Court documents show Supervisor Vallie Brown’s tenants paid rent, despite her claims otherwise

UncategorizedBy SFTUOctober 30, 2019

Court documents show Supervisor Vallie Brown’s tenants paid rent, despite her claims otherwise https://www.sfexaminer.com/news-columnists/court-documents-show-supervisor-vallie-browns-tenants-paid-rent-despite-her-claims-otherwise   Supervisor Vallie Brown apologizes for falsely claiming former tenant didn’t pay rent Apology comes after court documents emerge in decades-old eviction battle Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez Oct. 29, 2019 11:45 a.m. UPDATE 3:02 p.m.: Through an attorney, Supervisor Vallie Brown has…

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Dean Preston Challenges Vallie Brown to Increase Affordable Housing

UncategorizedBy SFTUOctober 25, 2019

Dean Preston Challenges Vallie Brown to Support Haney Legislation to Increase Affordable Housing and Protect the Law from Mayoral Veto District 5 Supervisor candidate Dean Preston today challenged his opponent, political appointee Vallie Brown, to back essential legislation to increase the jobs-housing linkage fee that was approved by the Land Use Committee and is headed…

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Exemption for Bond Pass-Through for Hardship Likely

UncategorizedBy SFTUOctober 23, 2019

Exemption for Bond Pass-Through for Hardship Likely An ordinance backed by the San Francisco Tenants Union, was introduced to allow tenants who have received a pass-through of general obligation bond from their landlords to seek relief from the Rent Board based on financial hardship This ordinance is likely to pass as the first vote by…

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Vallie Brown tenant disputes the supervisor’s version of her eviction

UncategorizedBy SFTUOctober 16, 2019

Vallie Brown tenant disputes the supervisor’s version of her eviction Mary Packer, who was evicted by Brown and her co-owners, says she was never given a chance to stay. By Tim Redmond – October 15, 2019 A tenant who lived in the Fillmore Street building that Vallie Brown bought in 1994 told me today that…

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KPFA Audio on Vallie Brown’s Eviction of Long-Term, Low-Income Black Tenants

UncategorizedBy SFTUOctober 11, 2019

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…

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Vallie Brown Evicted Tenants

UncategorizedBy SFTUOctober 10, 2019

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…

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Operating and Maintenance Rent Increases Can Be Appealed

UncategorizedBy SFTUOctober 9, 2019

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…

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Facing tenant protest, huge SF landlord waives renter fees

UncategorizedBy SFTUSeptember 26, 2019

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…

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State-Wide Rent Control with Just Cause Eviction Starts in 2020

UncategorizedBy SFTUSeptember 18, 2019

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…

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We Need a Democratic Socialist as the SF Democrats Side with Real Estate

UncategorizedBy SFTUAugust 31, 2019

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

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