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San Francisco's Apartment Entrances Are Doing the Most — And We're Here For It
PublishedSay what you will about San Francisco's housing market — the prices are absurd, the permitting process could make a…
The Chart That Explains Why Your Engineer Friends Still Have Roommates
PublishedThere's a chart making the rounds that plots SF home prices against SF tech salaries since 2000, and it tells a story…
Wait, Retailers Actually Want to Come Back to Downtown SF?
PublishedFile this under "things we didn't have on our 2025 bingo card." Barnes & Noble, Nordstrom, and Bloomingdale's are all…
San Francisco Can't Build Housing. Again. Is Anyone Surprised?
PublishedHere's a stat that should make your blood boil: almost no housing is getting built in San Francisco.
From Pirouettes to Python: SF's Strangest Real Estate Glow-Up
PublishedIn a city where housing is scarce and zoning is a blood sport, one property is making a surprisingly elegant…
Palo Alto's Tree-Lined Streets Are Gorgeous — And a Quiet Indictment of How Other Bay Area Cities Spend Your Money
PublishedIf you've ever driven through certain Palo Alto neighborhoods, you know the feeling: towering canopies arching over the…
The American Dream Has a Mortgage It Can't Afford
PublishedEvery generation since the Boomers has been less likely to own a home than the one before it.
Mission District Affordable Housing Finally Breaks Ground — Now Comes the Hard Part
PublishedAfter years of delays — because of course it took years — a major affordable housing project has finally broken ground…
$2,400 Won't Get You a Safe Neighborhood in SF — And That's a Policy Failure
PublishedHere's a fun exercise in San Francisco economics: Try finding a studio apartment for $2,400 a month that doesn't come…
Your Property Tax Bill Is About to Get 10% More Expensive — Here's the Deadline You Can't Miss
PublishedConsider this your friendly — and fiscally responsible — public service announcement: if you own property in California…
Making $75K in San Francisco? The City Considers You Basically Broke
PublishedHere's a fun exercise in government math: the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development classifies an income…
California's 'Trapped' Homeowners Are Sitting on Millions and Complaining About It
PublishedThere's a new genre of Bay Area hardship story making the rounds, and it goes something like this: longtime homeowners…
Encased in Amber: When 'Then and Now' Photos Reveal SF's Building Crisis
PublishedA pair of photos has been making the rounds online — same San Francisco location, same people, twenty years apart.
Scott Wiener Wants to Pay Cities $10K Per Home — Is That Even Lunch Money?
PublishedState Sen. Scott Wiener, the Bay Area's most vocal YIMBY crusader and current congressional candidate, has unveiled a…
SF Real Estate's Split Personality: Luxury Soars While SoMa Stumbles
PublishedSan Francisco's housing market has never been simple, but right now it's practically two different cities wearing the…
The Bernal Heights Safeway Redevelopment: Will It Actually Happen?
PublishedIf you've been to the Bernal Heights Safeway lately, you already know the vibe: aging infrastructure, a parking lot…
SF's Next Big Bet on Downtown: More Office Towers. What Could Go Wrong?
PublishedSan Francisco is gearing up for another round of skyscraper development downtown, and the thesis is bold: offices can…
Supervisors Shut Down Illegal Mansion Conversion — And For Once, They Got It Right
PublishedIn a city where housing politics can make your head spin, the Board of Supervisors just made a surprisingly…
Considering Moving In Above El Rio? Here's What You're Actually Signing Up For
PublishedSomewhere in the Mission, a brave soul is apartment hunting and has apparently zeroed in on a unit in the same building…
Sausalito Discovers That State Housing Mandates Apply to Rich Towns, Too
PublishedSausalito — the quaint waterside enclave where houseboats cost more than most people's actual houses — is opening up…
The $850 Question: What's It Actually Worth to Love Where You Live?
PublishedHere's a story that cuts against the dominant narrative — the one where everyone's fleeing San Francisco for cheaper…
SF's RV Ban Housed 82 People. The Rest? Good Luck.
PublishedFive months into San Francisco's ban on oversized vehicles — the policy largely aimed at clearing RV encampments from…
30 Sober Housing Beds for American Indians Coming to 24th Street — Here's Why It Matters
PublishedA new 30-bed sober housing facility geared toward American Indians is headed to 24th Street, and it's the kind of…
SF Is Closing Shelter Beds While Oakland Pushes People Back to the Streets. This Is the Plan?
PublishedLet's walk through the Bay Area's latest homelessness strategy: San Francisco is set to lose over 450 shelter beds in…