Thursday, May 2, 2024

Tagged with: Speculators

Save the Redstone Building!

My first job in San Francisco was in the Redstone Building, at 2940 16thStreet, near the 16thand Mission BART plaza. I worked as a...

Breed’s State of the City: Let’s all work together

I have a lot of issues with Mayor London Breed’s State of the City speech, and I will get to that in a moment. But...

Capturing Harvey Milk’s martyrdom and living legacy

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the assassinations of Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. (It's also the 10th anniversary of Milk, the movie...

A No on 10 study out of UC Berkeley is so dumb it’s almost a joke

The opponents of Prop. 10, which would allow cities to expand rent control, have another academic study they’re touting to make the strange case...

Statewide tenant group celebrates ten years of organizing

What began as an experiment is now the longest running statewide tenant organization in California history. Tenants Together, California’s statewide renters’ rights organization, is...

Poor People’s Campaign marches on Trump’s DC

Well I went down to the rich man’s house- to take back what he stole from me -- take back my dignity, take back...

Down to the wire, the race gets even nastier

It’s getting even nastier as we head to the final day. Over the weekend, a new superPAC, called SF Workforce Housing Alliance, spent $4,000 on...

Tenants win major victory over speculators

San Francisco tenants won a major victory today when the supes – unanimously – agreed to stop speculators like Veritas from buying buildings and...

How SF loses affordable housing almost as fast as it gets built

The Planning Commission will hear a report Thursday/24 on the city’s latest housing balance figures – and the data includes some startling information that...

Dark money floods into SF mayor’s race

Dark money is flooding into the SF mayor’s race. The latest cash to drop on the scene: $100,000 for a new committee called “Voters for...