Next Wednesday evening, St James Episcopal Church (4620 California) will host a community meeting about the affordable housing crisis in San Francisco, with particular attention to Propositions A, D, F, I, and K that are on the ballot this November.
Proposition A would create a fund with up to $310 million for helping people remain in, and move to, San Francisco if they otherwise could not afford to do so.
Proposition D would make it possible for the Mission Rock waterfront development to move forward in the Mission Bay neighborhood.
Proposition F would actively regulate the city’s short-term rental industry, much of which operates largely outside of City Hall’s knowledge and control.
Proposition I would suspend nearly all housing construction, demolition or conversion in the Mission District for 18 months to give politicians time to create a long-term plan for helping low- to middle-income people who live in the neighborhood.
Proposition K aims to make it easier for developers to build affordable housing using city-owned land.
Descriptions and links above from the SF Public Press 2015 election guide.
The meeting runs from 7pm until 8:30pm. Fernando Marti from the Council of Community Housing Organizations will be the keynote speaker.
Sarah B.
No on F! Paying more taxes just so the city can control their property. Hello communism. Less government please.
Prop F tries to take away from those who are trying to make a little money. Never have I lived somewhere where working hard and owning a little piece of the pie was punished. Don’t allow city involvement in matters of private property!
Just say yes to more building of housing! Yes on props A which would increase housing bonds and yes on K to allow building more housing on public surplus lands.
The solution is to build more, build higher. Not to take away from those who already own. Remember some people who own don’t own multi unit condos. They are people like me with a family and live in one of two units. And really just working hard to stay above water.
AirBnB really hates prop F…..
@propertyowner. Wow, build more and higher? Seriously? In earthquake county? Well I guess we will be come little Hong Kong of the west then.
Hey @Propertyowner. I am a propoerty owner as well and without Prop F AirBnB will continue to profit off renters illegally sub-leasing your space. Oh, wait…you’re not a property owner, you’re a paid AirBnB shill. Wanna know how we know? Cause Prop F doesn’t stop you the ‘Propertyowner” from renting your unit, provided you follow city laws. Fvck AirBnB. I used to use them whenever I traveled, now I would never use them. They lost my business as a guest and I would never host with them and line their greedy, self-serving pockets. We should follow suit with Barcelona and ban them. They are ignoring zoning laws, avoiding taxes, removing permanent housing and destroying our communities. #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF #YESonF
My family rents and we’re at the edge of getting priced out of the city. I blame the weird alliance of anti-growth NIMBYs happy to see their property values climb with “affordable housing” advocates like Eric Mar who fail to understand the impact of limiting housing as jobs are booming.
SF could build more than enough housing just by allowing three or four story building heights and the development of decrepit old parking lots and gas stations. We don’t need Hong Kong-level density. Paris-level density would do just fine! Instead, we see proposals for housing moratoriums. How does this do anything other than make the housing shortage worse?
Until I see the actual legal text of each of the propositions and identify how often each can be abused or altered without my knowledge or consent, I do not care for TV ads, mailbox stuffers, robo-calls, or community meetings stuffed with paid participants in matching t-shirts because they are all misleading. Do keep in mind that San Francisco’s Rent Control Law was approved by voters only once and has been amended more than 50 times without voter approval since then. The City Charter is a disaster containing far too much minutae that prevents accountability to voters and taxpayers by Department Heads. Of the $9 Billion annual City Budget, how much is vanishing into confidential settlements and legal fees? Instead of enforcing existing laws, new laws are offered. The bureaucracy comes at the expense of infrastructure.
YES ON F. SCREW YOU FILTHY LANDLORDS AND PROPERTY OWNERS.
SF and its residential neighborhoods are not your happy little free and easy hotel.
“SF could build more than enough housing just by allowing three or four story building heights and the development of decrepit old parking lots and gas stations.”
They are, guy. Most empty lots are being developed right now.
It’s just not housing anyone can actually afford. That’s the problem.
It’s absolutely nauseating the amount of coin AirBNB is spending on this campaign.
Jerks spending their money in jerk ways.
You also notice how AirBNB is quoting “Consumer Watchdog” as saying prop F will end privacy and encourage neighbors spying on each other?
Just *which* Consumer Watchdog are they quoting?
That’s like saying “some guy”
Seeing Gavin Marin County Newsom on No on F ads conviced me to vote Yes
I lived in a three unit building where one of the units was used for short term rentals. I hated the fact that I would find random people in the building and that despite a great security system the whole world seemed to have a key to the gate and that the gate was often left unlocked. I haven’t read the text of F yet and I care less what goes on in private homes but people renting should not have to deal with finding strangers in their hallways at all hours. Yes on F!
YES on F.
My neighbor is doing airBNB and I have adiffernt group of people next door every single weekend. these are visitors and don’t care about the neighborhood, noise, dont ahve to go to work and many are loud and party late. In addition, i travel a lot and my wife is alone next to a rotating hotel of people with no accountability. I own but i did not buy a house in an area zoned for a hotel. If the zoning laws are changed, i will accept it, but i did not choose to live next door to a motel 6. airBNB should be banned in SF
YES ON F!!!!! This proposition is wrong. The spin that the public is getting is so deceptive. PLEASE read this and talk to people who have been affected by
AIRBNB rentals… It’s not the simple in law apartments that are the target as much as apartments that have now become a residence for tourists. RESPECT YOUR CITY!!!!