SF Politics Supervisors Relax Zoning Laws In Union Square and Downtown In Hopes of Filling Vacancies City Hall’s answer to the Union Square retail exodus is to bring in new things that aren’t retail, and the Board of Supervisors just voted unanimously Tuesday to loosen zoning laws on Union Square and downtown commercial conversions.
SF Politics What You Need To Know About Prop D, the Retail Vacancy Tax There are several local ballot propositions you'll be voting on today if you still do things the old fashioned way and go to an actual polling place, and perhaps none of them is more significant than Prop D.
SF Politics SF Supervisors Create 12 New Commercial Districts Ahead of Ballot Vote on Retail Vacancy Tax In an effort to curb the trend of landlords leaving retail spaces vacant, the SF Board of Supervisors voted this week to establish a dozen new Neighborhood Commercial Districts (NCDs) that will fall under a new vacancy tax law that's on March primary ballot going before voters.
SF Politics Vacancy Tax Passes Board of Supervisors, Will Appear on March Ballot Landlords will get charged by the square foot for keeping spots empty, if voters approve the Storefront Vacancy Tax in the March 2020 election.
