Monthly Archives: December 2024

Rooftop bar at Line Hotel, 1028 Market apartments, Neon Sign at Tenderloin Museum, UC Law SF's Academic Village

Can Mid-Market and Tenderloin Rebound?

Posted December 16, 2024 by

New Political Leadership Offers Hope It’s been a tough four years for San Francisco’s Tenderloin and Mid-Market. But better times lay ahead. Why do I say that? Incoming Mayor Lurie and new Supervisor Bilal Mahmood are far more committed than<br> Read More »
Mayor Breed

Will SF Stop the Expansion of Drug Tourism?

Posted December 16, 2024 by

Tourist Hotel to Shelter Conversions Have Exploded Drug Use Incoming Mayor Lurie plans to combat open air drug markets and stop drug tourism. Unfortunately, outgoing Mayor Breed is trying to make this task more difficult. Last Thursday, Breed got her<br> Read More »

2024: The Year of the YIMBY

Posted December 9, 2024 by

Huge Gains for the Pro-Housing Movement “When future New Yorkers look back, another 60 years from now, they will see 2024 as the year that we finally turned the tide on housing in New York City.”-@NYCPlanning Last week, New York<br> Read More »

How San Francisco Promotes Drug Tourism

Posted December 2, 2024 by

SF’s Shelter Policy: A Destructive, Expensive Failure San Francisco spends millions of dollars encouraging the unhoused to avoid permanent housing. Taxpayers are incentivizing rather than stopping drug tourism. Sound hard to believe? It’s all true. People unable to afford rent<br> Read More »
Mayor Breed

Mayor Breed’s Hypocrisy

Posted December 2, 2024 by

Breed Promoted Permanent Drug-Free Housing. Then Defunded It If you wonder why San Francisco’s Mayor London Breed lost so badly in her re-election effort, my experience with her flip-flop on permanent drug free housing is emblematic. Just as the mayor<br> Read More »