Mayor Breed Has Spent 4 Years On the Job. What’s Her Housing Record?Early goals are only part of the story. Her legacy hinges on the battle, with help from state allies, to change how SF builds homes.Sep 15, 2022Sep 15, 2022
SF’s Tax on Empty Storefronts, Delayed by COVID, Is Just Getting StartedWhile city voters mull an ‘empty homes’ tax for November, let’s consider how the commercial version is rolling out.Jul 20, 20221Jul 20, 20221
Polk Street’s Cinch Saloon, Its Pride Roots Showing, Straddles Gay SF Old and NewWith naughty selfies and Star Wars props, the bar will witness the revival of an old tradition Sunday.Jun 24, 2022Jun 24, 2022
Sup. Peskin Says His Rent Control Plan Will Build More Housing. His Sources Say NoTo bolster his new bill, the city’s progressive stalwart leans on two studies. The authors say their work is being grossly misrepresented.Jun 17, 2022Jun 17, 2022
SF Needs to Build More Affordable Housing, But Funding It Just Got TougherSome state money, once a ‘cookie jar’ for builders, is now harder to tap, just as the city must add tens of thousands of new homes.Jun 2, 2022Jun 2, 2022
SF Voters Approved Big Money for ‘Social’ Housing. Officials First Have to Squabble Over ItA higher tax on real estate is raising millions of dollars. It’s not going to solve our affordability crisis.May 16, 2022May 16, 2022
Longtime Eyesore Theater Cursed by Kismet, COVID, and Now SF’s High Costs of RevivalThe Alexandria, once a Geary draw, has sat empty for years. Affordable housing is the latest idea to flop there. How does this movie end?Apr 15, 2022Apr 15, 2022
A Day in the Life of an SF Day Laborer: Waiting for Work, Struggling to Get PaidA jack of many trades sleeps under Highway 101 and keeps falling through the cracks of what appears to be a heated market for construction.Mar 24, 2022Mar 24, 2022
To Recover from a Major Earthquake, SF Needs Housing Now, Not Just LaterIf you think the shortage of homes is a crisis today, wait till the Big One hits. Retrofits are going well but will only take us so far.Mar 1, 2022Mar 1, 2022
Let’s Make Online Learning Within Reach For AllThis Op Ed was narrated to Adam Echelman as part of the Humanity in Action Alfred Landecker Democracy Fellowship.Oct 15, 2021Oct 15, 2021
