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Slew of Pro-Housing Bills Headed to Governor Newsom’s Desk For Signatures

Sep 19, 2019/ Comments 0 / in ADUs, Legislation, Policy, State Legislation

In one of the most dramatic closes to a legislative session in recent memory, and after countless phone calls, hours waiting to give public comment, nights of policy analysis, and days activating allies on social media, the rollercoaster 2019 California legislative session closed last week. After the summer saw critical housing bills like SB 50…

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Be Pro-Housing Prepared for the November 2019 Election + Tell BayHAC About Your Local Housing Measures

Jul 31, 2019/ Comments 0 / in Ballot Measure, Legislation, Policy, Regional Planning, Uncategorized, Voter Guide
Be Pro-Housing Prepared for the November 2019 Election + Tell BayHAC About Your Local Housing Measures

This November, voters will head to the ballot  for a variety of candidates and ballot measures. The HAC does not take positions on candidates but will be taking positions on ballot measures across the region. While the HAC has always put together a pro-housing voter guide in San Francisco, we want to make sure we…

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Summer Recess 2019: A Bill-By-Bill Breakdown of Statewide Housing Legislation

Jul 25, 2019/ Comments 0 / in ADUs, Affordable Housing, Land Use, Policy, State Legislation
Summer Recess 2019: A Bill-By-Bill Breakdown of Statewide Housing Legislation

With the creation of the Bay Area Housing Advocacy Coalition, HAC’s regional and Sacramento-focused advocacy arm, 2019 has been the most active year in the capital for our organization. So far, HAC has officially taken support positions on 24 different housing bills; all would lead to the creation of more housing at all levels of…

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Looking Back on 2016, Ahead Towards a Bright Future

Dec 12, 2016/ Comments 0 / in ADUs, Affordable Housing Bonus Program, Ballot Measure, Board of Supervisors, Brisbane Baylands, Friends of SFHAC, Governor Jerry Brown, Housing Hero Awards, Inclusionary Housing, MicroPAD, Planning Commission, Policy, Project Review Committee, State Density Bonus
Looking Back on 2016, Ahead Towards a Bright Future

The San Francisco Housing Action Coalition (SFHAC) experienced the ups and downs of the housing world during an eventful 2016. We want to look back at some of the memorable events of the last year. Most housing starts and ends at San Francisco’s City Hall. The first big win came in February when the Board…

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Mayor’s Office of Housing Rolls Out Prop A Funding

Aug 8, 2016/ Comments 0 / in Affordable Housing, Affordable Housing Bonus Program, Policy, Prop A Housing Bond
Mayor’s Office of Housing Rolls Out Prop A Funding

Last week, San Francisco Housing Action Coalition (SFHAC) members got a front-row seat at a briefing from Deputy Director Kate Hartley, Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD), on the various programs that agency is deploying to fund affordable housing. In particular, we got a report on how Prop A, the Affordable Housing Bond…

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Affordable Housing Bonus Program Faces A Vote On June 28th

Jun 27, 2016/ Comments 0 / in Affordable Housing Bonus Program, Ballot Measure, Board of Supervisors, density bonus, Land Use, Policy
Affordable Housing Bonus Program Faces A Vote On June 28th

This Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will vote on a portion of Sup. Katy Tang’s Affordable Housing Bonus Program (AHBP). Sup. Tang split the AHBP into two pieces at the Land Use Committee hearing on June 13th: the 100% affordable housing component and the Mixed-Income (market-rate) housing component. At that same June 13th hearing,…

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Two Ways to Build Affordable Housing – Which Do You Want?

Jun 16, 2016/ Comments 0 / in Affordable Housing, Affordable Housing Bonus Program, Inclusionary Housing, Land Use, Policy

On Tuesday, June 21st, the Board of Supervisors will vote between two very different plans to build affordable housing in San Francisco. The San Francisco Housing Action Coalition has reviewed and endorsed the proposed 100% component of the Affordable Housing Bonus Program. There’s an inferior competing proposal attempting to make a coup on this vetted…

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The Rise of the YIMBY

Jun 13, 2016/ Comments 6 / in Affordable Housing Bonus Program, Friends of SFHAC, Inclusionary Housing, Land Use, Legislation, Policy

I’ve had a revelation. I’m not going to complain about housing anymore. It doesn’t do any good. I’ve probably complained about the price or availability of decent housing in San Francisco every day for the last five years, and, if anything, the situation has only gotten worse. The city’s population continues to grow, and prices…

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Jerry Brown Wants “As-of-Right” Housing

May 23, 2016/ Comments 4 / in Affordable Housing, Board of Appeals, Land Use, Legislation, Policy
Jerry Brown Wants “As-of-Right” Housing

Last week, Governor Jerry Brown announced introduction of potentially landmark legislation that would allow for “as-of-right” housing in California. This means that developments meeting certain conditions would not be subject to discretionary review by local decision-making bodies, or endless appeals by disgruntled local neighbors. If you feel as strongly about housing as we do, then…

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