Monthly Archives: December 2017

Ed Lee became mayor as San Francisco emerged from the Great Recession into a boom phase rivaling the Gold Rush that first put the city on the map. Both supporting and containing the excesses of the tech explosion became a … Continue reading →

A local real estate expert compares those wanting to purchase a home in the Bay Area like “buyers … lining up [at] the Apple store.” Photo: Henrik Ahlen/Creative Commons It’s a sellers’ market as home prices continue to rise, inventory … Continue reading →

Article source: https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/12/11/1250981/0/en/Zephyr-Real-Estate-Presents-2018-Calendar-Featuring-Local-ArtSpan-Artists.html

For progressive politics, San Francisco was once a city upon a hill. Now it’s rich people squabbling over one. Article source: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/presidio-terrace-san-francisco-street/547925/

Emma Carroll, a UC Berkeley grad student, is thinking about taking out loans just to pay what could be a substantially higher tax bill. Jerry Pohorsky, an engineer in Santa Clara, might put off his plans to buy a new electric … Continue reading →