City report shows that upzoning neighborhoods won’t create more affordable housing The heart of the Yimby approach to housing—and the crux of what the state now wants cities to do—is upzoning. More density; less restrictions on developers. At a Planning Commission hearing in 2017, (starts at 2:11) the director of Yimby Action said that the…
San Francisco Redistricting Task Force Votes to Split Tenderloin and SoMA SF redistricting map approved; splits Tenderloin, SoMa Upcoming Task Force Meetings This Week (Agenda’s found here): The San Francisco Tenants Union is part of the Community Unity Map Coalition.
Protection from Eviction for COVID-related Nonpayment of Rent After 3/31/22 Overridden Assembly Bill 2179 stopped this legislation: The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed (therefore can override a mayor veto) Supervisor Dean Preston’s legislation that would have covered April 2022 rent and each month thereafter through the end of the COVID emergency, making COVID-related…
Nonpayment of COVID-Related Rent After 3/31/22 The new SF program through sferap.com may be approving rental assistance for rent due after March 2022. Check for updates for eviction protections. Nonpayment of Rent After March 2020 to March 2022 Assembly Bill 2179 passed so those who applied for rent relief before March 31 will be able…