New Director of Operations and Activism for the SFTU! We are excited to have Roisin Isner start working on November 28, 2022 as the San Francisco Tenants Union’s Director of Activism and Operations. Welcome, Roisin!
With Bay Area housing construction stalled, developers look to squeeze more units into existing projects https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/housing-density-construction-17560033.php J.K. Dineen Nov. 5, 2022 In San Francisco real estate agency Tishman Speyer is looking to increase the density at 655 Fourth St. — the former site of the Creamery, a popular tech hangout in the 2010s — by…
The supes races are showing the impact of the corrupt redistricting process
Two types of eviction are rising in San Francisco. Advocates fear there’s ‘something else going on’ https://www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/article/eviction-notices-san-francisco-17553841.php Danielle Echeverria, Susie Neilson Nov. 3, 2022 A year after the state’s COVID-19 eviction moratorium expired, the number of eviction notices filed in San Francisco has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, a Chronicle analysis found. Data from the San Francisco…
CA Rent Gouging Protections Until 2/27/23 For residential units not covered under the SF Rent Ordinance nor CA rent control, there is a limit on rent increases due to the state of emergency throughout California for extreme heat wave until 2/27/23. California Penal Code Section 396(c): It is unlawful for a contractor to sell or…
Retired judge files state Bar complaint against DA Brooke Jenkins A retired Superior Court judge who lives in San Francisco has filed a detailed complaint with the state Bar Association claiming that District Attorney Brooke Jenkins lied about her work for supporters of the Chesa Boudin recall. https://48hills.org/2022/10/retired-judge-files-state-bar-complaint-against-da-brooke-jenkins
Fall ballot measures will test the mayor and her allies A series of grassroots ballot initiatives for the fall will test the direction of San Francisco politics on a much greater level than the recall of District Attorney Chesa Boudin—and will force Mayor London Breed to make clear political choices a year before she (maybe)…
Big Money Behind the YIMBY Ballot Measure D The Yes on D campaign has raised more than $1 million, and the donors are a Who’s Who of the local tech and real-estate plutocracy. Ron Conway, who has in the past tried to dominate San Francisco politics and was a huge supporter of Mayor’s Ed Lee…
ARE YIMBYS THE NEW PROGRESSIVES? AHEM. Are yimbys the new progressives? Only in a bizarre Wonderland
Corporate landlords used aggressive tactics to push out tenants The findings add data and detail to a growing body of reporting — and mounting complaints — about investor landlords, including concerns that they are fueling skyrocketing rents amid a historic shortage of affordable housing. NPR Article