Mar 27, 2024 | Politics
By Gabe Greschler
March 27, 2024
After a March primary election that was dominated by public safety, the upcoming mayoral contest appears to be quickly pivoting to another issue San Franciscans often disagree on. You guessed it: Housing. And, for now, the people clamoring to build more of it are on the back foot.
On Tuesday, seven supervisors stood behind Board President Aaron Peskin and his legislation that seeks to preserve a handful of blocks in Telegraph Hill, an area home to some buildings dating back to the Gold Rush era.
Feb 28, 2024 | Opinion, Politics
By Zachary Faria
February 28, 2024
Californians are not feeling all the prosperity that California Democrats are often boasting about, and they are letting them know about it in a variety of ways.
Despite mailing ballots to all registered voters and moving its primary date up in the presidential calendar, California is currently on track for the lowest voter turnout in a primary in its history.
Jan 5, 2024 | Housing, Opinion, Politics
By Chronicle readers
Dec 24, 2023
Regarding “The battle over S.F. Supervisor Dean Preston’s housing record is heating up again” (San Francisco, SFChronicle.com, Dec. 20): This discourse has been manipulated by YIMBY groups to distort San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston’s genuine intentions and unjustly vilify his approach.
Recent reports dissecting Preston’s housing record have been selectively crafted to cast shadows on his efforts.
Jan 5, 2024 | Housing, Politics
By TIM REDMOND
DECEMBER 22, 2023
It was a crazy year for housing in San Francisco, with the state forcing to city to adopt new rules for “constraint reduction” to comply with a new construction mandate that nobody, even housing developers, thinks is remotely possible.
Jan 5, 2024 | Housing, Politics
By Aldo Toledo
December 20, 2023
Entering an election year that could turn in part on his housing record, San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston is touting a new report by supporters finding that he has approved nearly 30,000 homes since he took office in 2020.
Preston and the report argue that critics of his housing record are misinformed about his approach to one of the city’s most intractable problems.
