SF YIMBY condemns the Grants Pass decision. Garry Tan turns on SF YIMBY and tells people to stop supporting them.

I really hope this wakes SF YIMBY up and they get out of bed with GrowSF and the heavy law enforcement wing of SF politics. I'd really like to rejoin, because I agree with SF YIMBY's stated positions. But I couldn't stay a member when they constantly ignored their own positions (e.g., endorsing Engardio despite him being a NIMBY) or clearly harbored a bias toward heavy law enforcement when they should be focusing on housing (e.g., despite endorsing both Matt Dorsey & Honey Mahogany for being generally pro-housing their actual help went to Dorsey). I saw that in many little ways in my interactions with other members at meetups, on their Slack, and in my interactions with their Twitter account.

#SFPol #SFHousing

A better headline: "Developers not submitting enough building applications to meet SF housing requirements" - and then maybe the analysis of why they aren;t doing so could lead.

https://sfstandard.com/2024/04/08/san-francisco-new-housing-permits-pace/

#SFHousing #RHNA #BetterHeadlinesPlease

California HCD released the San Francisco Housing Policy and Practice Review: https://www.hcd.ca.gov/sites/default/files/docs/policy-and-research/plan-report/sf-housing-policy-and-practice-review.pdf

I haven't read it yet, but I will tonight. I really like to dig into source materials like this rather than go on just what news reports and quotes say, and there's bound to be a few of those.

[Edited for grammar]

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Local landlord complaining that the crime is keeping people from renting:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/s-f-apartment-tower-mid-market-risk-imminent-18303928.php

However, when I look at rent, a one bedroom is over $4k/month, not including all the other shit landlords add on. a two bedroom is nearly $6k/month.

So yeah, not buying that the primary reason is the crime, which isn't horribly bad right there anyway. I'd need to make $169k to make the single bedroom affordable, or find a partner and get our income above $231k to make the two bedroom affordable.

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Oh good! SF BOS approved purchasing a building for permanent supportive housing a few blocks from me. I worried that "neighborhood" opposition would derail it.

https://thefrisc.com/supes-approve-housing-for-sf-homeless-youth-over-soma-neighbor-protests-d7c5e0d7cda6

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There is a pigeon *inside* the apartment across the street. The building is supposed to be renovated, but nothing has happened since the tenants were moved to temporary housing in September. Not looking forward to the building becoming blighted while SF and/or the owner dither.

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70 new transitional housing treatment beds is good. Not enough, but good.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sf-transitional-housing-homeless-17894084.php

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Question for knowledgeable folks:

There's a limit in California state law of 5 hearings per housing development proposal. Say a city tries to require that a developer participate in more hearings.

How does that hearing limit get enforced? Does someone have to sue? Can a state agency step in? Does a project get deemed approved automatically upon hearing #6?

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