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NYT: SF Mayor Breed’s new aggressive homelessness approach reveals encampment crimes, refusal to accept shelter offers

Image by Wikimedia Commons The exceptional Heather Knight reports for the New York Times that...
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Will “bond fatigue” sink RM4 and the wave of new taxes on November statewide ballot?

Image by NoHoDamon on Flickr. The potential new bond indebtedness appearing on the November ballot...
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☆ Taxation without Fair Allocation: RM4 to make Napa help pay San Francisco’s bills for the next 54 years

If nine Bay Area counties borrow $20 billion together, shouldn’t they each get their fair...
Woman writing math equations on a blackboard.

SJ, SF non profits blistered–yet again–for financial mismanagement by independent auditors

On the heels of a savage state audit finding San Jose's Housing Dept had negligent...
Four people sitting near a chain-link fence.

Gov. Newsom, post-Grant’s Pass, signs order directing cities to get “urgent” with homelessness encampments

Image in Public Domain While some CA cities have dawdled since the Grant's Pass decision...
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Is driving in Silicon Valley subsidized?

When free marketeers daylight the massive subsidies needed to operate public transit, transit advocates often...
Furnished apartment for rent sign.

CAA: Prop 33 is “extremist” rent control

Image by H. Michael Karshis According to the California Apartment Ass'n, economists and housing experts...
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Upcoming local tax tsunami may be prompting updated tax revolt, says expert

Regional housing tax. Parks tax. Measure E extension. Prop 5. SJ Unified parcel tax. The...
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Statewide rent control initiative continues to split SF liberals

Yesterday's rent control advocates are suddenly getting cold feet regarding statewide caps on rental prices,...

Valley Water releases draft Environmental Impact Report on the Coyote Creek Flood Protection Project  

On July 12, 2024, Valley Water released the Coyote Creek Flood Protection Project Draft Environmental...