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San Francisco Planning and Urban Research

San Francisco housing market booms bigger than ever

Plummeting inventory of homes for sale accompanied by a new wave of tech workers have San Francisco’s rental and real estate markets continuing to boom. Read More

SF Mayor Ed Lee to face biggest challenge yet: negotiating salary contracts

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee
Mayor Ed Lee will put his stamp on the largest component of San Francisco’s budget next year when most of The City’s labor contracts come up for renegotiation. When unions representing nurses, gardeners, engineers, lawyers, deputy sheriffs, public works employees and others sit down for contract talks, the bottom line will affect city finances for years to come. Read More

California budget plan jeopardizes major projects in San Francisco

San Francisco Redevelopment Agency projects
The City’s Redevelopment Agency has analyzed the potential impact of the governor’s proposal to abolish such agencies, and the results are not pretty.Elimination of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency would jeopardize major projects such as the Transbay Transit Center and the transformation of Treasure Island, and it would threaten to cancel construction of tens of thousands of new homes across The City. Read More
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