According to Joe Eskenazi in his recent article in Mission Local, “This Screws the Sellers” Below Market Rate (BMR) owners claim the city is forcing them to sell at a big loss, and the forced down-pricing is making re-selling BMR units very difficult under the new program that City Hall…

By Bob Silvestri, marinpost — excerpt We need to empower the bottom, not the top. Incremental changes can lead to big things. “There are many other common sense solutions that reasonable people concerned just with implementing good policy would be able to agree on. But we’re not doing any of…

By Sebraleaves for Medium Scott Wiener’s Press Conference to Announce SB 50 did not go well. Now he claims “Single family housing is immoral” and gets away with it. What has changed? ABC coverage of the press conference that lists the items in SB50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqSzXZ-0V94 Watching the above video brings…

By Mari Eliza There are generally three options for citizens to take when they feel their will and interests are ignored by the civil servants who represent them. These actions are playing out in Washington now for the world to see, but they are also on display in Sacramento. …

By Richard Johnson One of the most iconic movie endings comes from “Casablanca” when Claude Reins and Humphrey Bogart walk into a foggy mist as they plan to fight against the Nazis. Nothing beats Bogart’s final line: ‘This could be the start of a beautiful friendship’. During Covid-19 many people…

April 11, 2022 Dear SFCTA Commissioners: You continue to allocate funds relating to bicyclists and the Bike Coalition, while ignoring the vast majority of San Franciscos who have to get up every morning and drive to a job, and then drive home again, or take care of family business, on…

By sebraleaves Since the passage of a number of California state bills attacking the California Environmental Protection Act, San Francisco has not had many appeals going before the SF Board of Supervisors. The recent appeal of the project at 469 Stevenson St., and media frenzy created by the Board’s decision…

by Sebraleaves San Francisco has thousands of people living on the street in need of food and medical care. We have a rising crime rate and our schools and colleges are underfunded. Why are city authorities wasting precious time creating new problems to mitigate by closing streets? Don’t our supervisors…

By Sebra Leaves Residents are asleep at the wheel if they do not take action when informed that their leaders are selling public property and their rights to determine their future without asking permission. …