As the Kincade fire and others rage across the state, Governor Newsom declared of a state of emergency. Today (10/27/19), California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued a consumer alert reminding all Californians that price gouging during a state of emergency is illegal under Penal Code Section 396. Included in this ban is a protection against […]

After months of public pressure and protests, including a huge march that shut down four blocks of mid-day traffic, tenants under SF’s largest landlord, Veritas Investments, won a key demand: the immediate cancellation of all 7% Operations & Maintenance (O&M) rent increases imposed by Veritas since the change in the law last year. “It’s been […]

A new round of tenant rights ads are now on city buses!  Send us your photos when you find some on your bus, and tell us the line you found it on! Thank you to the artists and tenants who collaborated to create these important educational materials.  Images are available for download and distribution here. […]

On Tuesday, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1482, a statewide anti-rent gouging law that may affect residential units not covered by the San Francisco Rent Ordinance. Rent increases and evictions with Just Cause start January 1, 2020 with annual rent increases capped at 5% plus inflation or 10% whichever is lower. It applies to tenants […]

Veritas tenants are urging their multi-billion dollar landlord to drop rent increases driven by the landlord’s debt. On Tuesday, hundreds of tenants marched from Veritas’ corporate office at One Bush to their management office at 724 Pine. Many SFADC member groups came out to march alongside the tenants, including Community Tenants Association, Causa Justa :: […]

Below is a March 13, 2019 Examiner op-ed by Betty Traynor, Board President of Senior and Disability Action and Wing Hoo Leung, President of the Community Tenants Association. The City’s unaffordable ‘affordable’ senior housing system must change As elder San Franciscans we join together to bring attention to an inconvenient truth about so-called ‘affordable’ senior […]

The San Francisco Anti-Displacement Coalition (SFADC.org) is looking for local artists to work with us in creating a series of know-your-rights ads for San Francisco renters. The ads will be in 5 languages and featured on buses or bus shelters across the city with the goal of preventing evictions and displacement.  Selected artists will be […]

On October 11, 2018, 68 tenants of Veritas Investments, Inc. filed a lawsuit against the mega-landlord alleging violations of the S.F. Rent Ordinance, State law, and housing codes. This is one of the biggest lawsuits ever filed by tenants in San Francisco. Plaintiffs are alleging that Veritas and their founder/CEO Yat Pang Au have implemented […]

Report released detailing the impacts of the law on San Francisco residents Tenants and housing justice advocates from across San Francisco rallied outside of a Veritas Investments building to demand the Repeal of Costa Hawkins and an end to harassment and evictions at the hands of speculator landlords like Yat-Pang Au, CEO of Veritas Investments. […]

  In May 2017, the San Francisco Planning Department released the 5th Housing Balance Report, covering the ten-year period from January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2016.  The reports track the proportion of all new affordable housing units built to the total number of all new housing units for a 10-year period, with the goal […]