Politics Reporter

Han Li

As the state pushes cities to produce more housing, homeowners are applying for exemptions on the basis of "preservation."

The city is hemorrhaging young people because of the cost of housing: building more is the answer.

Some constituents who helped put the mayor in office are outraged by his support of a housing development proposal. 

This old state law lets anyone block a development for next to nothing. San Francisco NIMBYs use it to stop new grocery stores and housing.


The eight-story Outer Sunset apartment complex will only be smaller than the de Young’s tower. Yet locals are dubious it will actually happen. 