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Supes to consider rent control for Midtown

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - October 5, 2020

Preston measure would give the largely African-American tenants the protections they lost in 2014.

Housing

Developer wants huge density bonus — should we know why?

Tim Redmond - April 19, 2020

Fascinating housing discussion last week at the Board of Supes. The issue involves a large site at Geary and Masonic that for years was...

Housing

SF heads toward eviction moratorium

Sam Lew - March 12, 2020

Mayor London Breed said she will issue a directive to place a moratorium on evictions in the midst of the coronavirus at Tuesday’s Board...

Housing

Could SF take over thousands of rent-controlled apartments?

Sam Lew - January 27, 2020

Supervisor Dean Preston is demanding that one of San Francisco’s biggest landlords, Veritas Investments, halt the sale of 76 buildings in the hope that...

Housing

Walton wants SF to get serious about reparations

Sam Lew - January 18, 2020

Supervisor Shamann Walton announced Friday that he’s asking the city to develop a reparations plan for the Black community. “The effect of slavery still remains...

News + Politics

Supes poised to create 12 new districts where vacancy tax can be assessed

Tim Redmond - January 13, 2020

The Board of Supes is moving to create a dozen new neighborhood commercial districts – a move that will bring more of the city...

Housing

Preston wants rent control for Midtown

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - January 9, 2020

Supervisor Dean Preston announced Tuesday the introduction of legislation that would bring the Fillmore-Western Addition’s historic Midtown Park Apartments under rent control. The rents at...

Campaign Trail

Preston to join board Dec. 17

Tim Redmond - December 11, 2019

City Hall will move another big step in the progressive direction next week as Dean Preston joins the Board of Supes. Preston, who narrowly defeated...

News + Politics

Two big victories for tenants at Midtown apartments

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - November 11, 2019

Five years into the ongoing campaign for tenant ownership and self-management at the Midtown Park Apartments, residents have won two major victories. Earlier this year,...

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Vallie Brown tenant disputes the supervisor’s version of her eviction

Tim Redmond - October 15, 2019

A tenant who lived in the Fillmore Street building that Vallie Brown bought in 1994 told me today that Brown’s account of what happened...

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Supes to consider rent control for Midtown

Developer wants huge density bonus — should we know why?

SF heads toward eviction moratorium

Could SF take over thousands of rent-controlled apartments?

Walton wants SF to get serious about reparations

Supes poised to create 12 new districts where vacancy tax can be assessed

Preston wants rent control for Midtown

Preston to join board Dec. 17

Two big victories for tenants at Midtown apartments

Vallie Brown tenant disputes the supervisor’s version of her eviction

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