D9 Neighbors for Housing (SF)

Our pleasure! Thank you for your service!

Towards the end of the night there was some much-needed comedy time with @throgers.bsky.social, who brought a laugh while reminding people that we need housing and the FZP can help deliver it!

@bpinsf.bsky.social, who stayed in Room 250 from the beginning until the bitter end! And spoke as a lover of San Francisco who wants to live around his family (imagine that!)

Fearless D9N leader @serogers.bsky.social on what makes a city great!

@lala-wu.bsky.social on generational housing needs!

Meg Rudy on how the status quo is killing us!

Kate Voshell, D9 Neighbors lead, with more inconvenient facts!

@ruthferguson.bsky.social with some inconvenient facts!

Yes yes yes!

No name but....this is probably one of our members who likes free pony metaphors 😆

What do we want? More opportunity! When do we want it? Now!

Go Dan!

Thank you @wafoli.bsky.social for live-tweeting these proceedings. It's a ton of work! Our members made a strong showing yesterday to speak in favor of the Family Zoning Plan - reposts of our comments to follow!

D9 Neighbors for housing members and D9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder standing in a City Hall conference room.

Thanks to D9 Supe @jackiefielder.bsky.social and her staff for meeting with us yesterday! We had a productive conversation about housing issues and policies in D9 and beyond, and we look forward to more conversations going forward.

HUGE HOUSING NEWS: The Assembly just passed our bill allowing more homes near public transportation, SB 79!

We need more housing & we need it near transit. It’ll reduce traffic congestion & carbon emissions & increase transit ridership & affordability.

Go housing! Go transit!

More great comments, this from my friend and fellow YIMBY at @d9neighbors.bsky.social @mahdirahimi.bsky.social 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

@mahdirahimi.bsky.social biked across town at top speed after work just to give that comment!

We love housing and we love festive shirts!

Yes, add Bernal to the Family Zoning Plan please!

She was!

Speaker #69: Ruth Ferguson talking about the toll not building housing has had on a young person she recently talked with, about how we have argued but not taken action to actually solve our housing shortage

So proud of our members who showed up in force to support this plan at City Hall! #SFFamilyZoning Thank you @wafoli.bsky.social for live-threading the proceedings

The Law That Makes Your Planning Department Helpless to Developers YouTube video by D9 Neighbors for Housing

Nice explainer by @d9neighbors.bsky.social !

YouTube video by D9 Neighbors for Housing The Law That Makes Your Planning Department Helpless to Developers

Excellent, concise explainer about Builder’s Remedy by @d9neighbors.bsky.social ! Worth a watch AND ALSO a share to your circles.

Aside, not being a D9 resident, it’s amazing how vocal this advocacy group has been about bringing housing to Bernal. D8 could learn a thing or two from y’all! 😻

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The program's purpose is to equip young people to advocate for federal affordable housing solutions and drive housing policy change at the federal level. Fellows receive a stipend of $1,000 and travel support to a policy forum in DC.

Cool opportunity alert for our younger members! Apply by September 18 for the Generation Housing Justice fellowship. It's a national fellowship program from the National Low Income Housing Coalition for those aged 18-24.

NIMBYs were wrong to try to kill a 100% affordable housing site — but they’re right about one thing OPINION: Opponents of La Maravilla, the proposed affordable housing development at 16th and Mission, note that other neighborhoods aren’t doing their part to build homes, Ruth Ferguson writes.

Our own Ruth Ferguson is in the @sfchronicle.com today with a powerful piece on why we need to rezone Bernal Heights! Read it and share it: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

"We cannot continue to claim we support affordable housing while ensuring it is virtually impossible to build it in our backyards."

Our ask is for Bernal to be included in the Family Zoning Plan, so Bernal can build more badly needed housing. We're excited to keep building momentum around this issue!