San Francisco’s Inclusionary Housing Mess

Posted February 27, 2018 by Randy Shaw

Supervisors Undermining Inclusionary Law San Francisco’s inclusionary housing law is not working as designed. And something needs to be done about it. Soon. Inclusionary housing laws require that developers make a percentage of their new units affordable or pay an
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SF’s Mythical “Vacant” SROs

Posted February 27, 2018 by Randy Shaw

San Francisco does not have nearly 2000 vacant SROs A recent story in SF Curbed described designer Eric Schmitt’s placing signs reading “Housing Displacement Facts” on buildings which he claimed were “vacant” or partially vacant SROs. According to the story,
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Rosario Dawson, John Travolta and Cinequest 2018

Posted February 27, 2018 by Peter Wong

February 2018 may be coming to an end. But the 2018 edition of the Cinequest Film & VR Festival is just getting started. From February 27 to March 11, 2018 at venues in both San Jose and Redwood City, festival
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When a Neighborhood Becomes a Revolving Door for Dominicans: Rising Housing Costs in Washington Heights/Inwood and the Declining Presence of Dominicans

Posted February 27, 2018 by Ramona Hernández, Utku Sezgin and Sarah Marrara

For a copy of the full report, click here [From the report’s introduction] This is a policy brief on Dominicans, gentrification, and affordable housing, aims to draw attention to the worrying trends in Washington Heights/Inwood regarding the lack of affordable
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To the Editor…

Posted February 22, 2018 by Beyond Chron

Subject: SF Judge Who Tried to Kill Rent Control Faces Election Challenge Dear Mr. Shaw, This news about Judge Karnow is robust even by my standards, which include being friends, and working with Jose Morales during our Ellis Act eviction
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SF Judge Who Tried to Kill Rent Control Faces Election Challenge

Posted February 22, 2018 by Randy Shaw

Karnow is a Menace to Tenants In 2011, San Francisco Judge Curtis Karnow issued what many believe is one of the most anti-tenant rulings ever handed down in the city. The ruling evicted 75-year old Ernesto Hernandez from his North
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Seattle Cut Car Commuting Downtown While Adding 60,000 Jobs

Posted February 22, 2018 by Angie Schmitt

From 2010 to 2017, downtown Seattle added 60,000 jobs. Over the same time period, the number of solo car commuters into the city’s central business district dropped by 4,500, or 9 percent, according to a new report from Commute Seattle.
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New Report Details How Americans Who Have Debt Can Get Thrown in Jail

Posted February 22, 2018 by Andrea Germanos

New ACLU publication looks at how “debt collection industry uses prosecutors and judges as weapons against millions of Americans who can’t afford to pay their bills.” Threatened with arrest for a case involving a few dollars in debt held by
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