PASZ Supports Menlo Balance Initiative

by Editor | Jun 17, 2022 | Feature, Housing

Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning (PASZ) have circulated a letter supporting the Menlo Balance initiative for local control.

Planning Commission to review new Housing Element—which is based on fantasy

by Editor | Jun 7, 2022 | Feature, Housing

For decades, cities like San Francisco have issued new housing elements every ten years, and for decades they haven’t made much difference. The last version, approved in 2014, called for far more affordable housing than the city has funded and approved. Meanwhile, the city has authorized more luxury housing than the state says it needs.

The state’s housing goals would require massive demolition and evictions in SF

by Editor | Jun 2, 2022 | Feature, Housing

Data shows that RHNA rules are just impossible without complete urban transformation. What was Wiener thinking?

If San Francisco is going to rely on private for-profit developers to build most of its new affordable housing through inclusionary mandates, the amount of new market-rate housing will have to more than triple what state currently requires.