Two huge housing deals fall apart
What happens next for the two biggest housing deals in San Francisco’s future? Two firms from China have bailed on a $1.7 billion investment needed to build 20,000 residential units in Hunters Point...
View ArticleA rare compromise on housing
Housing controls usually mean full-on combat in San Francisco politics — until this week. Weeks of talks over one small corner of housing controls has given way to a compromise solution that may stick...
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 ArticleWhat counts as a home and who is really homeless?
San Francisco’s homeless problem has vexed the city for decades and is important enough to the Obama administration that the president sent his chief of staff out to walk the streets last week in the...
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 ArticleChron quiz: Take a bathroom break
State legislatures are struggling with the “bathroom law.’’ What’s it all about? High price of water-saving fixtures Limiting transgender access When to flush Letting businesses skip installing both...
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