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Constitutional Law

Nov. 1, 2014

Digging in over SF housing ordinance

Who is responsible for the housing crisis in San Francisco? And how can the government - within constitutional limits - leverage solutions through the land use permitting process? By Basil (Bill) Shiber


By Basil (Bill) Shiber


Who is responsible for the housing crisis in San Francisco? And how can the government - within constitutional limits - leverage solutions through the land use permitting process? San Francisco and other communities in the Bay Area are grappling with those questions, and so are the courts. In the most recent salvo, Northern District Court Judge Charles Breyer found a brand-new San Francisco ordinance, requiring landlords to pay compensation...

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