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The Day After The Housing War

AirBNB protestWe take you through the fallout from the housing wars that went to the ballot in San Francisco — we’ll talk to the winners and the losers about what happened, and what’s next.

Guests:

  • Calvin Welch, long-time housing activist; lecturer in Urban Affairs at University of San Francisco; one of the principal proponents of Proposition F — the failed attempt to tighten regulations on short-term rental housing.
  • Gabriel Medina, Campaign Manager for Yes on Proposition I, the failed attempt to impose an 18-month moratorium on market-rate housing construction in San Francisco’s Mission District; also policy director for the Mission Economic Development Agency
  • Sonja Trauss, San Francisco Bay Area Renters Federation, which opposed both Propositions F and I.
  • Maria Zamudio, San Francisco Housing Rights Campaign Organizer for Causa Justa :: Just Cause
  • Aaron Peskin, Supervisor-elect for San Francisco’s District 3
  • Tim Redmond, editor and publisher of 48hills.org
  • Vicki Hennessy, Sherriff-elect of San Francisco

 

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