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The Housing Action Coalition

@HACdotorg

Advocating for more housing for residents of all income levels to help alleviate the Bay Area and California's housing shortage and affordability crisis.

San Francisco, CA Katılım Mayıs 2011
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We just secured an overflow room and released another 89 general admission seats and 25 more member seats in the main auditorium. First come first serve! bit.ly/lamayordebate
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We’ve partnered w/@streetsforall to host the first Mayoral debate of 2026! Hear their visions for the future of LA on housing, homelessness, infrastructure, and transportation. @raeforla @AdamMillerLA + @nithyavraman have confirmed. Mayor @KarenBassLA & @spencerpratt are TBD.

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑
M. Nolan Gray 🥑@mnolangray·
Over the past 20 years, America has basically stopped building condos. Owing to a mix of restrictive financing regulations and endless defect litigation, the most viable path to urban homeownership has largely disapprared. In my latest for @TheAtlantic, we explain why.
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The time it takes to permit new housing matters! Good proposals from pro-housing leaders in San Francisco will make a difference.
Bilal Mahmood 馬百樂@bilalmahmood

Why are 50,000 housing units entitled in San Francisco, but not breaking ground? In part, because it takes over 280 days to get permits approved after entitlement in SF - longer than any other major city. Last year, I authorized a first-of-its kind study from our city's analyst division: comparing our city's post-entitlement permitting system with other cities to understand how to fix this. Here's what we learned: 1. We have 5 different departments responsible for permitting post-entitlement, but no single point of contact. 2. That leads to bottlenecks in the process, where for instance the Department of Building Inspection has the longest step in the process at 30 days 3. The complexity of our building code (over 1000 pages long!) creates further delays with 3 rounds of review on average per project application To fix this, we need to streamline our post-entitlement processing through a mix of consolidation, consistency, and collaboration. We need to create a "one stop shop" for post-entitlement housing permitting. But because the responsibilities for each department responsible - like Planning and Building Inspection - are hard coded into our charter or city's constitution, this can be difficult to change. I will be accordingly introducing a charter reform measure for the November ballot to help fix this.

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Buffy Wicks@BuffyWicks·
California is a leader in innovation—it’s time to apply that mindset to solving our housing crisis. Today’s Terner Center report highlights 40 potential policy actions that could help increase adoption of innovative construction methods. Press Release: wicks.asmdc.org/press-releases…
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This targeted transfer tax reform will help lead to more new housing, and more affordable housing, for San Franciscans. The adjustment will ensure financially infeasible projects become homes for families, seniors, and everyone looking for an affordable place to live.
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Dave Rand
Dave Rand@DRand2024·
To the ULA repeal or bust crowd, yes in a perfect world the tax vanishes. I don’t think we live in that world. So @nithyavraman’s positive reform is crucial. Pinning all hopes on TPA is like tripling down on the Broncos today with no QB. Not impossible. But it’s a very risky bet.
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