Category: City Hall
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, City Hall, Elections, From the Newsroom, Media
Journalist Reflects on Covering 2015 San Francisco Election
Journalist Sara Bloomberg looks back on her coverage of the 2015 San Francisco election and the millions of dollars poured into the campaign, as well as her reporting on the criminalization of homelessness. “Part of handling data in my reporting is to look for errors … there are mistakes, these data sets are human reported. […]
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, City Hall, Homelessness
Homelessness: Why Some Called for an Oversight Body for a City Department
San Francisco supervisors recently tabled a proposal that would have put the formation of an oversight body on the city ballot. This body would have overseen the city’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. Sam Lew from the Coalition on Homelessness explains the rationale for such an entity. “It’s one of the largest departments with […]
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Big-Ticket Housing Plan Faces S.F. Voters
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If two-thirds of voters approve, this year’s $600 million bond will authorize the city to borrow money for additional affordable housing. The bond allots $220 million for low-income housing in the form of about 1,000 new units. Some $150 million is earmarked for renovation or reconstruction of 965 units of public housing. And about $30 million would fund acquisition and rehabilitation of buildings at risk of becoming unaffordable or uninhabitable.
Posted inCity Hall, Housing, Renters vs. Veritas
How We Tracked Down the Information to Answer Questions About Tenant Complaints
We pored over voluminous public records and created a custom data set to determine the number of complaints and building-code violations that massive landlord Veritas incurred in 39 buildings named in a tenant lawsuit.
Posted inCity Hall, Environment, Labor, Land use, News
Environmentalists Say They Were Shut Out of Talks on Building Housing Faster
Soon after becoming governor, Gavin Newsom unveiled a plan to speed housing construction — but at the expense of the landmark California Environmental Quality Act, which has acted as a check on development for 50 years. Newsom crafted his blueprint with input from builders and the largest construction union. Prominent environmental groups were excluded, however.