Actions

1. Thank Assemblymember Matt Haney for outlawing NIMBY shenanigans
2. Tell the Board of Supervisors to encourage more housing by lowering onerous fees

Upcoming events

1. Pacific Heights Neighborhood Cleanup and Architecture Tour, Saturday, March 25
2. Intro to YIMBY: How to Make Housing More Affordable. Mission District, Thursday, March 30
3. Transportation Talk and Brunch Social at Fort Mason Farmers Market, Sunday, April 2
4. Inner Sunset Happy Hour, Tuesday, April 4
5. General Meeting in Mission District, Wednesday, April 12
6. Book Club in Cow Hollow, Thursday, April 13

San Francisco Assemblymember Matt Haney has introduced state legislation that will speed up housing by removing delays from post-approval entitlements. As Heather Knight reported, San Francisco is the only city that allows one person to tie up housing projects in red tape for years, even after it’s approved, by contesting the various building permits, like a demolition permit, a street closure permit, and a tree removal permit. AB 1114 will stop legal maneuvers that NIMBYs abuse to drag out construction and convince builders to compromise or walk away from the project.

Sign this petition to show your support for Assemblymember Haney's effort to make it faster and easier to build new homes in San Francisco!

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors will consider lowering city-imposed fees (known as “exactions”) on new housing projects. A newly-published analysis from the San Francisco Controller's Office shows that removing these exactions is the single most effective action SF can take right now to make it more financially feasible to build desperately needed housing for residents. Costs are too high right now and home builders are taking their business elsewhere; let’s lower costs to attract builders and get abundant housing. Our pre-populated letter takes less than five minutes to write and send!

1. Attacking red tape in new housing by SF YIMBY Board member Bilal Mahmood
2. Supervisor Ahsha Safai and Mayor London Breed propose separate bills to speed up housing
3. SF officials call for probe into the nonprofit that blocked 400+ homes at 469 Stevenson
4. SF’s excessive bureaucracy invites corruption (SF Chronicle Editorial)

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