SF News Scott Wiener Introduces Bill to Halt Environmental Reviews In Downtown SF for 10 Years As downtown San Francisco still has a glut of unused office space, state Senator Scott Wiener says he’s pushing legislation for a decade-long elimination of the environmental review mandate known as CEQA from downtown projects, in hopes of spurring conversion to uses like housing.
SF Politics Ex-Fox News Host Pushing 2024 California Ballot Measure to Blow Up CEQA Legal Challenges A former Fox News host and current election denier is pushing an election ballot measure for 2024, one that would defang the environmental law CEQA that’s often used to hold up controversial housing developments.
SF Politics SF Supes Reject CEQA Challenge to The Creamery's Move to the Mission, Upsetting Anti-Gentrification Activists A tech-famous coffeeshop that was the storied birthplace of Airbnb and Stripe, The Creamery, is likely getting to move ahead with its plans to relocate to 14th and Mission streets from its former digs in SoMa after months of pushback.