The good news, I suppose, is that the mayor of San Francisco has recognized that there’s a housing emergency and tenants are getting evicted. He issued a press release yesterday outlining the steps he’s taking to “address San Francisco’s rent emergency.” Some of this is just fine: Finding legal counsel for people… Continue reading
Arts + CultureCultureLitNews + PoliticsBusiness + Tech Exploring SF’s recent history: New book looks at 1990 to 2024 Booms, busts, tech, evictions, Burning Man… We talk to ‘City on the Edge’ author Jonathan Weber about our contentious moment. By Tim Redmond July 14, 2026 (48hills.org) San Francisco has changed profoundly… Continue reading
In just two years, he went from a progressive to a corporate conservative. There’s a sad lesson here. By Tim Redmond July 8, 2026 (48hills.org) Political ambition can change people, fast. Matt Haney was part of the city’s left until he decided that being a moderate Yimby would get him… Continue reading
Behind the Big Tech money machine is a vision for society that ought to make us all very, very scared By Tim Redmond June 15, 2026 (48hills.org) The American Prospect put together a brilliant, and devastating deep expose of the people behind the Abundance Movement this week, reporting how a small handful… Continue reading
It’s all about giving Big Money more ability to control San Francisco. That has always been a disaster. By TIM REDMOND NOVEMBER 3, 2023 (48hills.org) Sup. Rafael Mandelman has introduced the latest in a series of ballot measures that seek to solve the city’s problems by giving the mayor more… Continue reading
A foreclosed Tennessee St. project is on the market at a bargain price. It’s just one of many opportunities SF could take advantage of. By TIM REDMOND AUGUST 16, 2023 (48hills.org) Construction in San Francisco is expensive right now, so expensive that a lot of developers are putting a pause on… Continue reading
