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Housing has been all the rage in major San Francisco newspapers! SF YIMBY is here for it with several ways to keep the headlines coming! |
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A banner week for urban planning |
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SF Chronicle: Heather Knight took San Francisco to task for falling behind Sacramento, a city that recently passed legislation allowing fourplexes to be constructed in lots zoned for single-detached homes. JK Dineen followed with a story that points out the status quo in San Francisco: concentrating development in the city's Eastern Neighborhoods. In response, I wrote a Letter to the Editor urging the Board of Supervisors to pass legislation allowing for multifamily homes to be built across the city and targeting the Westside for development.
Knight later reported Supervisor Mandelman is introducing two pieces of housing legislation soon, one making it harder to build giant homes in multifamily zoned lots and another allowing fourplexes on corner lots and within a half mile of fare-gated transit stations throughout the city. SF YIMBY believes both are a good step forward but that the Board of Supervisors could be bolder and use its power to allow a citywide upzoning.
SF Weekly: Benjamin Schneider wrote in SF Weekly about the Bay Area's Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA), how cities must change their zoning laws to allow for at least 441,000 new homes to be built throughout the region. Schneider does a great job covering the complicated subject of beefed-up state law mandating #moreHOMES this RHNA cycle.
SF Examiner: Carly Graf dove into the housing discourse at SF Examiner, rightfully pointing out that current legislation puts Eastern Neighborhood homes at risk of demolition and 30,000-plus residents at risk of displacement but failing to consider that, again, the Board of Supervisors has the power to rezone the entire city and develop amenity-rich Westside neighborhoods. |
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Affordable housing belongs in the Sunset |
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On the same day Heather Knight published her SF Chronicle piece about San Francisco’s conservative housing views, Ida Mojadad of SF Examiner reported that an affordable housing proposal in the Sunset District has come under heavy fire from a small group of residents.
SF YIMBY was disappointed to see so much hostility and fear mongering from them and quickly drafted a petition of support. Residents eager to advocate for the project signed the petition and became new members, and Edward Reese, a local pastor, included it in his op-ed, calling on neighbors to open their hearts to community members in need of these new homes. |
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From vacant lot to vibrant community |
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SF YIMBY is supporting an important opportunity to use state density bonus law to bring 169 new homes at varying levels of affordability to a vacant lot in the Mission District.
The project sponsor has been engaging with the site's surrounding neighbors, small businesses and community groups for nearly two years, sharing information, gathering feedback, and responding to needs and input. Collaborative relationships have been established, and San Francisco Planning Commission is scheduled to hear the item on February 18. |
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Curious about YIMBY membership? |
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If you agree that everyone who lives or wants to live in San Francisco deserves:
YIMBY membership is ready to welcome you. If you'd like to learn more about what involvement looks like, I'd love to chat! Use the button below to reply back with a few times that work for your schedule and we can take it from there. |
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SF YIMBY is a chapter of YIMBY Action, a network of pro-housing activists fighting for more inclusive housing policies and a future of abundant housing. |
