As the recent fights over housing show, there are not "progressive" and "conservative" cities. There are just cities open to change and cities closed to change. >>read more

The recent rejection of 469 Stevenson reveals rifts -- both philosophical and political -- in a city that no longer seems to trust the private market. >>read more

In a case from San Francisco, high court punches another hole in the Williamson County doctrine. >>read more

Based on the new judges' dissent, an important San Francisco property "takings" case may be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. >>read more

Stakeholders in San Francisco's industrial Dogpatch neighborhood welcome mixed-use, 2,400-unit redevelopment of former gas-fired power station >>read more

Cities with big retail and tourists sectors are likely to experience the worst revenue drops immediately; can all cities keep their planners on the payroll? >>read more

Especially in Bay Area, districts look at landholdings and see potential to provide housing for teachers. >>read more

Population growth has fallen off a cliff, while housing production is steady. But housing prices are still through the roof. >>read more

Cities can't stop telecommunication facilities from using the public way, but they can regulate what they look like and where they are. >>read more

San Francisco Mayor London Breed has charged Judson True with streamlining, promoting, coaxing, advising – and doing just about anything else necessary to speed projects through the city’s development pipeline >>read more