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Housing & Land Use4
‘Not everybody deserves to live here’: Renters find empathy — and mockery — on Nextdoor
Renters looking for a one-bedroom in San Francisco under $3,800 get both sympathy and mockery when they ask for help on Nextdoor. The piece collects posts from renters hunting apartments and the lectures about rent control that follow.
Bigone ‘Murder House’ Listed for $6,300 a Month
The three-bedroom, two-bath house at 2518 46th Ave. in the Sunset is listed for rent at $6,300 a month, after earlier listings at higher prices. A wrongful death lawsuit filed by his son, previously reported by The Sunset Beacon, said Bigone paid $3,200 a month in cash.
‘Artist Space Trust’ Opens Applications for Affordable Duplex In SF’s Mission District
Artist Space Trust is taking applications through November 22 for a duplex in the Mission District, the first property in the Berkeley nonprofit's Artist Housing Commons, as the SF Examiner reported. Under the community land trust model, the group keeps ownership of the land and sells the homes to artists below market rate, according to KQED. Celadon House will eventually house two artist households.
Chinatown rally backs Props C and I and opposes Prop D
Community groups rallied Saturday at the plaza above the Chinatown-Rose Pak station to urge Asian American voters to support Propositions C and I and reject Proposition D on the November ballot, Sing Tao reported. Speakers said C and I would pay to build and preserve affordable housing so Chinatown seniors and working families are not pushed out, and that D would raise the signature threshold for ballot measures from 2 percent of voters to 8 percent.
Public Safety2
Ex-SFPD sergeant kills wife — former SFPD deputy chief — and daughter in alleged ‘double-murder suicide’
Kevin Mannix, a retired San Francisco police sergeant, is the suspect in an alleged double murder-suicide that killed his wife, former SFPD deputy chief Ann Mannix, and the couple's youngest daughter, Katherine.
Suspect fleeing on scooter killed in S.F. police chase on Mission St.
A man wanted on a warrant died Monday after fleeing police on a scooter in SoMa. Police say he struck his head on a street fixture; witnesses told Mission Local that an officer tackled him into a bus shelter.