Tenant Groups Urge Chiu to Sponsor Ellis Act Reform; January 22 Deadline Looms The campaign for Ellis Act reform has gained enormous support across California. But the campaign still needs a legislator to sponsor the bill prior to Friday’s bill
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This piece first appeared in SF Streetsblog When it comes to creating a rational fare structure and a more usable transportation system for the Bay Area, MTC an abject failure. Here’s why. The Bay Area’s Metropolitan Transportation Commission was created
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Will CA Stop Scourge of Ellis Act Evictions? With yet another COVID-19 surge afoot and new shelter in place orders declared, groups across the nation are taking action to prolong eviction protections. The pandemic has already exacerbated our housing crisis
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David Chiu’s Constituents Still Face Ellis Evictions Earlier this year, the California legislature passed the COVID Tenant Relief Act, which enacted protection from eviction for all residents, including evictions for failure to make rental payments. But these current and proposed
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Big Gains for Housing, Tenant Power This was a year unlike any other for the East Bay. UC Berkeley’s closure turned the once crowded Southside into a proverbial ghost town. Berkeley and Oakland restaurants, bars and other small businesses suffered
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Voters Building Walls Around Affluent Cities California’s November 2020 elections exposed what “local control” really means in affluent cities: it’s about using land use laws to exclude racial minorities, tenants and the unhoused. Consider: *“Progressive” Santa Monica saw three council
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Legislature Can End Ellis Act Crisis in 2021 The pandemic has not stopped Ellis Act evictions. Speculators continue to buy buildings, file Ellis Act notices to “go out of the rental housing business” the next day, and then move to
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(This first appeared in Streetsblog SF) Ride a bike as a child, and adults smile at you. But as soon as “…you’re over 15 or 16, you’re a Lycra road-warrior, an urban hipster, a crazy car-hater–you’re never just a regular
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