08/21/2026
"All that Scott’s bills have accomplished are giveaways to land speculators and pandering to the libertarian fantasies of the tech crowd (including cult favorite carpetbagger Saikit and his crew of Charles Manson like nomad devotees), and the pockets of his billionaire tech bros. In 2017 and 2018 weiner passed a double whammy of SB35 to streamline approvals when cities didn’t meet the state-mandated housing production goals, then insidiously authored SB828 to triple those goals (with little relation to actual need), making sure that no city in the state would ever be able to achieve those goals. The result was to ensure “by-right” luxury housing approvals statewide, with no requirement to actually build the housing, and no funding for the affordable portion of the goals. In 2025 he passed SB79, a blanket upzoning affecting 3/4 of San Francisco, which raised height limits in many areas from the more affordable wood-frame construction to much more expensive concrete and steel construction, which ironically may result in slowing down housing production while jacking up land values. And just this year, he was a supporter of AB736, which would have done away with one of SF’s only direct sources of funding for affordable housing, the real estate transfer taxes on properties over $10 million dollars. Who loves $10 million properties? Scott Wiener does." Fernando Marti
Dustin Lee knew something was wrong when the apartment he shared with two roommates went quiet. He knocked on his roommate’s, Michael Hutchings, door with no answer. Lee called the authorities for a wellness check, who found Hutchings dead.
Lee had been subletting from Hutchings for six years. If he wanted to stay in his unit, he would have to pay market value or leave in 30 days. The rent would triple to $9,250, the going rate for their three-bedroom apartment, according to the landlord. Read more: https://sf.news/4qMbDvH