Beyond the new renderings, this housing data shows why developer Maximus Real Estate Partners may have a big fight on its hands.
Read MoreThe impact fees – aimed to help nonprofits that have started to flee San Francisco because of high rents – could be adopted as part of the Central SoMa Plan.
Read MoreThe Guardian last week published an editorial on the outcome of the process around the Housing Balance measure. We offer here an alternative perspective from the field.
Read MoreFebruary 24, 2014
S.H.A.R.P.’s Febuary 24, 2014 General Meeting featured speakers on San Francisco’s Affordable Housing Crisis (and What to Do About It). First however, Crispin Hollings and Tyrone Jue from SF Water/Power/Sewer presented information about the current proposal for an increase in water and sewer rates, to be phased in over a 4-year period.
Read MoreOn today’s Your Call, we’ll have a conversation about a 2011 pact between the city of San Francisco and high tech companies, which receive millions of dollars in payroll tax breaks in exchange for setting up shop in the city. San Francisco requires tech companies to give back to the community to receive a six-year break from city payroll taxes.
Read Morehrough the patio doors of the sleek studio apartment in San Francisco's brand-new Nema complex, one catches a glimpse of a 65-inch flat-screen TV next to the saline lap pool.
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