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Instagram · SF YIMBY and other pro-housing orgs HAVE been advocating for single-stair reform for years. But whatever it is that Mayor Daniel Lurie announced is not that.
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Instagram · Ballots are arriving, so let's show up for our endorsed campaigns! RSVP link in bio.
Instagram · SF Supervisor Myrna Melgar is done with NIMBYs abusing CEQA to block housing!
Instagram · Following new allegations of sexual assault against Manny Yekutiel, SF YIMBY has withdrawn its #2 endorsement of him. Sexual assault is never acceptable, and a pattern of sexual assault from someone seeking elected office is disqualifying. We call on Manny to end his campaign for District 8 Supervisor so our city can focus on the key issues that matter to San Franciscans.
Instagram · The SHADE Act is moving forward to end bogus appeals against housing in San Francisco, as it just got unanimous approval at the Land Use Committee on the Board of Supervisors. Over the last decade, over 2000 homes have been blocked or delayed from being built due to NIMBYs exploiting our environmental laws, appealing these housing developments on the basis they cast a "shadow". With our SHADE Act,…
Instagram · Come out tomorrow to support Gary McCoy, our #1 endorsed candidate for District 8 Supervisor (and longtime member of our chapter!). First timers welcome.
Instagram · I’m honored and grateful to have received the endorsements of both SF YIMBY and the SF Tenants Union. To solve the housing crisis, we must ensure we safeguard our tenants and renters and work to build more housing at every level. #garymccoysf #sanfrancisco #sfsupervisor #yimby #tenantsunion
Instagram · Come join the Westside Family Democratic Club and SF YIMBY to learn more about San Francisco’s New Family Zoning Plan. San Francisco’s Family Zoning Plan turned back decades of exclusionary zoning on the city’s West Side, but it hasn’t done enough to meet the state’s mandate. David Broockman, UC Berkeley associate professor of political science, explains why and where San Francisco will need to p…
Instagram · PROP 45 DEBATE UPDATE! 🗣️ We’re adding another debater: Jason Elliott, former longtime adviser to @cagovernor. Newsom referred to Elliott as his “Swiss Army knife” for his work across issues including housing and homelessness. Elliott will join Kelsey Brewer, Jordan Grimes, and Andrew Schwartz for our virtual Prop 45 debate on Wednesday, September 30, at 4:00 PM PT to tackle a complicated questio…
Instagram · The Family Zoning Plan counted on a lot of the homes in “the pipeline” breaking ground this year, but that just hasn’t happened. Join us on 9/23 at Sunset Commons where UC Berkeley Assc.Prof. David Broockman will explain the circuit breaker built into the FZP to ensure the city actually hits its housing goals by 2031. RSVP link in bio!
Blog · A Deep Dive into San Francisco’s Illegal Efforts to Evade State LawOr: Is Swiss Cheese Contiguous?
Instagram · Mayor Daniel Lurie has declared a rent emergency in San Francisco, and no one should be surprised that the rent is too damn high. In the time it takes San Francisco to issue a permit for a new multi-family building, Raleigh is cutting the ribbon to open new homes for its residents. The housing shortage caused by decades of slow-walking every project through the city’s artisanal and arbitrary plann…
Instagram · Join us on Thursday, September 17 for our next meeting! Get the latest on housing and hear from our endorsed campaigns on how to get involved. Link in bio!
Instagram · What if we told you there was something YOU could do to bring more affordable, abundant housing to your neighborhood? It takes people willing to get active, speak up, and fight for more homes in their communities. That’s what we do as YIMBYs: we show up locally, support pro-housing candidates, and fight for the policies that get homes built. If you’ve ever been frustrated about housing, this is yo…
Instagram · Nearly 300,000 California K–12 students experienced homelessness last school year. For too many families, getting ready for school doesn't happen in the comfort of a home. It happens wherever they can find a safe place to get through the morning. Housing instability doesn't just affect where a family sleeps. It affects whether kids can get to school, focus in class, and have the stability every ch…
Instagram · I am honored and proud to be endorsed by YIMBY for District 8 Supervisor. For decades, District 8 simply hasn’t built its fair share of homes at every level of affordability, and rents have climbed while families and workers get pushed out. No one should be lining up and down the block in Noe Valley or Twin Peaks or the Castro to be forced to outbid each other on one-bedroom apartments that cost m…
Instagram · 5 years ago, the SF Board of Supervisors voted to block 495 units of housing on the former Nordstroms Parking Lot. In part, just because it would have cast a shadow. That’s why in partnership with @sf.yimby, I have introduced the SHADE Act, so this will never happen again. The SHADE Act will bring San Francisco into alignment with state law. It will prohibit the use of “shadows” as an excuse to la…
Instagram · San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Rafael Mandelman says he wants to preserve historic buildings in the city with his proposed ordinance which arbitrarily doubles the number of protected sites. But by unfairly removing Supervisor Bilal Mahmood from the Land Use Committee for introducing sensible amendments which would preserve housing capacity, Mandelman showed that his true objective is…
Instagram · SF YIMBY today condemned Board President Rafael Mandelman's decision to remove Supervisor Bilal Mahmood from the Land Use and Transportation Committee and the Government Audit and Oversight Committee (GAO), following Mahmood's push to offset new historic designations with additional housing capacity elsewhere in the city. Mahmood's proposal would require that when San Francisco designates a proper…
Instagram · Call your Assemblymember NOW! SB 1383 would allow NIMBY cities to create arbitrary barriers to building more housing, completely undermining state density bonus laws which have produced tens of thousands of new homes. Go to the link in our bio to find your representative and call TODAY!
Instagram · District 10 Supervisor candidates Theo Ellington and JR Eppler on why housing is so important for the neighborhoods they are running to represent. Tell us in the comments where you'd love to see more housing in D10!
Instagram · In our first batch of endorsements, we considered the ballot measures now known as Propositions C, D, and E - and our members voted to endorse Yes on them. We will consider other propositions in the coming weeks. Additionally, back in the spring, we did early endorsements in favor of the Muni funding measure (now known as Prop H) as well as the Regional Funding Measure, and our members helped gath…- Blog · Concerning San Francisco Board of Supervisors (re: file #260132)We oppose section 3 of ordinance file #260132 which would exclude several parcels from the zoning standards allowable under SB 79
How we work
Reform the rules
Back zoning reform and streamlined permitting so more homes are legal to build, especially near transit and jobs.
Educate & engage
Turn out residents to the meetings that matter and make it easy to take a pro-housing position on local projects.
Build partnerships
Work with neighbors, labor, faith groups, and builders toward a shared abundant-housing agenda.
San Francisco YIMBY is a chapter of YIMBY Action.
One of the local groups organizing for more homes across the country, backed by the national team.