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General News 8/15/2019 at 3:28 PM EDT

Beating our heads against the wall

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Opinion — This story was written about the San Francisco experience, but the same schemes are being played out all over the country. Watch for the process to unfold in your city and neighborhood. (download doc)

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How many times must we make the same mistakes before we try something different?

There is a lot of talk about the failures of the MTC and ABAG and the loss of trust the public has in our state government to solve the housing and traffic problems they are accused of creating. I will take a more local view of the effects the plans have had on San Francisco neighborhoods...

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