Sanctuary city: Killing draws national response, puts the sheriff in spotlight

From City Hall to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, lawmakers are responding to public dismay over the apparently random killing of a woman in San Francisco by an undocumented immigr... Read More

Dreamhouse Showcase

Classic San Francisco opulence

By John Zipperer

When you cross over the hill and come to this wide but quiet stretch of Divisadero, you are likely struck as much by the breathtaking views of the Bay (stretching from the Golden G... Read More

Community

Crime wave: Residents nervous, city plans more police

By John Zipperer

The e-mail was forwarded to about a dozen recipients, including the Marina Times. It related an attempted assault in the stairway of a Cow Hollow building. The unnamed writer said ... Read More

Real Estate

Dreamhouse Showcase: Cow Hollow modern makeover

By John Zipperer

As you wander through this totally redesigned and rebuilt home in Cow Hollow, you might just find yourself wondering how you would make all of the choices necessary if you lived he... Read More

Editor's Note

Father’s Day: The me-too holiday

By John Zipperer

Unverified legend has it that the first woman on the planet came into existence as something of an afterthought. God reportedly took a rib from a sleeping Adam, the first man, and ... Read More

Real Estate

Prop 13 targeted again: The initiative draws new attention, but defenders dig in

By John Zipperer

Over dinner at a local restaurant, Shana, a married mother of two elementary-school children, coaxed one of them to eat his food and then paused to implore her dinner companions to... Read More

Real Estate Investor

Something’s gotta give: Dr. Peter Linneman on taking the mystery out of our housing crisis

By John Zipperer

About a decade ago, before the Great Recession and the related implosion and rebound of the real estate market, the matter of how to house burgeoning populations was a topic of con... Read More

Real Estate

California’s drought hits home: San Francisco homeowners and businesses enlisted in water conservation emergency

By John Zipperer

The continuing drought threatening to turn the Golden State into the Brown State has a number of unpleasant or worrisome side effects. Rodents are heading indoors in search of scar... Read More

Real Estate Investor

Property politics: How others respond to housing inequality

By John Zipperer

After John Norquist left his longtime position as mayor of Milwaukee, he spent a decade heading up the Congress for the New Urbanism, an organization that promotes smart urban plan... Read More

Northsider

Presenting Mr. Marina 2015

By John Zipperer

The four-year-old Mr. Marina competition added to its accomplishments in 2015 by bringing in $190,000. The money was not earned for a pageant company or for program organizers. Thi... Read More

Real Estate Investor

Office space is dear and expensive

Is it time to head to Oakland or pray for a recession?

By John Zipperer

Stuck in the middle of a report on the performance of San Francisco’s office real estate in the fourth-quarter of 2014 is this tidbit: 2014 sales volume was 64 percent higher... Read More

Community

San Francisco has no excuses for not solving its problems

By John Zipperer

A company I know of recently moved into smaller office space. Through a Byzantine process of internal politics and negotiation and grandstanding, most departments ended up with les... Read More

Northsider

Honoring the light brigade

By John Zipperer

WE TOLD YOU SO At the Marina Times, we have been touting the great holiday lights display of Union Street for a long time. It is one of the gems of the city, and each year we hope ... Read More

Real Estate

No crash for San Francisco real estate, but expect a moderating pace in 2015

By John Zipperer

The California Association of Realtors (CAR) is predicting that 2015 will be the best of times and the best of times in the state: Price growth plus an influx of buyers and invento... Read More

Northsider

Union Street lights up

By John Zipperer

A thousand points of lights Members of the Union Street Association gathered in mid-December to award a prize for best holiday lighting and decor. With umbrellas in hand and cell p... Read More

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