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Dec 17, 2018
4 min

San Francisco cannot solve the Bay Area’s affordable housing crisis on its own

In the Follow the Money column published April 29, I argued that over the next 20 years the greater Bay Area must increase its existing h...

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SF to release Transbay housing developer from grocery store commitment

SF Examiner - Joshua Sabatini

Dec 15, 2018
3 min

SF to release Transbay housing developer from grocery store commitment

A developer is asking The City for permission to drop plans to bring a grocery store into the Transbay neighborhood as part of a nearly 5...

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Bay Area leaders propose aggressive housing fix, and new agency to get it done

By Rachel Swan - SF Examiner

Dec 13, 2018
3 min

Bay Area leaders propose aggressive housing fix, and new agency to get it done

A panel of mayors, developers and transit officials has an aggressive plan to stanch the Bay Area’s housing crisis by combining a regiona...

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By Rachel Swan - SF Examiner

Dec 13, 2018
3 min

Bay Area leaders propose aggressive housing fix, and new agency to get it done

A panel of mayors, developers and transit officials has an aggressive plan to stanch the Bay Area’s housing crisis by combining a regiona...

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SF supervisor’s bill takes aim at illegal home demolitions

J.K. Dineen - SF Chronicle

Dec 10, 2018
3 min

SF supervisor’s bill takes aim at illegal home demolitions

A San Francisco lawmaker is pushing back against what he says is the growing trend of real estate speculators illegally knocking down hom...

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RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION

Dec 6, 2018
2 min

City passes plan for new SoMa homes

Central SoMa Plan was eight years in the making Photo courtesy of SF Planning On Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a...

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San Francisco rents close 2018 by rising—again

Adam Brinklow for SF Curbed

Dec 6, 2018
2 min

San Francisco rents close 2018 by rising—again

Winter is here, both for the city and for San Francisco’s always chilling rent prices, which show no signs of seasonal generosity accordi...

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San Francisco's new condo inventory plunges as projects sell out

Blanca Torres

Dec 5, 2018
3 min

San Francisco's new condo inventory plunges as projects sell out

San Francisco’s supply of new condos is quickly dwindling as buyers snap up homes on the market. The city is down to less than 500 new co...

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Minimum parking requirements on their way out in SF

SF Examiner - By Joshua Sabatini

Dec 4, 2018
3 min

Minimum parking requirements on their way out in SF

San Francisco voted Tuesday to become the first major city in the country to eliminate minimum parking requirements for all kinds of deve...

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SF to do away with minimum parking requirements for developments

SF Examiner - By Joshua Sabatini

Nov 26, 2018
2 min

SF to do away with minimum parking requirements for developments

San Francisco is poised to become the first big U.S. city to no longer require developers to include at least some parking in their housi...

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How Has San Francisco Run Out of Money for Affordable Housing?

By Adhi Nagraj, San Francisco Director

Nov 12, 2018
6 min

How Has San Francisco Run Out of Money for Affordable Housing?

Eddy & Taylor Family Apartments, under construction in the Tenderloin neighborhood, is a 100 percent low-income residential building deve...

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Long-delayed housing plan on Divisadero Street approved

Laura Waxmann - AfterdarkSF.com

Nov 9, 2018
3 min

Long-delayed housing plan on Divisadero Street approved

A much-delayed plan to build new housing at 650 Divisadero St. finally has the green light from a city commission. The San Francisco Plan...

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SF puts brakes on Prop. C homeless measure; legal challenge anticipated

San Francisco Chronicle - Dominic Fracassa and

Nov 8, 2018
5 min

SF puts brakes on Prop. C homeless measure; legal challenge anticipated

San Francisco voters passed Proposition C by a wide margin Tuesday night, turning on a fountain of tax money to pay for expanded homeless...

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Popular anti-eviction program lacks funds

SF Examiner - Joshua Sabatini

Nov 1, 2018
3 min

Popular anti-eviction program lacks funds

Citing a lack of funds, San Francisco has indefinitely stopped taking new applications for a popular anti-eviction program that buys smal...

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Mayor, Mandelman introduce legislation to place mentally ill into conservatorships

Laura Waxmann - AfterdarkSF.com

Oct 31, 2018
3 min

Mayor, Mandelman introduce legislation to place mentally ill into conservatorships

Mayor London Breed announced legislation Tuesday that would put San Francisco on track to expand conservatorships to cover residents with...

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Benioff urges city, business leaders to back homeless tax measure in face-off with Breed

SF Examiner - Joshua Sabatini

Oct 31, 2018
3 min

Benioff urges city, business leaders to back homeless tax measure in face-off with Breed

Acknowledging the “tension” among business and political leaders over November’s homeless tax measure, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff delive...

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RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION

Oct 29, 2018
2 min

Home Prices Continue to Lose Momentum

Gains fell below 6% in August as slowdown in housing market becomes more widespread Annual home-price gains fell below 6% for the first t...

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San Francisco, rich and poor, turns to simple street solutions that underscore the city’s complexiti

RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION

Oct 9, 2018
7 min

San Francisco, rich and poor, turns to simple street solutions that underscore the city’s complexiti

PubMatic Ad Ends SAN FRANCISCO — To the uninitiated, the bright-orange, Tic Tac-size specks scattered on the sidewalks, wedged into the o...

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Lafayette city manager quits over lack of movement on new housing

Kimberley Veklerov - SF Chronicle

Sep 28, 2018
3 min

Lafayette city manager quits over lack of movement on new housing

The top official of the small and affluent East Bay city of Lafayette last week announced his resignation because of residents’ intransig...

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Laura Kusisto - WSJ

Sep 26, 2018
3 min

Apartment Rents Edge Higher

Third-quarter prices rose 2.9% from a year earlier, but tenants can still find deals in major metro areas Apartment rental prices edged h...

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