Props P, U, Q and R reflect Trumpian politics in San Francisco.

October 25, 2016

A city program meant to keep at-risk tenants in place and transform small buildings into permanently affordable housing may get a funding boost soon thanks to new legislation to be introduced today at the Board of Supervisors.

Airbnb recently proposed changes to its listing policies for short-term rental property owners in New York City and San Francisco, possibly in response to threats of aggressive action from state and local lawmakers.

If you follow the politics of housing development in San Francisco you know it’s been a highly divisive year; long-time affordable housing activists have been sparring with pro-growth advocates. The city’s November ballot reflects that divide.

Shocking data shows 10,000 existing residents replaced every year.

October 16, 2016

Two competing propositions on the San Francisco ballot both claim to be good government measures that will increase the city’s affordable housing stock.

The rationale behind recently-proposed “solutions” to the housing affordability crisis that seek to reduce limits and regulation on high-end housing development policy is the theory of Filtering.

October 8, 2016

A pair of property-tax measures on the San Francisco ballot next month would put nearly $1 billion in bonds toward building and repairing city schools and boosting the number of affordable housing units across the city.

San Francisco voters will again see a strong presence of housing-related measures on the November ballot.

September 25, 2016

It’s been 27 years since San Francisco was hit with the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake in the middle of the World Series between the Giants and the A’s, leaving neighborhoods in crisis and many people displaced from their homes.

A new measure on the ballot in November could free up a quarter billion dollars for the city to purchase and renovate small buildings in San Francisco. The measure, Proposition C, would need to win by a two-thirds majority.

San Francisco housing activists and some city officials say a new state housing bill passed last week is a "developer giveaway."

San Francisco transit leaders on Tuesday pledged to evaluate and improve Muni access to underserved communities, including low-income residents, those with disabilities, the elderly and communities of color.

August 5, 2016

The city by the bay has the nation’s priciest real estate, and a battle is raging over whether tech wealth, population growth, or political will is to blame.

A few weeks ago we wrote about the “by-right” development law, which Gov. Jerry Brown is pushing for approval this year, as a speedy trailer bill to the state budget with no public hearings.

Why is SF mayor backing plan that would undermine local ability to demand more affordable housing?

June 29, 2016

The first step of any plan to end homelessness needs to be keeping San Franciscans housed. As study after study has shown, it is primarily San Franciscans that make up the people who experience homelessness in our city…