Housing

Too many residents of San Francisco and San Mateo County, especially long-time residents and younger generations, are being squeezed out of the neighborhoods they love because of the housing crisis and spending most of their paychecks on rent.

In the Assembly, David will protect our neighborhoods and grow in a smart way that builds affordable housing with the support of the community, rather than the runaway growth we’ve seen in recent years that threatens to destroy the rich diversity of our neighborhoods. His top priorities on housing include:

 

David supports rent control. David has lived in the Richmond district for most of his life and has seen how bad housing policy has decimated the renter population in his neighborhood. He wants to protect renters and small landlords from greedy and exploitative policies that are being pushed by big housing developers and corporate landlords.

David supports having more community input on big housing decisions, like zoning, density and CEQA protections. He believes that housing decisions are often made by big corporations who want to build without any regard for residents and their long-term health. David sees that we are building market rate housing, but many of these units remain expensive and unattainable for many residents of Assembly District 19.

With upwards of 61,000 houses in San Francisco that go unused, it’s clear that housing developers are taking advantage of residents and building housing that does not alleviate the housing crisis. David plans to regulate corporate landlords and prevent them from buying up single family homes, which are driving up housing prices and preventing Californians from owning homes in their communities.

As an educator, David understands that many students are being priced out of attending colleges away from home. Even with financial aid, many students are living out of their cars just so they can attain a quality education. David supports SFSU’s efforts to create more student housing and believes more can be done to create affordable student housing.

David supports social housing and believes the state must do more to support alternative housing models like community land trusts.