KPFA Audio on Vallie Brown’s Eviction of Long-Term, Low-Income Black Tenants At min 52:43, San Francisco Supervisor Vallie Brown’s eviction of long-term, black tenants in the Fillmore District. Vallie Brown has received one-third of her campaign donations ($32,000) from the real estate developers compared to her opponent, Dean Preston, has received $200. Vallie Brown claims…
Supervisor Vallie Brown Evicted Tenants 25 Years Ago http://www.sfweekly.com/news/vallie-brown-tenant-evictions Vallie Brown, the District 5 supervisor in the midst of a heated election, has saidshe knows what it’s like to get evicted. It was often the reason whyshe and her artist friends hopped from one SoMa warehouse to the otherfor nearly a decade. Public records show…
Operating and Maintenance Rent Increases Can Be Appealed If you have recently gotten a Rent Board decision for an operating and maintenance rent increase, please reach out to Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco to get help filing an appeal, by phone (415-703-8644), or by coming into one of their offices during drop-in hours. As…
Facing tenant protest, huge SF landlord waives renter fees This protest, led by Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco and joined by the San Francisco Tenants Union, successfully pressured Veritas Investments to waive new fees for many of their tenants. Collaborators on the fee waiver were San Francisco Supervisors Aaron Peskin, and Vallie Brown who…
State-Wide Rent Control with Just Cause Eviction Starts in 2020 When Governor Newsom signs Assembly Bill 1482, sponsored by Assemblyman David Chiu (who has a mixed record for tenants), it may affect residential units that are not covered by the San Francisco Rent Ordinance. Rent increases and evictions with just cause start January 1, 2020…
A Reform Slate elected to oppose real-estate interests can’t prevent the industry’s favorite candidate from winning the D5 nod. SF Democrats side with mayor’s candidates for supe, DA
Bernie Sanders: As a child, rent control kept a roof over my head By Bernie Sanders Updated 10:13 AM EDT, Tue July 30, 2019 Editor’s Note: (Bernie Sanders is one of 10 presidential candidates taking part in a Democratic debate Tuesday, July 30, at 8 p.m. ET, on CNN. Ten others will debate on Wednesday…
Vallie Brown’s big real-estate money The landlords, speculators, realtors and developers have clearly chosen a favorite in the D5 supes race. Read more here. Actual donations for 2018 shows Vallie Brown received more than 8 times the amount of donations from the real estate industry compared to Dean Preston.These documents are from the Ethics Commission.
Watch the video of the eminent economic geographer talking about housing in SF — and other American cities. By Tim Redmond – June 10, 2019 There were so many interesting moments in the presentation by eminent economic geographer Michael Storper April 30. One of the more remarkable things he said: For the richest 30 percent…
Among Democratic candidates for president, the politics of America’s housing affordability crisis are getting complicated. Trump has barged in. Read here for the Democratic presidential candidate proposals for affordable housing. And here for Trump’s support of YIMBYs as his housing solution by removing restrictive local zoning to gut affordable and fair housing.