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- Height Increase Approved for 160 Folsom
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- 150 Van Ness Scheduled for 2018 Completion
- Trump Administration Supports Republican Attacks on High Speed Rail
- Supervisor Farrell Introduces Citywide PLA Ordinance
- Planning Commission Approves 555 Howard Street Project
- Preliminary Work Started on Folsom Bay Tower
- Building Trades Unions Set Legislative Priorities at National Conference
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- Planning Commission OKs Pier 70
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- Trades Council Endorses Newsom for Governor, Sheehy for District 8 Supervisor
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- Land Commission to drop Prop B Lawsuit
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- India Basin Project Will Transform Underutilized Land
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- Paving a Path for the Next Generation of Builders
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- Moscone Center Expansion Completed
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- Breed Backed by Council, Starts Re-Election Run
- Citywide PLA Signed Into Law
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- State Senate Passes AB 5
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- Lafayette Elementary Gets a Much Needed Union Facelift
- Election 2020: Not Just the Top of the Ticket
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- Election 2020 - Our Vote is a Fight for the Future of Labor
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- 2020 Election Results in a Medley of Delight and Disappointment
- UA 38 Market Street Development Plan Yields Affordable, Supportive Housing
- Tim Paulson Retires Following Long Career Fighting for Workers
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- Congratulations Brother Paulson!
- After 125 Years, San Francisco Building Trades Council Adapts to Changing Times
- Construction Workers Considered at High-Risk for COVID-19 Infection
- Rudy Gonzalez Steps Up as Council’s Secretary-Treasurer
- BT Council Enters Into Historic PLA With UCSF, Creating 1,000 Long-Term Construction Jobs
- Another Voice for Workers Joins the Golden Gate Bridge Transportation District Board
- How One of the Nation’s Strongest, Longest-Lasting Trades Councils Got Its Start and Built Its Power
- What Happened When Local 261 Faced an Outbreak
- Welcoming Women in Construction
- Phase 1 of Construction Digs in at Mission Rock Development
- Guilty Verdict for Derek Chauvin in the Death of George Floyd Must Mark the Beginning of a Real and Meaningful Transformation
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- Repairing San Francisco’s Schools Through the Pandemic Is A Big, Ongoing Job
- More than Just a Local Union Leader, He Looks Out for All City and County Workers
- Local 483 Rallies City Action on Retrofitting Apartment Buildings Ready to Burn
- Notice of Nominations and Elections for Officers of the San Francisco Building & Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO
- Adding Another Voice for Labor to the California Assembly
- California Labor Leaders Fight to Ensure Green Jobs Are Good Jobs
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- Labor Day Special 2021: A History of the Holiday
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- Congress Heeds the Rallying Cry of Labor’s Infrastructure Bill
- Ironworker and Teamster School Us on the SFUSD Construction Crafts Coalition
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- Bill Power: A Legislative Wrap-Up From Sacramento
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- ‘A Ray of Hope’: Labor, Faith, Business Unite to Offer Gift of Music
- Local Unions Invite Active-Duty Service Members, Veterans to Join Apprenticeship Mix
- SF’s Working Class Pursued Closed-Shop City With Vengeance
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- Top Projects of 2021
- City Attorney David Chiu Keeps Labor Relations Top-of-Mind
- New Legislation Could Help Thwart Construction Wage Theft
- Bay Area Unions Versus Virus Variants: Victory in 2022?
- With a Robust Labor Resume, Local 6’s Jose Fuentes Almanza Joins Airport Commission
- AFL-CIO’s $1B HIT Initiative Stays on Course to Invigorate Local Economy
- What’s Delaying Return of Much-Needed City Workforce Alignment Committee?
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- The Redefined Plans for That Decaying/Historic Portola Block
- S.F. Housing Accelerator Fund launches new model to finance affordable housing
- Big Club Zone Project Slated for Approval
- Amazon Buys Prime Development Site in San Francisco
- Virgin Hotels hits legal hurdle in lawsuit with San Francisco hotel owner
- Historic Infill on the Boards
- Target Timing for Supersized Polk Gulch Mortuary Project
- 1st New Affordable Housing Development In San Francisco’s Mission District In Over A Decade Opens
- Uber rolls out fee for California customers as Prop. 22 takes effect
- Affordable Housing Project Planned for Sunset District Families
- Investment Program Launched to Fund 260-unit SoMa Co-living Project
- City Reaches Deal With UCSF on 1,200+ New Units of Workforce Housing
- 7-story, 24-unit Residential Development in Nob Hill Moves Forward
- 25 Residential Units on Potrero Hill Vacant Lot Slated for Approval
- Massive 8.2-acre South City Industrial Site Purchased, Redevelopment Expected
- Oceanwide Center Project Likely to Soon Change Hands, Continue Forward
- 61-story Mixed-use Tower Atop New Transbay Transit Center Moves Toward Approval
- Biden Stimulus Package Could Provide Funding for Some Big Bay Area Infrastructure Projects
- 7-story residential building cleared for development in Polk Gulch
- 2-building, 244-story SOMA apartment development OK'd by SF planning commissioners
- Residential 5-floor development cleared to replace old auto shop in the Mission
- 8-story, 371-unit apartment project breaks ground on Oakland's waterfront
- Excelsior 8-floor, 46-unit residential infill project gets closer to approval
- Huge 50-plus-acre stadium, residential and commercial mega-project moves forward in Oakland
- Could a big redevelopment plan mean a massive 10.8-acre jobsite in the Fillmore?
