SF YIMBY is keeping its members and the public informed about important legislation and projects while making sure pro-housing voices keep putting pressure on local elected leaders to get real, go bold, and give everything they've got to solving SF's housing crisis! It's a great time to get involved!
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SF YIMBY General Monthly Meeting March 3rd 6:30 - 8:30 PM
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Join SF YIMBY for our General Monthly Meeting on Wednesday, March 3 at 6:30 PM PT! We'll be welcoming Assembly Member David Chiu and Senator Scott Wiener as well as chatting about everything from the SF Ferris Wheel to the fourplex legislation being proposed by District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman. Register for the Zoom meeting via the button below. You'll receive a confirmation email with the link after registering. If you're unable to attend, feel free to reply to this email with your thoughts!
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Gorgeous YIMBY artwork by James Deng in Vancouver!
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Congratulations to Our New Pro-Housing ADEM Delegates!
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121 YIMBY Action endorsed candidates won ADEM: These delegates represent their Assembly District in the California Democratic Party and choose party leadership, set policy platform, and endorse candidates for state and federal elections. This year, the message is becoming near universal: if you want to advance to higher office in the Bay Area you have to be pro-housing!
SF Assembly District 17: Congratulations to the entire Rise Together SF slate! Special shoutout to SF YIMBY Leads Annie Fryman, Tyra Fennell and Michael Chen, and SF YIMBY members Kristen Webb and Nima Rahimi! Proud of you all!
SF Assembly District 19: Congratulations Ashley Wessinger, Ellie Miller Hall, Selina Sun, Stephanie Lehman, Bassem Manneh, David Golden and Michael Sweet! Special shoutout to YIMBY Action Board Member Jane Natoli, SF YIMBY Lead Marcus Ismael and new SF YIMBY members Lanier Coles, Matthew Rhoa, Martin Rawlings-Fein, and Anu Menon! Excited to work with you on the California Democratic Party's pro-housing platform!
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CA Legislative Session 2021 Housing Bills
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Multiple housing bills were introduced for the 2021 legislative cycle. Our State Senator Scott Wiener authored and recently highlighted the following four, with the goals of giving cities the tools they need to succeed and ending the state’s housing shortage and affordability crisis:
- Senate Bill 478 - Housing Opportunity Act - ensures local zoned density and state housing laws are not undermined by hyper-restrictive lot requirements
- Senate Bill 477 - Data Collection for Housing Incentives - strengthens California's housing data collection to ensure the state and the public understand the impact and effectiveness of state housing laws
- Senate Bill 10 - Planning and Zoning - allows cities to exempt 10 units or less housing from CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act)
- Senate Bill 234 - The SUPPORT Act - allocates $100 million to build housing for at-risk youth, specifically, youth exiting homelessness, the foster care system, or the criminal justice system
Here are just a few more housing bills SF YIMBY is excited about this legislative year:
- Senate Constitutional Amendment 2 - Public Housing Projects (Allen, Wiener) -legalizes building public housing without additional process
- Senate Bill 7 - Expedited CEQA Review for Housing Projects (Atkins) - speeds up and saves months, if not years, in time for processing approving large housing development projects
- Assembly Bill 387 - Social Housing Act of 2021 (Lee, Wicks) - declares the intent of the Legislature to subsequently amend this bill to establish the California Housing Authority to address the shortage of affordable homes for low to moderate income households; read more about this important bill to make housing a human right
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Urban Environmentalists, a chapter of YIMBY Action, is especially excited about new legislation proposed by Assembly Member Laura Friedman and co-authored by Assembly Member Alex Lee and Senators Nancy Skinner and Scott Wiener:
- AB 1401 - Residential and commercial development: parking requirements - bans local governments from imposing or enforcing a minimum parking requirement on residential or commercial development under certain conditions
Urban Environmentalists, Streets for People and Grow the Richmond are hosting an event on Monday, April 5 at 6:00 PM PT with San Francisco County Transportation Authority to learn about three proposed study options for possible downtown congestion pricing plans! Use the button below to sign up and get the Zoom link.
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Black History Month: Focus on Housing
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Before Black History Month ends, take time to learn more about the history of exclusionary policies and other housing discrimination with these resources:
Now is a great time to make sure you've watched all the Making Urbanism Antiracist conversations with YIMBY Action! Here are some more articles that focus on California's ignominious history with racist housing policy and proactive changes on the horizon:
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The Mapping Inequality Project
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Color-coded maps like the one shown above gave "redlining," the practice of discriminatory lending under which Black and Hispanic Americans were systematically excluded from the economic boom of the '50s and '60s, its name. Did you know that there are many thousands of pages of documentation from the federal authorities responsible for these maps sitting neglected in dusty boxes in the National Archives?
YIMBY Action member Auros Harman has begun a campaign to help the National Archives and the academic team behind the Mapping Inequality Project complete the work of digitizing data revealing racist redlining housing policy.
The EPA Office of Environmental Justice is hosting a free event featuring this project!
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It's a Great Time to Be a YIMBY!
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SF YIMBY is a volunteer-powered organization that welcomes your feedback, questions, comments and, most of all, your involvement! We're all abuzz in our active, members-only Slack group, empowering each other to write petitions and op-eds, provide direct feedback to local reps, and give remote public comment at hearings.
Get in touch with us by replying to this email, following us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and becoming a member!
Curious about YIMBY membership? Schedule a 1:1 with a YIMBY Lead!
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Invite yourself, a friend and/or a family member to learn more about the pro-housing movement and YIMBY by attending the Intro to YIMBY webinar on Saturday, February 27 at 12:00 PM PT. Hope to see you 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.
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