Rent control is on the November 2016 ballot for Alameda, Mountain View, and Richmond and maybe San Mateo and Burlingame. The main argument against rent control is that it reduces incentive to build new housing, but in San Francisco, new development is exempt from rent control. Expanding rent control to other cities would strengthen rent…
Not everyone knew that the survey that seemed anonymous for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s proposal for transit hubs for the commuter buses actually tracked the location and time of the respondents. A significant number of Facebook employees filled out the survey around the same time with almost the same language as well as…
Airbnb is suing San Francisco to allow it to continue to break the law without fines.
The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project in collaboration with the Eviction Defense Collaborative have mapped out where tenants evicted in 2012 in San Francisco are relocated.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is seeking input through July 4, 2016 on proposed hub locations for commuter shuttles. The shuttle stops have increased evictions dramatically near the stops. Proposed hub locations include Transbay Terminal, Balboa Park Station and Candlestick Point.
The City of Los Angeles has filed charges against landlords who illegally rent on Airbnb after evicting tenants.
Who lives in the luxury units? They are mostly used as secondary residences, which does not help the housing crisis. Yet the state, supported by tech companies, wants to allow
Because of protests by people like you and organizations like us, a proposed housing law that would have taken away the right of the public to have hearings about major real estate developments was stopped, for now. Scott Wiener, who is running in November for State Senate, supports the bill. Vote for his opponent, Jane…
Mountain View rent control headed for November ballot? Initiative proponents submit signatures Jun 14, 2016, 2:59pm PDT Updated: Jun 14, 2016, 3:07pm PDT Mountain View resident Duc Duong (right) signs the last petition for the Mountain View rent control initiative before organizers submitted more than 7,300 signatures to the city on Tuesday. Mountain View residents are…
Despite record-breaking corporate (Airbnb, Facebook, SF Realtors Association, and other big business interests) and Republican donations to the “Real Estate Slate”, we elected the Reform Slate to the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee (SF DCCC). We stopped corporate interests from controlling the SF Democratic Party!