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This article was updated Nov. 16 and appears in the winter 2019 print edition of the Public Press.
Is weaker government transparency a trade-off?
In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook scandal, and a steady barrage of new data breaches, the public has been clamoring for tighter regulation of their personal information. » Read more
As Californians battle this fall over a ballot measure to allow cities much wider leeway to impose all sorts of rent control, both sides of the debate throw around citations to academic papers, economic studies and seemingly compelling statistics. The studies, they say, prove that restricting what landlords can charge tenants either helps preserve affordable housing or exacerbates the crisis by driving owners out of the rental business and killing off construction. » Read more
This article was updated Nov. 16 and appears in the winter 2019 print edition of the Public Press.
Several hundred sharply dressed real estate professionals made their way down a hall of the Fairmont hotel from a Champagne reception to an award ceremony in late September that celebrated Yat-Pang Au, CEO of Veritas Investments Inc., » Read more
This article was updated Nov. 16 and appears in the winter 2019 print edition of the Public Press.
It was another election forum, another school night, and most of the candidates running for the three open seats on the San Francisco school board were arrayed on a stage, facing their two questioners. » Read more