Should we sell view units to fund affordable housing elsewhere?
Supervisor Jane Kim wants developers to buy their way out of their responsibility to build a percentage of affordable housing units in new developments. She proposes monetizing a few...
View ArticleLive chat with John King and Caille Millner: A year of change in San Francisco
2014 brought a lot of change to San Francisco. Let’s talk about it. At 1 p.m. on December 17, the Chronicle’s urban design critic, John King, and I are hosting a live chat right here about the city’s...
View ArticleA New Year’s Chron quiz
Content loading… Please enable javascript! Chron quiz, Jan. 4 This is your trivia quiz’s introduction text. It is an introduction to your trivia quiz, and also serves as the description when users...
View ArticleWhat happened to San Francisco’s housing evictions?
There’s no bigger punching bag in the debate over San Francisco’s super heated housing market than the Ellis Act, a state law that allows property owners to evict tenants to pave the way for a sale....
View ArticleChron news quiz
What is Major League Baseball doing to boost appeal? 10 percent price cut at ballpark concession stands Speeded up play that keeps batters from dawdling between pitches Tighter pants Four strikes and...
View ArticleSan Francisco’s housing bondage
Everyone in San Francisco dreams of more housing. But when it comes to paying for it — especially the subsidized kind — the tone changes. No one’s more nervous about this reality than Mayor Ed Lee....
View ArticleA homeless tale of the tape
The latest survey of San Francisco’s homeless shows the numbers aren’t budging and population is growing older and sicker. It’s a depressing picture, and each of us might add a mental snapshot of...
View ArticleCould the Bay Area housing market finally be cooling off?
Last month, something kind of crazy happened: the Bay Area’s housing market took a breather. Housing sales were down 11.4 percent over July and even the prices took a little dip (median prices were...
View ArticleThe Weekly Poll: Should San Francisco build teachers-only housing?
The scary escalation of San Francisco housing costs has affected the city’s ability to attract and retain public school teachers. Problems with teacher recruitment affects the city’s ability to attract...
View ArticleChron quiz: Miracle housing fix
A survey found a majority of Bay Area residents like what idea to handling the housing shortage? Tax the rich to subsidize more construction Sure we need more housing but build it elsewhere Trailers in...
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