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The San Francisco Examiner • 1st May 2020

Keep SF golf courses closed

On Monday, in what may be a positive step towards recovery, golf courses will be reopening for business as usual. Unfortunately, for the majority of the population that doesn’t golf, this will mean the closure of public space.

The San Francisco Examiner • 19th April 2020

Homeless San Franciscans have always faced a public health crisis

San Francisco earned accolades in the national press this week for success in containing the spread of COVID-19. But the struggles of thousands of San Franciscans remain unwritten.

The San Francisco Examiner • 4th April 2020

Tenants, it’s time to get organized

The number of friends who’ve reached out to me this week asking me what to do if they can’t pay their rent is devastating. I’m devastated, because I don’t have a good answer for them.

The San Francisco Examiner • 20th March 2020

City Hall should abolish rent and mortgage payments. Here’s why.

In a pandemic, the last thing people should be worrying about is paying their rent or mortgage.

The San Francisco Examiner • 8th March 2020

San Francisco debates when, where and how to build affordable housing

While San Franciscans tracked the results of the presidential primary on Tuesday, an affordable housing ballot measure passed largely under the radar.

The San Francisco Examiner • 16th February 2020

The racial contours of our housing crisis

The City has never apologized for redevelopment. Politicians have continued to break promises to the affected residents to this day.

The San Francisco Examiner • 1st February 2020

How San Francisco’s lengthy permitting process enables corruption

Director of Public Works Mohammed Nuru and his accomplice Nick Bovis shouldn’t be the only ones indicted in this week’s FBI complaint. Nuru’s arrest is an indictment of San Francisco’s entire planning system.

The San Francisco Examiner • 19th January 2020

‘Tough love’ continues to be an excuse for criminalizing homelessness

On Wednesday, Breed held a press conference to announce that she will meet her campaign goal of opening 1,000 additional shelter beds by the end of 2020. But the same day she ignored a letter from Solutions Not Sweeps, a coalition of 26 service providers and allied organizations, about the brutal conditions homeless San Franciscans face at the hands of the city.

The San Francisco Examiner • 3rd January 2020

Children’s right to housing should supersede corporate profit

When Dominique Walker and other homeless mothers moved into a vacant home in Oakland this November, they were standing for more than just themselves. The mothers and their supporters call themselves Moms 4 Housing.

The San Francisco Examiner • 20th December 2019

Tenants deserve better than Dennis Richards on the Planning Commission

Dennis Richards should resign from the Planning Commission.

The San Francisco Examiner • 1st December 2019

Legalize public housing

We need to build more housing than ever, but rents on new market rate construction are getting higher. The lowest income Californians are forced to wait for filtering to bring costs of housing down or rely on minimal nonprofit housing construction. Or in the event that they already have a rent-controlled unit, hang on for dear life in a market where landlords are incentivized to get rid of them.

The San Francisco Examiner • 17th November 2019

A public bank could make affordable housing more affordable

On Tuesday, Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer introduced a resolution that establishes a timeline for creating a San Francisco public bank. The successful implementation of a public bank could be a windfall for affordable housing advocates.

The San Francisco Examiner • 27th October 2019

Prop. A is critically needed, but it is only the first step

Three-and-a-half billion dollars. At an average of $200,000 in city subsidies per affordable unit, this is how much money San Francisco will have to invest in the next decade to fund the 18,000 affordable homes needed to keep pace with the projected growth of low-income jobs.

The San Francisco Examiner • 12th October 2019

High workload and low pay leave Planning Commission roles out of reach for many

Planning commissioners might just have one of San Francisco’s hardest jobs. The appointed Planning Commission oversees San Francisco’s Planning Department and has the final say on what gets built in San Francisco and where. In the midst of a severe housing crisis, commissioners face a lot of angry people and have a lot of work.

The San Francisco Examiner • 22nd September 2019

How San Francisco can fix a glaring loophole in California tenants rights legislation

State law gives new protections, but there’s still more to be done Starting this January, San Francisco renters will see an unprecedented expansion in their rights thanks to statewide legislation. Well, some of us will. Thankfully, our Board of Supervisors has the power to fill in some gaps.