Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), also called secondary units, in-law units, or cottages, are units added to existing residential buildings. In 2016, San Francisco's Accessory Dwelling Unit Program became available Citywide in zoning districts that permit residential use, opening up a whole realm ...
Note: there’s no overlap or correlation with San Francisco voting districts. Note 2: 1979 proves to be a pivotal year for San Francisco Real Estate history, it’s when the Rent Ordinance was passed that enshrined rent control and eviction control into our market. Note 3: This on the ...
Government in the San Francisco Bay Area consists of multiple actors, including 101 city and nine county governments, a dozen regional agencies, and a large number of single-purpose special districts such as municipal utility districts and transit districts.[229] Incorporated cities are responsible fo...
Considering the importance of land use in San Francisco, and its politicization, it is worthwhile to consider the effect of zoning - if any - on voter turnout. In this paper I combine several large publicly-available datasets in order to link San Francisco'...
Breed’s ‘upzoning’ becomes Lurie’s ‘family zoning’ plan FILLMORE STREET between Jackson and Bush would face the same future as most other neighborhood commercial districts and transit corridors under the city’s latest revision to its zoning plan: taller buildings designed to provide more res...
making San Francisco the first city in the nation to do so. She also established an Office of Transgender Initiatives and the world's first transgender district in the Tenderloin neighborhood, making San Francisco a sanctuary for gender non-conforming people.The transgender ...
On this episode of The Podlight, host Nick Preciado and Senior Reporter Eli Wolfe dig into two state bills that abolish single-family zoning in California — and explain what that means for local San Jose policies, such as Opportunity Housing. ...
Bruce B. Brugmann, like Planthold one of the original 11 members of the task force, described him as “the classic representative for decades of the San Francisco citizen at City Hall. His passion was open government and a fair shake for the little guy. … Bob was disabled and a relentle...
and she used to work for SPUR. Trauss is a founder of the SF Yimbys, and argues that the city needs to limit zoning and allow hundreds of thousands of market-rate housing units in the hope (and it’s little more than hope, since there is no evidence to support her thesis) that ev...
renowned for their elegance and historic significance. The area is known for its numerous dining, shopping and nightlife options. Minutes away from Condado Beach and the Miramar Arts Districts. Walk along the cobblestone streets and experience the mesmerizing vibrancy of what we call El Viejo San ...