The Dissent

Here's a PSA for every 21-year-old — or anyone, really — diving into the Bay Area rental market for the first time: if…

Here's a fun exercise: think about what you could buy in San Francisco for the price of a home in the year 2000.

If you've walked through Hayes Valley recently — especially after dark — you've noticed.

Ryan Serhant — the man who turned selling Manhattan penthouses into must-watch television — is officially planting a…

Demolition permits have been filed for several buildings at Potrero Terrace, the aging public housing complex that's…

Here's a small but satisfying story about someone actually making a rational decision in the Bay Area housing market —…

Let's be honest: apartment hunting in San Francisco is an exercise in controlled desperation.

There's something a visitor from Paris recently reminded us of — something we San Franciscans walk past every single…

Here's a fun exercise: try getting $1,096 back from a company that won't answer your emails, won't pick up the phone…

For half a century, the Shorenstein family held 45 Fremont Street — a gleaming downtown tower and a symbol of one of…

Here's a scenario that should make every renter's blood boil: You're paying sky-high San Francisco rent.

For years, San Francisco's approach to homelessness has followed a familiar script: spend enormous sums of money, ask…

Let's run some numbers that City Hall and Sacramento would rather you not think too hard about.

Here's a scenario that's playing out across San Francisco right now: You've been parking in your building's garage…

There are certain San Francisco neighbor conflicts that are uniquely maddening — not because they're serious, but…

There's a recurring character in the Bay Area story that doesn't get enough airtime: the person who finally does the…

A young American expat and his Japanese wife are weighing a move from Tokyo to San Francisco, and the reasons he's fed…

Here's a fun math problem for Bay Area parents: Take your paycheck.

Treasure Island is having a moment. Sleek new developments, stunning Bay views, and prices that — by San Francisco…

Here's a fun paradox about life in San Francisco: you can be pulling down a quarter-million dollars a year at a Big…

If you own property in the Bay Area and haven't paid your second installment of property taxes yet — stop reading this…

Author Dave Eggers — San Francisco literary icon, McSweeney's founder, and apparently housing developer now — is…

San Francisco is losing another grocery store, and if you live in the Western Addition or NoPa, you already feel the…

Here's a snapshot of San Francisco's housing market in 2025: a 27-year-old making $160,000 a year — well into the top…

Say what you will about San Francisco's housing market — the prices are absurd, the permitting process could make a…

There's a chart making the rounds that plots SF home prices against SF tech salaries since 2000, and it tells a story…

File this under "things we didn't have on our 2025 bingo card." Barnes & Noble, Nordstrom, and Bloomingdale's are all…

Here's a stat that should make your blood boil: almost no housing is getting built in San Francisco.

In a city where housing is scarce and zoning is a blood sport, one property is making a surprisingly elegant…

If you've ever driven through certain Palo Alto neighborhoods, you know the feeling: towering canopies arching over the…