2019 SFTU in the News
San Francisco Examiner, 12/31/19: SB 50 authors need to be better allies of tenants, low-income people and people of color
Bay Area Reporter, 12/18/19: Queer opponent faces gay SF senator
CBS, 12/14/19: Singer-Songwriter Hosts Annual Benefit For SF Tenants Union
Hoodline, 12/10/19: Former SF Supervisor compares increasing housing development on city’s west side to rape
San Francisco Chronicle, 12/5/19: SF revives fight over controversial state bill that pushes housing near transit
NBC (and SF Gate), 12/2/19: Legislation Aims to Expand San Francisco Tenant Protections
San Francisco Examiner, 12/1/19: Supes to vote on expanding eviction protections for tenants
El Tecolote, 11/21/19: A new dawn, a new DA: Promising justice reform, Chesa Boudin upsets the status quo
Lamorinda Weekly, 11/13/19: Orinda to ban non-hosted short-term rentals following mass shooting
KPFA, 11/11/19: UpFront – November 11, 2019 [At 43.08 minutes, San Francisco Tenants Union researched Vallie Brown’s eviction of tenants.]
San Francisco Chronicle, 11/9/19: Progressive tenants’ rights attorney squeaks out win over Mayor Breed ally
San Francisco Examiner, 11/7/19: SF community, tenant groups want an “equity champion” to head planning department
San Francisco Examiner, 11/6/19: 25 years later, evicted black tenants may get the last laugh against Vallie Brown
San Francisco Chronicle, 11/6/19: Dean Preston holds slim lead over SF Supe Vallie Brown in D5 race
SF Weekly, 11/6/19: Housing Advocate Founds New Organization
San Francisco Examiner, 11/5/19: Preston claims slim lead in District 5 supervisor race
San Francisco Examiner, 10/29/19: Supervisor Vallie Brown apologizes for falsely claiming former tenant didn’t pay rent
Hoodline, 10/29/19: State of emergency for fires gives unexpected relief to California tenants
Mission Local, 10/29/19: Receipts, sworn declaration emerge: Supervisor Vallie Brown’s evicted tenants were paying rent — contrary to her repeated claims
Mission Local, 10/24/19: ‘She ended up ruining my childhood’: Three former Fillmore residents dispute Supervisor Vallie Brown’s account of evicting them
San Francisco Examiner, 10/23/19: New limits proposed on extended-stay rentals
San Francisco Examiner, 10/22/19: Tenants union backs housing bond after change in how landlords can pass on costs
SF Weekly, 10/10/19: Supervisor Brown Evicted Tenants 25 Years Ago
San Francisco Examiner, 10/10/19: Supervisor candidate accused of evicting tenants, a cardinal San Franciscan sin
48 Hills, 10/10/19: Sup. Vallie Brown evicted low-income tenants
San Francisco Chronicle, 10/7/19: Why District Five supervisor race matters for Mayor Breed — and SF
San Francisco Examiner, 10/6/19: AGENT’S PERSPECTIVE – SAN FRANCISCO TENANT’S UNION (SFTU.org): Fighting for tenant’s rights since 1971
The Nation, 10/3/19: This Son of the Left Could Become San Francisco’s Next District Attorney
Marina Times, 10/19: Tackling housing affordability at the ballot box
Jacobin, 9/6/19: “People Are Homeless Because of the Failure of Our Capitalist Economy”
Curbed SF, 8/29/19: SF rent laws your landlord probably doesn’t want you to know
San Francisco Examiner, 8/7/19: The district attorney has a role to play in protecting tenants
Christian Science Monitor, 7/30/19: Meet the eviction defenders helping to keep tenants at home
San Francisco Examiner, 7/25/19: ‘Corporate rentals’ draw scrutiny from city officials
Mission Local, 7/16/19: David Ireland House benefactor Carlie Wilmans to halt eviction of Mission immigrant family following backlash
Shadow Proof, 7/9/19: ‘There’s More Of Us Than Landlords’: Tenant Organizing In The Trump Era
Truthout, 7/5/19: Wall Street Beware: The Public Banking Movement Is Coming for You
Palo Alto Online, 7/1/19: East Palo Altans form tenants union to fight housing crisis
ABC 7 News, 5/31/19: Tenants feeling the housing squeeze as more units added
Curbed SF, 5/31/19: California eviction protection law falters
SF Weekly, 5/29/19: Understanding your lease agreement
San Francisco Chronicle, 5/19/19: HomeShare closure shows damage startups can leave behind
Salon, 5/1/19: Why San Francisco city council candidate Dean Preston is embracing the “democratic socialist” label
SF Weekly, 5/1/19: Rent Board Member’s Veritas Connection Under Scrutiny
LBReport.com, 4/29/19: Councilmembers Austin & Mungo Agendize May 7 Council Item To Oppose SB 50
Mission Local, 4/29/19: David Ireland House foundation distances itself from founder’s attempts to evict family
KQED, 4/24/19: Arts Funder Under Fire for Evicting Family Next to David Ireland House
48 Hills, 4/21/19: Activists warn of a new landlord scam: Seismic upgrade evictions
48 Hills, 4/19/19: Breed’s Rent Board appointee resigns
San Francisco Chronicle, 4/4/19: SF supervisors oppose Wiener’s new housing-near-transit bill, but there’s wiggle room
48 Hills, 4/4/19: Breed Rent Board appointment raises issues for tenants
San Francisco Examiner, 3/15/19: Advice to you soon-to-be millionaires: Don’t become the people you used to hate
48 Hills, 2/24/19: Preston launches campaign with energetic event
San Francisco Examiner, 2/7/19: Tensions over Mission District gentrification flare at hearing on 16th Street project
El Tecolote, 1/1/19: Advocates push for SF public bank as antidote to Wall Street greed