Still strong, but …

BUBBLE, BUBBLE … Now’s the time to buy that condo you have always wanted — in Chicago. Housing in that large city is undervalued, according to the UBS Global Real Estate Bubb... Read More

Appetites and Afterthoughts

My Father’s Pot Roast

He may have been cranky, but he sure knew how to make pot roast

By Ernest Beyl

My father was a retired San Francisco chef. When he was 90, we moved him into our large apartment on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco from his home in Oakland, where he had lived wi... Read More

Supervisor's Report

Whose units? Our units. Protecting the city’s housing assets

By Aaron Peskin

I put Proposition C, the Affordable Housing Preservation Bond, on this November’s ballot because creating new housing isn’t enough. San Francisco has allowed thousands of exist... Read More

North Beach Journal

Bartenders, a photographer, an author, a rabbi, and Sicilian sausage

By Ernest Beyl

Some of my sketches columns almost write themselves, like this one. All I need to do is walk around the old neighborhood and keep my eyes open. Recently, I did some walking around ... Read More

Supervisor's Report

Stopping the dark money game

Progressive campaigns bankrolled by taxpayer-funded affordable housing scam

By Supervisor Mark E. Farrell

A recent article from the san Francisco Chronicle brought to light a local “affordable housing” developer who has been donating hundreds of thousands of dollars of dark money t... Read More

News Briefs

Correction

By John Zipperer

In Real Estate Roundup, “Market Report,” October 2016, homes were described as selling for “106.6 percent above asking.” It should have read “106.6 of asking.” ... Read More

News Briefs

Farrell fine slashed

By John Zipperer

At its Oct. 17 meeting, the San Francisco Ethics Commission voted 3–2 to reduce its fine for Supervisor Mark Farrell’s 2010 campaign over allegations of campaign finance violat... Read More

News Briefs

$11 Million from feds for anti-congestion projects

By John Zipperer

In mid-October, Mayor Ed Lee welcomed an award of $11 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help the city try to deal with traffic congestion. The funding will supp... Read More

News Briefs

Fight over political money

By John Zipperer

District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell called for a federal investigation into a local nonprofit housing group’s political contributions. The Todco nonprofit housing group, active in... Read More

News Briefs

Polk, Van Ness construction underway

By John Zipperer

The city has two major road reconstruction projects underway simultaneously, presenting some commute challenges for locals and visitors. At the end of October, the San Francisco Mu... Read More

News Briefs

Real Foods loses lease battle, closes store on Fillmore

By John Zipperer

Despite pulling out the stops to fight the closure of its Fillmore Street location, the Real Food Company announced that it was closing that store for good (see News Briefs, Oct. 2... Read More

The city becomes Halloweentown

The roots of halloween extend hundreds of years into the distant past. By this or by other names, Halloween has been a time to erase the barrier between the living and the dead, th... Read More

Real Estate Investor

Property props

City voters will choose from a number of housing and real estate-related measures on their fall ballot

By John Zipperer

Housing-related questions abound on this fall’s general election ballot. San Francisco and regional voters will face a number of measures regarding property taxes, housing policy... Read More

Bellingham by the Bay

Here’s the October surprise

By

The surprise is that few of us may be surprised at all these days. Small wonder. To most civilized people, we have tumbled into an era of incivility. Of vulgarity, and a sad excurs... Read More

Real Estate Today

747 jet offers alternative living

By Carole Isaacs

In the past few years, micro apartments have been talked about in the media as a solution to the housing crisis. Everything from living in a converted shipping container to stacked... Read More

2016 October

Still strong, but …

My Father’s Pot Roast

Whose units? Our units. Protecting the city’s housing assets

Bartenders, a photographer, an author, a rabbi, and Sicilian sausage

Stopping the dark money game

Correction

Farrell fine slashed

$11 Million from feds for anti-congestion projects

Fight over political money

Polk, Van Ness construction underway

Real Foods loses lease battle, closes store on Fillmore

The city becomes Halloweentown

Property props

Here’s the October surprise

747 jet offers alternative living

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