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New COPA Policy Now in Effect as of June 2, 2019
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New COPA Policy Now in Effect as of June 2, 2019
Court Strikes Down Alameda Impact Fees in Boatworks, LLC v. City of Alameda
San Francisco Nonprofits Granted Right of First Offer to Purchase Residential Buildings With Three or More Units
Newly Passed Measure Puts Pressure on Owners of Vacant Storefronts
Ninth Circuit Decision on Santa Monica Short-Term Rental Ordinance is Win for Cities, Defeat for Airbnb
San Francisco Supervisors Again Attempt to Limit Home, Apartment Sizes and Limit Demolitions
San Francisco's Off-Street Parking Requirements Eliminated for Good
San Francisco's Large Central South of Market Upzoning Finally To Take Effect In January
SB 50: As Housing Crisis Continues, Senator Weiner Announces Revised Upzoning Legislation
Capturing (San Francisco) Lightning in A SOMA Bottle
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Repeal of Costa Hawkins Could Preclude Developers of New Buildings From Ever Selling Condominiums If Their Projects Have a Recorded Condominium Map But No Public Report
Central SOMA Rezoning Plan Goes Before SF Board of Supervisors For Approval For The First Time
SB 827 - State Senator Wiener's "Neutron Bomb" Law to Override Localities Limitations on New Housing
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Three Important New Actions Taken By San Francisco Board of Supervisors To Control Medical and Recreational Cannabis Facilities
San Francisco Reworks its Program for Requiring Developers to Assist With Affordable Housing
San Francisco's Tree Ordinance: New Rules Helping Property Owners Taking Effect this July 1
New and Retroactive Seismic Improvement Requirements Affecting Older San Francisco Buildings: How Property Purchases and Refinancings May Be Affected
Amendments to the In Law Unit (Accessory Dwelling Unit) Law
Post-Recession Tentative Maps Not Yet Recorded: Will San Francisco Give Any More Extensions?
City To Allow Developers To Assist In Small Affordable Housing Site Acquisitions
Removal Of Housing Units (Legal Or Not) Becomes Even Harder In San Francisco
San Francisco Boosts Housing Inventory by Authorizing Infill "In-Law" Units Across the City For the First Time
Prop I May Shut Down Market Rate Housing in the Mission
Supervisor Campos Initiates Market Rate Housing Moratorium
Voters Approve the Mayor’s Ballot Initiative Calling for a Goal of 30,000 New Dwellings of which 30% Percent will be Affordable
Recent Local Anti-Speculation Tax – Although Defeated Last November, The Proposed Law Is Expected to Return In a Form More Likely to Pass
Board of Supervisors Enacts Tighter Chain Store Regulations after Two Years of Debate
Moratorium on Conversion of PDR Uses in Central SoMa Plan Area
What the Final New Airbnb Legislation Means for You, Your Tenants and Your Liabilities
New Law Seeks To Make Industrial Incubator Spaces Called “Small Enterprise Workspaces” More Attractive To Build
Proposed Ballot Initiative Measure Introduced by the Mayor Would Block Proposed Affordable "Housing Balance" Initiative Measure in Most of the City
A High Tax to Inhibit Quick Sales of Small Rental Properties
San Francisco Ballot Measure Proposes to Slow Down Development of Market Rate Housing When Not Enough Affordable Housing Is Being Built
If You Build It, They Will Come
San Francisco Board of Supervisors Considers Restricting Construction of Market Rate Housing in the Central City and SOMA When Not Enough Affordable Housing is Being Built
San Francisco Proposes Regulations for Airbnb and Similar Platforms
Proposed Ordinance Will Require Ventilation System Installation for Many Projects in San Francisco’s SOMA District and Elsewhere Near Major Roadways
San Francisco Supervisors Make Major Changes to Housing Laws During the Most Recent Month
New SF Laws Affect Residential Apartment Building Owners
San Francisco Takes One More Step Toward An Almost Complete Ban of New Chain Stores (Formula Retail Stores)
Developers Handed Victory from California Supreme Court on City Inclusionary Housing Fees
Recent Court of Appeals Case May Give San Francisco Developers More Apartment Units Per Lot If Otherwise A Development is Not Feasible
As of June 1, 2013, Compliance Required for New Disabled Access Local Rules for Non-Residential Properties, Under San Francisco Administrative Code Section 38
CEQA Law Change: After Ten Years, San Francisco Permit Holders Do Not Have To Wait Until Construction Starts To Be Free of Appeals of Their Permits
Supreme Court's Koontz Ruling a Victory for Landowners
Changes Proposed to the Sale of Transferable Development Rights in San Francisco Will Open the Market Once Again
July 1, 2013 Is the Final Date to Take Advantage of a San Francisco Development Impact Fee Deferral Program
The City Has Decided that Projects Within the Pool of 375 Efficiency Dwelling Units To Be Approved Will Not Be Decided by Lottery
San Francisco Proposal May Expedite Development of Contaminated Properties - But the Devil is in the Details