The Yimbys are winning the media narrative, and that’s bad for all of us

The Yimbys are winning the media narrative, and that’s bad for all of us

Oct 16, 2023 | Housing, Media, Opinion

By TIM REDMOND
OCTOBER 16, 2023

It’s too early to know what the local news media will do about a Board of Supes committee deciding today to once again delay Mayor London Breed’s extensive changes in local housing approval rules.
But based on a big piece in the SF Standard today, we can guess: It will be all about the Nimbys continuing to slow down changes that would allow more housing in the city and bring down prices.

Are YIMBYs on the Verge of Winning San Francisco’s Housing War?

Are YIMBYs on the Verge of Winning San Francisco’s Housing War?

Oct 16, 2023 | Housing, Media

Written by Josh Koehn
Published Oct. 16, 2023

In the dog days of summer, while many California state legislators were vacationing or raising campaign money during the monthlong recess, Scott Wiener was convening secret meetings. The state senator and a close-knit crew of housing wonks were hatching a plan to make an 11th-hour amendment to one of his bills—one that would surely raise the hackles of some of his fiercest critics.