The Dissent

Here's a fun little loophole in San Francisco's beloved rent control regime: your landlord can't raise your rent more…

Ghirardelli Square, one of San Francisco's most iconic waterfront properties, has been sold to a new ownership group…

Every week, a fresh wave of posts floods the internet from people planning their escape to the Bay Area.

Here's a small story that says something big about how neighborhoods actually work — no government program required.

Here's a little snapshot of life in San Francisco that should make every city official squirm: a young professional in…

San Francisco is barreling toward an approval deadline for the Caltrain railyards mega-project — a massive…

Here's a scenario that shouldn't require an editorial but apparently does: You buy a condo.

If you want a snapshot of San Francisco's housing dysfunction, here it is: a renter showed up to an Inner Sunset…

There's a familiar script that plays out every time someone proposes building new housing in San Francisco.

Here's a trend that tells you everything about where San Francisco's housing market is headed: buyers in their 50s and…

Here's a reality that doesn't show up in San Francisco's housing debates: even after you've somehow managed to buy or…

If you've ever tried to get custom work done in your San Francisco apartment or home, you know the drill: you reach out…

Here's your Monday reality check from the San Francisco housing market: a landlord in Nob Hill is asking prospective…

Here's a question that should bother anyone who's ever grabbed a coffee at SFO, checked a bag, or walked through a…

Here's a fun little market failure for you: San Francisco, a city where a one-bedroom apartment costs more than a…

Walk down any major corridor in San Francisco — Market Street, parts of the Mission, stretches of SoMa — and you'll…

Here's a radical concept for San Francisco in 2025: growing your own food on a tiny slab of concrete you're already…

There's a free screening and Q&A coming up in San Francisco for No Place to Grow Old, a documentary tackling the city's…

Here's a story that perfectly encapsulates Bay Area development: Oakland is eyeing the popular Rockridge Trader Joe's…

Here's a story that perfectly encapsulates San Francisco's housing dysfunction.

Somewhere in San Francisco, a guy named Sam Devdhara figured out what City Hall has spent decades pretending doesn't…

Here's a story that perfectly encapsulates the Bay Area's broken housing equation: A tech worker moved from Sunnyvale…

Here's something that should surprise exactly no one who's apartment-hunted in San Francisco: landlords are hiding some…

If you were anywhere near Mt. Davidson last night, you saw it — a dramatic curtain of rain hammering the East Bay while…

There's a conversation happening among Bay Area twentysomethings right now, and it's revealing something that won't…

In a city where vacant storefronts have become as iconic as the Painted Ladies, here's a rare win: Zara is reportedly…

For anyone who's walked past the ghostly husk of the former Old Navy at 4th and Market and wondered if downtown retail…

A company wants to build a 400-bed "super dorm" of sleeping pods in San Francisco, charging $700 a month per pod.

Here's a fun riddle: What happens when the state of California orders cities to build more housing, courts uphold those…

Here's a thought experiment: What happens when a region that already can't house its middle class suddenly mints tens…