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SF Examiner - By Dean Preston and Matt Haney
- Jan 25, 2020
- 3 min
New tenant protections in effect
The new year brings new protections for renters in San Francisco, as well as brewing battles to keep more people securely in their homes....
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Adam Brinklow for SF Curbed
- Dec 2, 2019
- 2 min
SF considers eviction protection for non-rent-controlled homes
Reported spike in evictions prompts local lawmaker to seek expansion of AB 1482 Although Sacramento passed “just cause” eviction...
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Elizabeth Weise USA TODAY
- Nov 11, 2019
- 5 min
No more fire in the kitchen: Cities are banning natural gas in homes to save the planet
SAN FRANCISCO – Fix global warming or cook dinner on a gas stove? That’s the choice for people in 13 cities and one county in California...
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Adam Brinklow for SF Curbed
- Sep 11, 2019
- 2 min
Berkeley senator’s new law would put moratorium on housing moratoriums
Image from shuttershock The California State Senate approved the final version of Berkeley-based State Sen. Nancy Skinner’s “Housing...
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Trisha Thadani - SF Chronicle
- Jul 12, 2019
- 2 min
SF supes kill Breed’s proposal to streamline affordable housing
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors quashed Mayor London Breed’s proposed charter amendment Thursday that aimed to streamline the...
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Jeff Andrews - CURBED
- Jul 8, 2019
- 2 min
Oregon just effectively banned single-family zoning
Oregon just staked its claim as the state that’s most aggressively trying to address affordable housing. The Beaver State passed what’s...
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Tracy Scott- NPR
- Jun 21, 2019
- 2 min
1st-Time Homebuyers Are Getting Squeezed Out By Investors
It's gotten a lot harder for first-time homebuyers to nab that dream house. The pool of smaller, affordable starter houses is low. And...
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Peter Hartlaub - SF Chronicle
- May 29, 2019
- 5 min
‘San Francisco is rotting’ story is wrong: City is brimming with soul
It was March 13, 1874, when San Francisco first lost its soul. At least that’s what it said on The San Francisco Chronicle letters page,...
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Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, Connecticut Mirror
- May 22, 2019
- 20 min
Separated by Design: How Some of America’s Richest Towns Fight Affordable Housing
WESTPORT, Conn. — A dirt field overgrown with weeds is the incongruous entrance to one of America’s wealthiest towns, a short walk to a...
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Javier Panzar & Sarah Parvini - Los Angeles
- May 2, 2019
- 4 min
California’s population growth is the slowest in recorded history
California’s 2018 population growth was the slowest in state history, new demographic data show — underscoring shifting immigration...
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ALEXIS C. MADRIGAL - THE ATLANTIC
- Apr 29, 2019
- 8 min
Who’s Really Buying Property in San Francisco?
here has never been a town like the one San Francisco is becoming, a place where a single industry composed almost entirely of rich...
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Roland Li - San Francisco Chronicle
- Apr 12, 2019
- 4 min
San Francisco passes New York to become world’s costliest place to build
San Francisco is now the world’s most expensive place to build. The city’s construction costs rose 5% last year, and it’s now more pricey...
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Laura Waxmann - AfterdarkSF.com
- Apr 11, 2019
- 1 min
Mayor taps Board of Appeals president for Planning Commission
Following the sudden withdrawal of a San Francisco developer from nomination to the Planning Commission, Mayor London Breed has nominated...
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SF Examiner - Joshua Sabatini
- Apr 10, 2019
- 3 min
Supes block SoMa housing development over shadow cast on neighborhood park
SoMa neighborhood residents and activists successfully defeated a more than 60-unit housing project Tuesday in an effort to protect a...
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Trisha Thadani - SF Chronicle
- Apr 9, 2019
- 4 min
SF supervisors reject housing complex that would cast shadow on SoMa park
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously rejected a 63-unit apartment complex, including 15 below-market-rate units,...
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Alexei Koseff - SF Chronicle
- Mar 5, 2019
- 5 min
California lawmakers target cities’ ability to block new housing
SACRAMENTO — Build, build, build. The spirit of housing construction has imbued the state Capitol with renewed fervor this year as Gov....
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J.K. Dineen - SF Chronicle
- Feb 21, 2019
- 4 min
SF’s affordable housing projects hit hard by rising costs, softening market
The slowdown in new market-rate, residential development is starting to take its toll on San Francisco’s affordable housing pipeline, as...
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SF Examiner - Laura Waxmann
- Feb 19, 2019
- 5 min
Slow approval process not only obstacle for city housing goals
Plans for close to 45,000 potential homes are currently approved in San Francisco — the highest number tracked by The City’s Planning...
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SF Examiner - Laura Waxmann
- Feb 15, 2019
- 3 min
Property owner sues city over order to rebuild illegally demolished house
A property owner who was ordered by the city to rebuild an exact replica of a Twin Peaks home by a well-known architect after he...
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