What Makes A GREAT Mayor?
A Plea For San Francisco Leadership to ‘Get Things Done’ As a native San Franciscan who’s also been around a while, I look at…
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How SVB’s Failure Will Affect San Francisco’s Commercial Real Estate Market
San Francisco is home to a large commercial real estate market and real estate investors are closely monitoring the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)….
Why Affordable Housing Will Not Be Built Anytime Soon in San Francisco
Governor Newsom and the Department of Housing and Community Development have mandated each county to have a plan to build affordable housing, with a statewide…
San Franciscans: Are We Getting Our Money’s Worth?
San Francisco’s Mayor, Ed Lee, just announced a $10.1 billion city budget, with increased spending to address homelessness. The two-year budget proposal, which includes a…
How Permit Delays Continue to Impact Our Neighborhoods
I was recently handling a retail listing in the Sunset District in San Francisco that had been vacant for over a year before I took…
Why San Francisco’s Affordable Housing Leads to a Dead End
For years, San Francisco has been tackling a major housing crisis. At an average of over $4,500/month for a two-bedroom apartment, San Francisco has become…
Why San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors Cannot Avoid Enforcement of Building Codes
On the heels of the recent tragic Oakland fire, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is working to protect our artist community by preventing enforced…
An Open Letter to San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee
Dear San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, Several years ago, one of our citizens and small business owner, Juliet Pries, had an idea to open a…
Why You Should Care More About Cost of Office Rent in San Francisco
When you are in a hot market like we are experiencing in the San Francisco-Bay Area, affordable office space is hard to come by. According…
What San Francisco Can Learn from a City Like Calgary
I recently visited Calgary in Alberta Canada. Calgary has grown considerably since I was last there in 1979. The cosmopolitan city is filled with numerous…