LA Times Column: Landlords need to stop whining about the unfairness of California’s eviction ban By ERIKA D. SMITH, COLUMNIST AUG. 24, 20205 AM Gov. Gavin Newsom likes to talk about California “meeting the moment.” Well, for millions of renters, there’s perhaps no moment more worth meeting than Sept. 1. That’s the day — a mere eight days […]

May Day Motor March! Tenants and Workers still in the streets, International Worker Day 2020 was unlike any we have seen!  Photo Credit: Brooke Anderson The Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco (HRCSF), Causa Justa/Just Cause, and the Coalition on Homelessness lead a car caravan on May 1st to celebrate May Day, bridging the struggles between tenants, workers, […]

A new report authored by District 9 Supervisor Hilary Ronen and NJ law professor Rachel Godsil shows new polling data revealing that a broad majority of California voters from both parties would support measures to cancel rent and mortgage payments throughout the extent of the crisis. Specifically: 74% percent of likely California voters, including 65 percent […]

Rapid Response & Mass Testing Needed to Prevent Additional Outbreaks This week, on April 20th, Dolores Street Community Services learned that 22 residents and 2 staff at Casa Quezada, a Mission District, permanent supportive housing SRO, had tested positive for COVID-19.   Casa Quezada is managed by Dolores Street Community Services (DSCS). The organization believes a […]

Worried about rent? It has never been clearer how important housing is to our collective well-being. We have won some important protections to ensure that people are housed and not evicted during this state of emergency, but we also know that many of these protections will only defer the crisis for our communities. We are […]

Housing groups throughout San Francisco are flagging major problems with Mayor London Breed’s  two executive orders that are intended to create an “eviction moratorium” for San Francisco tenants. Counselors at housing organizations say these protections, as well-intended as they are, leave tenants at high risk of potential eviction as April 1st draws near. At best, […]

Today Mayor London Breed issued a local eviction moratorium, in effect for 30 days or the duration of the sate of emergency, whichever is longer, with the possibility of extension for another 30 days. The moratorium will prevent any resident from being evicted due to a loss of income related to a business closure, loss […]

The San Francisco Anti-Displacement Coalition has joined the Solutions Not Sweeps coalition in calling for an end to the criminalization of homelessness. We know that the majority of our unhoused community members were once renters in our increasingly affordable city, and have signed onto the below letter in recognition of the intimate connection between this […]

In December, District 9 Supervisor Hillary Ronen introduced legislation that will strengthen the Buyout Ordinance spearheaded by David Campos in 2014.  Yesterday, the board unanimously passed the amendments. The new legislation, expected to go into effect April 6th, seeks to clarify the process, close loopholes, and ensure that buyouts are accurately reported. Tenant advocates have […]

Op-ed by Amina Rubio & Susan Marsh (originally published 1/20/2020 in the SF Examiner – detailing tenants efforts to push Veritas to sell its buildings to the city or a non-speculative entity) Veritas Should Sell Its Buildings to The City or a Non-Speculative EntityTenants to City Hall and SF’s largest landlord: Follow our lead to […]