CCHO IN THE NEWS
“Debate Rolls On Over Development Impact Fee ‘Sweet Spot’ for Muni”
San Francisco’s debate over a proposed fee on development to generate millions of dollars annually for Muni and other transit needs rolled on Monday, as a vote on the proposal was postponed by a Board of Supervisors’ committee.
“SF Seeks to Further Incentivize Developers to Build Below-Market-Rate Homes”
September 25, 2015
City officials plan to encourage private developers to build more below-market-rate units in exchange for increased height limits and other perks.
“The Affordable Housing Bond, and Fulfilling the Promises of Last November”
August 30, 2015
The first local measure on this November’s ballot will be Proposition A, the $310 million Affordable Housing Bond, a critical proposal to provide necessary funding for addressing the current housing crisis.
"A Leading Voice on Urban Planning in CA Debunks Housing Trickle-Down"
August 18, 2015
The progressives are not the only ones saying that building more market-rate housing won’t solve the city’s problem.
"Drought, Alfalfa, and . . . . Housing"
August 3, 2015
We look at the single largest water user in California – and why farmers are growing so much of a thirsty crop that doesn’t make much money.
“New Reports Weigh in on SF’s Housing Crisis”
San Francisco’s housing crisis has apparently reached such a critical level that residents are more often taking it upon themselves to define just how dire the situation is.
“Displacement Policy at Risk in Quiet Power Struggle”
Two regional agencies battling over the future of Bay Area planning — with social justice in the balance.
“Unpacking the ‘Affordable Housing Balance’ at the Neighborhood Level”
The first “Housing Balance Report” from the Planning Department is fresh off the presses!
“First-Ever Housing Balance Report Shows SF Needs to Better Preserve Below-Market-Rate Homes”
San Francisco needs to better preserve its below-market-rate housing while building more such units to meet The City’s goal of a creating one-third of new homes for low- to moderate-income buyers, according to a first-of-its-kind report released Tuesday night.
“It’s Divisadero’s Turn, with Condos Proposed for Car Wash Site”
Development on Divisadero is getting divisive.
"Poll: Housing Scarcity Concerns Surpass Water Worries in San Francisco"
June 25, 2015
A poll released Thursday by a business-backed policy organization found more than three-quarters of Bay Area residents support building more low-to middle-income housing, and a growing number of people favor greater density in their neighborhoods if it would create more places to live.
“S.F. Ballot Measure: Affordable Developers Get First Shot at Public Land”
Voters will likely get a say this November if affordable housing developers should get the first shot at extra city-owned land, rounding out a ballot that will be filled with real estate issues.
“S.F. City College Picks Developer to Build Housing on Gough St.”
June 17, 2015
City College of San Francisco has selected a developer to build as many as 300 units on a property it owns on the edge of the Civic Center, a move that will intensify the already hot debate over whether public land should be set aside for affordable housing.
"Don’t Believe the Hype: Affordable Housing Does NOT Depend on Market Rate Development"
June 14, 2014
Market-rate developers and some of their cheerleaders at City Hall have started a new myth to justify the continuing tsunami of luxury housing development…
“On Both Sides of SF Bay, Public Lands Should Go to Below-Market-Rate Housing”
From Oakland to San Francisco, the message to city officials is clear: Publicly owned land should be used to provide desperately needed affordable housing, not to support more luxury development.
“The Giants Are Playing a Numbers Game with Affordable Housing”
MAY 12,2015 — We love our baseball team, but we don’t like the way the Giants are playing games with last November’s Proposition K, the Housing Balance Measure.
“S.F. Mayor Lee, Supervisor Avalos to Unveil Dueling Housing Bonds”
The solution to the city’s housing crisis could become a bidding war at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday.
“San Francisco May Subsidize Middle-Class Apartments for the First Time”
May 12, 2015
If voters approve Mayor Ed Lee’s $250 million housing bond in November, they will unlock a stream of cash that the city will use to subsidize rental housing units for middle-class residents for the first time.
“San Francisco’s Affordable Housing Problems Solved? April Fools!”
On April 1, The City convened a meeting of the 2015 Housing Bond Working Group to hammer out the details of a bond that will supposedly solve the housing crisis. In true blue-ribbon-panel style, the meeting was a lot more scripted talking than working.
“Realtors’ Fail to Re-Invent Their Image”
Last Friday the San Francisco Association of Realtors penned an Op Ed in the Chronicle lambasting the proposed state bill reforms to the Ellis Act and instead promoting the new local Small Sites Acquisition program as the “solution” to the evictions crisis.