The daily Post

Prop I, on the November 2015 ballot, puts a 18-month pause on luxury development in the Mission District. If passed, Prop I will require public engagement for a plan including 50 percent affordable housing in the district. For more information on why to vote yes, click here.

Mayor Ed Lee, under pressure by tenants, did not veto the important legislation for tenants, so it becomes law effective November 9, 2015.

Aaron Peskin, who is running for San Francisco Supervisor District 3, is not part of the frightening power machine that Ron Conway of Airbnb is using to further enrich himself and his cronies. Prop F will help reduce the removal of housing (15% according to the study by the City of San Francisco) for tourist use as the current law is unenforceable. The new law will still allow responsible, temporary vacation rentals.

Some landlords are ethical and don’t find it a hardship to be an ethical landlord. Here’s a letter to San Francisco Supervisors Cohen, Wiener, and Kim on the Land Use Committee from an ethical landlord.

The San Francisco Supervisors passed new tenant eviction protections which now await the Mayor’s decision. In a battle for election, Christensen is pressured into voting for tenants.

The San Francisco City Attorney is suing Anna Kihagi (who varies the spelling of her name) for a pattern of unlawful business practices that include waging “a war of harassment, intimidation, and retaliation” against tenants in order to force them from their rent-controlled homes.

The Board of Supervisors vote on the Eviction Protections 2.0 on September 22, 2015. The legislation was divided into two parts. One part of the legislation includes everything including the rights of tenants regarding roommates (supported by Supervisor Kim and Cohen, objected by Supervisor Wiener). However, the second part of the legislation contains everything else WITHOUT the right of tenants having roommates.

The new (September 2015) 17th Edition of the San Francisco Tenants Union Tenants Rights handbooks are in! Get the latest updates on your rights.

Tim Redmond of 48 hills explains the flaws in the politically biased report by the city’s economist that inaccurately claims the negative effects of a temporary moratorium on building luxury housing in the Mission District of San Francisco. Read about the problems in the report here.

The East Bay Express explains in their September 16, 2015 cover article “Turning Housing into Hotels” the problems with Airbnb and other vacation rentals.