SF Politics State Auditors Step Into Housing Element Mandate Mess, Question Whether Regulators are Doing Enough to Help Cities California cities are scrambling to comply with state-mandated housing element goals, and they may be scrambling too hard, as a state committee is going to audit whether the goals are too demanding and the penalties too harsh.
SF News SF Supervisors Pass Crucial Housing Ordinance Urged by State, But With Changes State Might Reject The SF Board of Supervisors played chicken with a state deadline to remove constraints on housing production, and while they theoretically met the deadline Tuesday, the amendments they added could still cost SF big money.
SF News Cafe Cocomo, Sound Factory Close To Make Way For Housing; Elbo Room Under Threat Too [Updated] Add losing local music venues to the ever-increasing list of casualties of the tech boom. As SFist previously reported, the owners of Mission venue Elbo Room were considering turning it into a 9-unit
SF News New NoPa Condos and Retail Coming Next Door To The Independent The corner of Divisadero and Grove, the longtime home to Alouis Auto Radiator at 650 Divisadero Street, will soon be turned into condos and retail spaces. Many NoPa residents are concerned, in particular