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The Mayor’s “rent emergency” does nothing to bring the rents down. Period. The City could freeze the rent, so tenants get some breathing room, and not have to worry about having to pay more in the future.

Thanks to legislation introduced by socialist supervisor Jackie Fielder, the eviction machine may slow down a bit.

The Mayor’s “rent emergency” does nothing to bring the rents down. Period. The City could freeze the rent, so tenants get some breathing room, and not have to worry about having to pay more in the future.

After successfully killing a plan to develop 180 units of affordable housing at a 400 Divisadero, SF’s YIMBY politicians are celebrating the plan for Greystar (the largest corporate landlord in the country) to develop luxury housing on the site.

During Daniel Lurie's first 20 months in office, the rising cost of San Francisco housing rarely found its way into the Mayor's constant stream of shortform videos, press releases and keynote speeches.

In February, Lurie proposed returning this $120 million to skyscraper and mansion owners "to ensure San Francisco remains competitive and affordable for workers and families."

During Daniel Lurie's first 20 months in office, the rising cost of San Francisco housing rarely found its way into the Mayor's constant stream of shortform videos, press releases and keynote speeches.

The day after his declaration of emergency, the Mayor confirmed his opposition to a ballot measure that dedicates an existing tax on the sale of skyscrapers and mansions to the construction and acquisition of affordable housing along with rent assistance and tenant protections.

During Daniel Lurie's first 20 months in office, the rising cost of San Francisco housing rarely found its way into the Mayor's constant stream of shortform videos, press releases and keynote speeches.

No one having lived through a declared "rent emergency" before, it remains unclear what this means in practice beyond the unmistakable fact that the Mayor will now talk about housing affordability more emphatically and often. On the day he declared the emergency,

During Daniel Lurie's first 20 months in office, the rising cost of San Francisco housing rarely found its way into the Mayor's constant stream of shortform videos, press releases and keynote speeches.

'Buy real estate in San Francisco,' you know that this crew in here is doing something right." In February, as median rent leapt above $3,300, Lurie "declared a San Francisco comeback" at the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce's 38th annual CityBeat Breakfast.

During Daniel Lurie's first 20 months in office, the rising cost of San Francisco housing rarely found its way into the Mayor's constant stream of shortform videos, press releases and keynote speeches.

When it did it was mostly construed as a signal (along with the openings of new fast-casual restaurants and proliferating billionaire-funded street concerts) of San Francisco's comeback or as justification.

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is required to incorporate input from the City's Youth Commission whenever it considers legislation that affects young people and the Commission has been instrumental in the success of policies like the closing of Juvenile Hall and Free Muni for Youth.

Lurie's Youth Commission appointments are consistent with his policies for grown-ups, which typically prioritize those least in need.

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is required to incorporate input from the City's Youth Commission whenever it considers legislation that affects young people and the Commission has been instrumental in the success of policies like the closing of Juvenile Hall and Free Muni for Youth.

While that spread isn't representative of San Francisco, where 70 percent of school aged children attend public schools, it is very representative of City Hall. Lurie went to elite private schools.

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is required to incorporate input from the City's Youth Commission whenever it considers legislation that affects young people and the Commission has been instrumental in the success of policies like the closing of Juvenile Hall and Free Muni for Youth.

America's first billionaire President has been blatant in his attempts to retain his grip on power by rigging the electoral system in his favor.

The passage of Prop D would inaugurate a new politics in San Francisco, one in which grassroots efforts to do things like raise the minimum wage, tax billionaires, protect renters, and build affordable housing would never see the light of day.

America's first billionaire President has been blatant in his attempts to retain his grip on power by rigging the electoral system in his favor.

Historically, San Francisco's citizen initiatives have been a means to enact policies that benefit the working class even when, as now, working class San Francisco is not well-represented in City Hall.

America's first billionaire President has been blatant in his attempts to retain his grip on power by rigging the electoral system in his favor.

In reality, his trio of ballot measures this November -- Propositions D, E and F -- would consolidate power in the Mayor's Office and further enhance the political power of the ultrawealthy.

America's first billionaire President has been blatant in his attempts to retain his grip on power by rigging the electoral system in his favor.

Most people are old enough to remember January 6th, 2021, even though the consequences for that insurrection were short-lived. Trump continues to introduce innovative new ways to reduce the voting power of people who don't support him and enhance it for those who do.

Longtime service provider Hospitality House has fallen victim to the Mayor's plans to "revitalize" 6th Street, and has been ordered to close its 6th St. drop-in center by the end of the year.

Removing services dedicated to keeping people alive and replacing them with expensive, temporary, enforced sobriety won't solve any of the city's problems but it will surely cause many people to suffer more than they otherwise would. And maybe that's the point.

Longtime service provider Hospitality House has fallen victim to the Mayor's plans to "revitalize" 6th Street, and has been ordered to close its 6th St. drop-in center by the end of the year.

The RESET Center is run jointly by San Francisco's Sheriff and Public Health Departments and a venture-funded company from Arizona called Connections Health Solutions, which provides the operations layer for a cool half a million taxpayer dollars every month.

Longtime service provider Hospitality House has fallen victim to the Mayor's plans to "revitalize" 6th Street, and has been ordered to close its 6th St. drop-in center by the end of the year.

The 4,200 people it serves annually will be without a trusted and familiar place to get connected to healthcare, employment and housing.