project will be delayed fo
For nearly five years, Robert Tillman has been trying to build apartments in San Francisco's most anti-market-rate housing district, the ...
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Mark Austin for Digitaltrends.com
- Feb 19, 2018
- 2 min
Tokyo is planning to build the world’s tallest wooden skyscraper
The Japanese architectural and construction firm Sumitomo Forestry Co. has announced plans for a 70-story tall skyscraper in Tokyo constr...
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SF Examiner - Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez
- Feb 9, 2018
- 3 min
Mayor’s race may put SF fire chief’s job on shaky ground
It looks like at least two mayoral candidates, should they win in June, may ask Fire Department Chief Joanne Hayes-White to pack her bags...
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SF GATE - Edvard Pettersson
- Jan 28, 2018
- 4 min
Bay Area housing market shows no signs of cooling
ousing in America’s most expensive region is going to get even pricier. For all the talk of the U.S. tax overhaul hitting wealthy blue-st...
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San Francisco Business Times - Roland Li
- Jan 26, 2018
- 3 min
Why San Francisco has the second-highest construction costs in the world
San Francisco has the world's second-highest construction costs because of complex, burdensome approvals, a severe labor shortage and eas...
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SF Examiner - Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez
- Jan 26, 2018
- 4 min
Supervisor Sheehy fears his key vote to oust Breed as mayor doomed his re-election campaign
Supervisor Jeff Sheehy is no stranger to breaking barriers. Though he’s now San Francisco’s first openly HIV-positive supervisor, he once...
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SF Examiner - By Joshua Sabatini
- Jan 25, 2018
- 3 min
Mayor Farrell to appoint District 2 supervisor ‘sooner rather than later’
Mayor Mark Farrell has yet to decide on who he will appoint to serve in his previous role of District 2 supervisor, he told the San Franc...
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