First Tenant to Win Ellis Act Jury Trial The first tenant to beat an Ellis Act eviction at trial is now able to rest easy knowing that the jury verdict and subsequent court judgment will remain intact.  The Ellis Act
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Politicians Ignore Immediate Actions A San Francisco press release: “On Monday, July 22nd, District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman will hold a hearing on the city’s Climate Emergency response at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use and Transportation Committee.
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A caring compassion city finds itself stuck in systematic discrimination. How did we get here? Ever wonder how systematic racism and classism works to marginalize vulnerable people? Well if you live Fremont it is happening right in front of your
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The San Francisco Chronicle recently reported that the bankrupt PG&E Corp. plans to pay a group of top executives nearly $11 million in performance bonuses this year.  The bankruptcy court should disapprove these payments in light of PG&E’s history of
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Westside Cities Must Address Affordability Crisis I’m going to Culver City (just outside Los Angeles) on June 19 to talk about my book, Generation Priced Out: Who Gets to Live in the New Urban America, and how the city must
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Next Steps for Housing Advocates In the wake of SB50’s shelving, housing advocates who put so much time into the CASA Compact process and SB50 cannot walk away. That would mean  accepting the untenable housing status quo. So what are
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Atkins Shelving of SB50 Reflects Pattern of Housing Inaction Last week’s shelving of SB50, the More HOMES Act, reminds us why California has the nation’s worst homelessness and housing affordability crisis. And that the housing emergency has intensified while  California
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Legislators Backroom Deal Kills New Housing Today’s  shelving of California’s SB50 came as a shock to me and seemingly everyone following the bill. Yesterday, the day before the Senate Appropriation Committee’s hearing, there were reports that the bill could be
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