State’s Housing Goals Would Require Massive Demolition and Evictions If San Francisco is going to rely on private for-profit developers to build most of its new affordable housing through inclusionary mandates, the amount of new market-rate housing will have to more than triple what state currently requires. San Francisco won’t meet the Regional Housing Needs…
New Handbooks Are Here The twenty-first edition of the San Francisco Tenants Union Tenants Rights are here. Join or renew to get the latest information on your tenant rights in San Francisco.
Housing Justice Groups Demand Mayor Breed Use Prop I Funds For Affordable Housing as Intended The Anti-Displacement Coalition (which includes the San Francisco Tenants Union) called on Mayor Breed to use Prop I funds which were intended by the voters for affordable housing. From Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco: At a hearing this month,…
Boudin Recall Based on Media Mythology The “crime wave.” The “unsafe city.” There’s no reality here—but it’s creating a dangerous political narrative, with the SF cops the big winners. The Boudin recall is entirely based on local media mythology. They should own it.
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…
10-Day Eviction Warning Legislation on Hold Landlords have sued to stop the 10-day warning legislation before eviction that was passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. This legislation is on hold: Supervisor Dean Preston’s legislation extending a 10 day waiting period after 3 day notices before a landlord can file an Unlawful Detainer (court…
Eviction Notices If for any reason a tenant receives eviction papers, they should immediately contact the Eviction Defense Collaborative at (415) 659-9184 or legal@evictiondefense.org to be connected with a City-funded attorney from our Tenant Right to Counsel Program. A full list of resources is available at https://sf.gov/information/covid-19-emergency-tenant-protections.