SB 50 On Hold Until 2020

State Senate Appropriations chair Anthony Portantino announced that SB 50, the bill from Scott Wiener that could demolish affordable housing since there are no enforcement provisions for preventing the demolition, has been held for the year and will eligible again in 2020.

SB 50 Challenged in Study

New study challenges Wiener’s approach to housing Eminent economic geographers say that deregulation and upzoning will make gentrification in cities like SF much worse. By Tim Redmond – May 12, 2019 Pretty much everybody who’s paying attention to the housing crisis in San Francisco – except, apparently, the Chronicle – is talking about the new…

Support Tenant Right to Organize

Senate Bill 529, our right to organize bill, PASSED the Senate Judiciary Committee 6-2 April 23, 2019! We’re waiting for the hearing date, but the next committee will be Appropriations. This is going to be a pretty big hurdle, and we’ll need all the help we can get from you all to blitz the committee…