Tenant Counseling Program Press

2020

APRIL | SF BUSINESS TIMES | PROPOSED 27-STORY MID-MARKET TOWER UNDERWHELMS AT INITIAL REVIEW

JULY | SF BUSINESS TIMES| SCALED DOWN PLAN TO REZONE MARKET-OCTAVIA 'HUB DISTRICT' APPROVED BY S.F. SUPES

2019

FEBRUARY | SF EXAMINER | SUPPORT BUILDS FOR PLAN TO GIVE NONPROFITS FIRST CRACK AT BUYING APARTMENT BUILDINGS

APRIL | SF EXAMINER | SUPES BLOCK SOMA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OVER SHADOW CAST ON NEIGHBORHOOD PARK

APRIL | SF WEEKLY | CITY GRANTS NONPROFITS FIRST PRIORITY IN BUILDING SALES

MAY | THE NATIONAL LAW REVIEW | EIR FOR DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO MIXED-USE PROJECT UPHELD UNDER SUPREME COURT’S NEWLY ARTICULATED STANDARD OF REVIEW

DECEMBER | BIZJOURNALZ | THE CENTRAL SOMA PLAN HIT BY LAWSUIT

2018

JANUARY | SF WEEKLY | A CHALLENGE TO GENTRIFICATION, OR A RESTRICTION OF ECONOMIC GROWTH?

JANUARY | GOLDEN GATE EXPRESS | HUNDREDS MARCH IN SOLIDARITY TO AVOID GENTRIFICATION IN MISSION DISTRICT

MARCH | SF EXAMINER | DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION: SAN FRANCISCO’S NEW VISION FOR SOMA

APRIL | SF GATE | A CITYWIDE CRISIS IN GENTRIFICATION? NEW SF RESIDENTS MAKE FAR MORE MONEY THAN THOSE LEAVING

APRIL | CITYLAB | WHAT SURFERS UNDERSTAND ABOUT GENTRIFICATION 

JUNE | SF EXAMINER | ADVOCATES RALLY FOR FILIPINO FAMILIES FACING EVICTION IN SOMA

JUNE | SING TAO DAILY | FOUR FILIPINOS IN THE SOUTH MARKET DISTRICT PROTESTED THE FORCED EVICTION OF CHINESE OWNERS ***TITLE TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE

JUNE | TFC | SF COMMUNITY SUPPORTS FILIPINO FAMILIES THREATENED WITH EVICTION

JUNE | SF EXAMINER | PROP. F VICTORY IN SF COULD BUILD MOMENTUM FOR STATEWIDE RENT CONTROL FIGHT

JULY | PEOPLE POWER MEDIA | 92-YEAR-OLD AMONG FILIPINOS FACING EVICTION IN SOMA

JULY | SF EXAMINER | SUPES BEGIN REVIEW OF CENTRAL SOMA PLAN EXPECTED TO ADD 8K HOMES, 33K JOBS

JULY | SF CHRONICLE | CHANGES TO SF’S CENTRAL SOMA REZONING PLAN WOULD RESULT IN MORE HOUSING

JULY | 48 HILLS | TOO MANY JOBS, TOO LITTLE HOUSING IN SOMA

JULY | SF EXAMINER | #NOTALLYIMBYS

JULY | SF EXAMINER | HERE’S HOW TO COMBAT SAN FRANCISCO’S AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS

SEPTEMBER | SF CHRONICLE | SF GROUPS TO PUSH FOR CHANGES TO MAJOR REZONING PLAN IN SOMA

SEPTEMBER | 48 HILLS | THE UTTER ABSURDITY OF THE CENTRAL SOMA PLAN EIR 

SEPTEMBER | TFC | SF COMMUNITY RALLIES FOR EVICTED FILIPINOS IN THE SOUTH OF MARKET DISTRICT

SEPTEMBER | SF EXAMINER | TENANT ACTIVISTS CALL OUT SAFAI FOR VOTE ON RENT CONTROL MEASURE

SEPTEMBER | SF CHRONICLE | SF SUPERVISORS PUSH FORWARD PLAN FOR SOMA DESPITE OPPOSITION

SEPTEMBER | SF EXAMINER | PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVES SOMA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT DESPITE COMMUNITY CONCERNS OVER PARK SHADOWS

NOVEMBER | MERCURY NEWS | RENT-CONTROL POLICY `LIKELY FUELED THE GENTRIFICATION OF SAN FRANCISCO,’ STUDY FINDS

DECEMBER | SF CHRONICLE | DEVELOPERS JOCKEY TO BE 1ST TO BUILD IN REZONED SOUTH OF MARKET HOT SPOT

2017

JANUARY | SF EXAMINER | COURT REJECTS APPEAL OF 5M PROJECT

JULY | INQUIRER | FIL-AM NEWS SHOW FILMS CAMP OF HOMELESS FILIPINOS IN SAN FRANCISCO

 DECEMBER | THE GREENLINING INSTITUTE | AN OPEN LETTER TO THE NEXT MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO: CONFRONT GENTRIFICATION

2016

JANUARY | HOODLINE | SOMA, TENDERLOIN ACTIVISTS SUING SAN FRANCISCO OVER 5M PROJECT APPROVALS

JANUARY | CURBED SF | SOMA'S MAJOR 5M PROJECT GETS SUED BY LOCAL ACTIVIST GROUPS

JANUARY | HOODLINE | SOMA FILIPINO COMMUNITY DIVIDED ON COSTS, BENEFITS OF 5M DEVELOPMENT

APRIL | HOODLINE | SF LAND TRUST ACQUIRES ANOTHER SOMA BUILDING, THWARTING FUTURE EVICTIONS

2015

MAY | ALJAZEERA | SAN FRANCISCO FAMILIES FACING EVICTION DESCRIBE HEALTH PROBLEMS, STRESS

JUNE | SF GATE | REVISED 5TH AND MISSION PLAN ADDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OPEN SPACE

JUNE | SF GATE | 5M DEVELOPER ALTERS PROJECT TO INCLUDE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING

JULY | INQUIRER | RENTERS RALLY BEHIND SF OFFICIAL’S ANTI-EVICTION MEASURE

AUGUST | SF CHRONICLE | BIG SOMA DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 5M ON TRACK FOR FIRST VOTE

SEPTEMBER | SF CHRONICLE | LONG-DEBATED SOMA HIGH-RISE PROJECT COMING TO VOTE

SEPTEMBER | INQUIRER | FILIPINOS UP IN ARMS VS. NEW SAN FRANCISCO BUILDING PROJECT

OCTOBER | SFIST | SOMA COMMUNITY GROUPS FILE APPEAL AGAINST BIG 5M DEVELOPMENT

OCTOBER | SFIST | SOMA NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS APPEAL 5M DEVELOPMENT PLANS

NOVEMBER | HOODLINE | FOREST CITY'S MASSIVE 5M DEVELOPMENT WINS FINAL APPROVAL