Tag: Housing Rights Committee
In-law units get approved — with conditions that Sup. Christensen doesn’t like
D3 incumbent opposes limits on Airbnb rentals, condo conversions, and Ellis Act evictions -- but committee goes for them anyway
By Tim Redmond
JULY 20, 2015 – Two bills that would...
Airbnb makes housing crisis much worse, city study shows
As many as 30 percent of the available rentals in the Mission are off the market and used as hotel rooms; the Chiu legislation is a complete failure
By Tim...
Airbnb initiative filed, setting the scene for high-stakes November battle
Measure that would mandate Airbnb list only registered hosts is ready to start gathering signatures -- and could be a defining issue in D3 election
By Tim Redmond
APRIL 30, 2015...
The Agenda: Feb. 23-March2
Stopping the loss of housing in Mid-Market, a new special trustee (why?) for City College -- and Scott Wiener v. Willie Brown on the value of market-rate housing
By Tim...
Tom’s Town: A missing million — and can Airbnb share with the displaced families in the Mission?
By Tom Temprano
JANUARY 30, 2015 -- It isn’t every day that you find yourself caught up in what, aside from an unfortunate luggage incident on 11th Street, might be...
54 residents displaced in raging Mission fire
One dead, six injured -- and a lot of families and small businesses out on the streets
By Calindra Revier
JANUARY 29, 2015 -- The four-alarm fire last night at 22nd...
Facing the evictions: A tenant agenda for 2015
By Gen Fujioka
JANUARY 6, 2014 – Ellis Act evictions are often the most dramatic and destructive forms of evictions because they displace all the tenants in a building. As...
Facing the eviction threat: Tenants push back and slow Ellis evictions in 2014
By Gen Fujioka
Part one of a two-part series
JANUARY 5, 2014 -- As San Francisco’s tenants and their progressive allies take stock and develop their agenda for this new year,...
Ballot measure targeting Airbnb headed for November 2015 election
by Tim Redmond with Manissa Maharawal and Erin McElroy
NOVEMBER 25, 2014 – Former Sup. Aaron Peskin, standing in front of the headquarters of Airbnb yesterday, explained why the company...
Politics: Campos, Chiu in dead heat — and what about the Leno for mayor campaign?
By Tim Redmond
OCTOBER 30, 2014 – A new poll done by David Binder and Associates puts Sups. David Campos and David Chiu dead even in the state Assembly race,...
