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Are real estate speculators going to make housing affordable? Or is Scott Wiener forcing us to displace existing vulnerable communities?

Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time as executive editor of the Bay Guardian. He is the founder of 48hills.

Welcome to the 50th annual Bay Guardian Best of the Bay Readers’ Poll, hosted by 48 Hills! Here’s where you tell us what you love most about living in the best place on Earth. Voting ends August 20, ...

Marke Bieschke is the publisher and arts and culture editor of 48 Hills. He co-owns the Stud bar in SoMa. Reach him at marke (at) 48hills.org, follow @supermarke on Twitter.