Affordable housing, the issue that has dominated San Francisco politics for the past three years, is suddenly the hot topic at the state Capitol in Sacramento.
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San Francisco just unleashed a new weapon in its ongoing battle with Airbnb and the short-term rental industry.
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May 18, 2016
Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Eric Mar announced forthcoming legislation on Tuesday that would allow developers to build denser, taller buildings on certain lots around the city if the buildings are fully affordable.
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May 18, 2016
Requiring private developers in San Francisco to rent 20 percent of units in new apartment buildings at below-market prices would slow down construction of housing, the city controller concludes.
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Hundreds of SoMa residents worried that their affordable rents could soon more than double can now rest easy. The city has cut a deal with the owner of South Beach Marina Apartments at 2 Townsend St. to keep the units at below-market prices.
Read MoreOAKLAND — With billions of dollars forecast to flow into state coffers under a landmark clean air act, there is a battle underway over how to allocate the money.
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May 13, 2016
Proposition C on San Francisco's June ballot would require that 25 percent of units in new large and medium-sized residential buildings be offered at below market rates.
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May 8, 2016
The future of a huge swath of The City is currently up for grabs, and with it, the future of San Francisco’s approach to affordable housing.
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Ushering in a new era of housing policy, San Francisco has proposed a tougher rule on short-term rentals like Airbnb and will vote today on legislation to increase affordable housing requirements.
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What seems to be missing from the discussion of recreation with dogs in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area is that the area is already closed to dogs in a very large percentage of its area.
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April 21, 2016
The powerful San Francisco Association of Realtors has proposed two November ballot measures.
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The high-stakes fight over which San Francisco housing developers will be required to increase affordable-housing levels significantly if Proposition C passes in the June 7 election spilled into public view Monday, with some developers claiming a raw deal.
Read MoreThe third “Housing Balance Report” from the City Planning Department was quietly released last week, coincidentally one day before April Fool’s Day and one week before a Planning Commission hearing today.
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March 31, 2016
Should residential projects already planned in the Mission and South of Market neighborhoods have more affordable housing?
Read MoreFebruary 28, 2016
This Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors is poised to put a very important measure before the voters on this coming June’s ballot. If they vote yes, which seems likely, it will be one small step for the Board, one giant step for San Franciscans.
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February 16, 2016
As seems to happen at the turn of every new year, there is once again lots of chatter about “process improvements” and “streamlining” to speed up the timeline for approving developments.
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A big and exciting change is coming down the pike for the City’s inclusionary housing requirement.
Read MoreFebruary 9, 2016
As San Francisco’s affordability crisis continues unabated, there is almost universal consensus that we need to expand housing opportunities that are affordable to working-class residents in all neighborhoods of The City.
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February 6, 2016
For the last few years, The City has made big strides in recognizing the critical need for housing affordable to middle-income residents, as the affordability crisis has intensified and broadened to include more and more San Franciscans shut out of the private real estate development market.
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January 26, 2016
In a meeting well-attended by pro-development groups and non-profit housing developers but with few other housing voices, the Land Use Committee of the Board of Supervisors unanimously recommended a proposal that would fast-track affordable housing projects.
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