- Could 50 New Condos Win Approval to Replace Shuttered Garage in the Mission?
- 19-Unit Townhome-Type Development Proposed for Oddly Shaped Crocker-Amazon Parcel
- 24-Unit Residential Infill Project in the Mission Edges Toward Approval
- Could Mission Rock Bring in Big Biotech Bucks?
- 53-Unit Polk Gulch Residential Development Breaks Ground This Summer
- Big Potrero Hill Redevelopment Project Enters Phase 2, With Groundbreaking Expected Next Year
- Chron Op-Ed: As a New Economy Takes Shape, Workers Must Be Priority No. 1
- Pleasant Hill OKs a 189-Unit Residential Project; Urbanization Trend Means More Construction in Bay Area Burbs (2)
- Parcel F Is Approved: SF County Supervisors Clear the Way for City's Fourth-Largest Skyscraper to Be Built
- Portola District Infill Project Slated for Approval
- 8-Story, 97-Unit Polk Street Mixed-User Nearly Permitted
- California College of the Arts Proposes Big Redevelopment of Oakland Campus
- Stonestown Plan for 3,000 Homes Could Make the Mall SF's 'Next Great Neighborhood'
- Could This 7-Story Development Replace Old Parking Garage in Lower Telegraph Hill?
- Two New Side-by-Side Office Buildings Considered in SoMa
- Bay Area Mass Transit Could See a Construction Boom Thanks to Biden Infrastructure Package
- Trader Joe's Submits Build-Out Application for Future Location in Hayes Valley
- Large Oakland Redevelopment Project Could Bring Two High-Rises and More to Lake Merritt
- Draft Plans Propose Two 9-Story Residential Buildings, Plus Offices and Retail, in Rincon Hill
- 8 Million Square Feet of New Academic, Campus, Residential Space Proposed for UC Berkeley
- These 10 San Mateo County Projects Will Bring Big Changes to South City and Beyond
- Redevelopment Project to Convert Office Building Into 32 Residences, Ground-Floor Dining in Van Ness Corridor
- Plan Set to Replace World Gym With 5-Story Lab Building in Potrero Hill Design District
- 6-Story, 24-Unit Residential Building Planned for Western SoMa Site
- City to Fund Development of 9-Story Below-Market-Rate Residential Building in Tenderloin
- Modern SRO Development to Rise North of the Mission
- 'Freedom West 2.0' Development Would Bring Mix of Towers Across 4 City Blocks, Has Early Support
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- Up to 575 New Homes Planned as Part of $450 Million Potrero Bus Yard Redevelopment
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- 378-unit Apartment Building Set to Break Ground, Kick Off Oakland's Brooklyn Basin Megaproject
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- Plans Drawn for 6-Story Building With 16 Residential Units and Retail at 23rd and Clement
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- Infrastructure Improvements Begin in First Phase of Potrero Power Station Project
- Van Ness Corridor 13-Story Development Works Its Way Through Approvals
- Demolish 'the Coolest House in San Francisco' and Replace It With a Modern 5-story Building?
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- A Decaying City Block in Potrero Hill Could Give Rise to 63 New Residential Units
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- Minimum Parking Rules Add Millions to Development Costs. This Bill Would Eliminate Many of Them.
- Developers Pitch Revised Design for First Housing at Potrero Power Station Megaproject
- Modern Infill Development on Van Ness and Post Moves Toward Approval
- Berkeley Drops Objections to UC Construction Project for $82.64 Million
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- Long-vacant South San Francisco Strip Mall Could See New Life
- Haight Street Development Redesigned, Slated for Approval
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- Refined Plans for Building up Broadway Slated for Approval
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- Modified Plans for Previously Approved Tower Revealed
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