There is so much at stake in this election – starting with the most fundamental question: who gets to stay in San Francisco?
Of the major candidates for Mayor, only Aaron Peskin has a record of always fighting to protect San Franciscans from displacement, a consistent stand on expanding rent control, and by far the strongest record on building housing that working people can afford. Only Peskin is standing up to the developer-backed plan to demolish rent controlled buildings and small businesses in our neighborhoods and replace them with luxury high-rises up to 30 stories tall. Before you vote, make sure you know where the candidates stand on issues like affordable housing and protecting renters.
The Affordable Housing Alliance, the Tenant’s Union, and the Working Families Voter Guide all agree – Aaron Peskin has the strongest record on affordable housing and making sure working San Franciscans won’t be evicted and displaced.
Where Do the Major Candidates Stand on Rent Control and Protecting Working Families and Small Businesses from Displacement?
WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE
THE CANDIDATES STAND.
THE CANDIDATES STAND.
Where Do the Major Candidates Stand on Rent Control and Protecting Working Families and Small Businesses from Displacement?
ISSUES
AARON
PESKIN
LONDON
BREED
DANIEL
LURIE
MARK
FARRELL
Strengthening state and local rent control laws
Strongly supports
Opposes
Opposes
Opposes
Supports housing affordable for low- and middle-income families
Proposed and helped pass multiple affordable housing measures
Supported most affordable housing measures
Helped finance one affordable housing development
Failed to support most affordable housing measures
Prohibiting corporate landlords from price fixing
Wrote first-in-the-nation law to ban price fixing rents
Initially refused to support but signed final legislation
Refused to support
Refused to support
Funded by corporate landlords and for-profit developers
Supported by small donors and workers’ groups
Supported by landlords and developers
Largely self- and family-funded, but also funded by real estate
Supported by landlords and developers
Allowing luxury high-rises on neighborhood residential and shopping streets
Supports new housing where it makes the city better, not worse
Proposed the measure which will demolish rent-controlled units and devastate legacy small businesses
Supports the luxury high-rise plan
Supported by corporate landlords and developers, and supports the luxury high-rise plan
FACTS ON HOUSING IN SAN FRANCISCO
This year alone, big landlords, for-profit developers, and Republican-backed groups have spent $41 MILLION dollars and counting to take control of City Hall and elect corporatefriendly candidates.
61% of San Francisco households are renter-occupied.
Strengthening state and local rent control laws could protect the 40% of San Francisco tenants who are currently unprotected.
15,000 eviction notices have been filed in San Francisco in the past decade and postpandemic evictions are skyrocketing.
GET THE FACTS
Strengthening state and local rent control laws
- “Live TV mayoral debate shows sharp contrast between Peskin and the others,” 48Hills, September 12, 2024 [Link]
Supports housing affordable for low- and middle income families
Aaron Peskin
- “San Francisco Developers Have Mixed Feelings About Peskin’s Middle Income Housing Plan,” KQED, July 11, 2024 [Link]
- “Mayor Breed and President Peskin Introduce Housing Bond for the March Ballot,” City and County of San Francisco, September 12, 2024 [Link]
- “Supervisor Aaron Peskin’s Housing Record,” San Francisco Board of Supervisors, April 2024 [Link]
- “2019 Affordable Housing General Obligation Bond,” City and County of San Francisco, 2019 [Link]
- “SF supervisors seek to stop illegal home demolition,” Curbed, December 12, 2018 [Link]
- “Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Aaron Peskin Introduce Resolution to Authorize $75 Million in Funding to Convert At-Risk Buildings to Affordable Housing,” San Francisco Mayor’s Office, December 12, 2024 [Link]
London Breed
- “Breed blocks affordable housing project in District 5 for ‘petty politics’,” Mission Local, January 18, 2024 [Link]
- “Breed won’t support affordable housing in gentrified Hayes Valley,” 48Hills, October 29, 2023 [Link]
- “Mayor Breed is sabotaging her own $300M affordable-housing bond,” Mission Local, February 19, 2024 [Link]
- “Mayor Breed Taps New Federal Program to Deliver 3,700 New Homes, City and County of San Francisco, July 18, 2024 [Link]
- “Mayor Breed and President Peskin Introduce Housing Bond for the March Ballot,” City and County of San Francisco, September 12, 2024 [Link]
- “Mayor London Breed Celebrates the Grand Opening of New 100% Affordable Housing Project in San Francisco’s Excelsior District,” City and County of San Francisco, September 5, 2024 [Link]
- “Mayor London Breed Celebrates the Grand Opening of New 200 New ‘Missing Middle’ Homes in South of Market Neighborhood,” City and County of San Francisco, August 8, 2024 [Link]
- “Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Aaron Peskin Introduce Resolution to Authorize $75 Million in Funding to Convert At-Risk Buildings to Affordable Housing,” San Francisco Mayor’s Office, December 12, 2024 [Link]
Daniel Lurie
- “Daniel Lurie is selling a housing miracle to voters. The reality is messier,” The San Francisco Standard, September 24, 2024 [ Link]
Prohibiting Corporate Landlords from Price Fixing
- “San Francisco Board President Aaron Peskin Introduces First-in-the-Nation Local Ban on Rent Price Fixing, Calls Out RealPage Rent Crisis,” San Francisco Board of Supervisors, July 16, 2024 [Link]
- “SF bans automated software accused of price-fixing housing rents,” The San Francisco Examiner, July 30, 2024 [Link]
Funded by corporate landlords and for-profit developers
- Campaign Finance Dashboards – November 5, 2024, San Francisco Ethics Commission [Link]
- “See how they run: Mayor Breed’s 2024 election financing,” Mission Local, August 9, 2024 [Link]
- “Breed getting crushed in fundraising in tough reelection fight,” The San Francisco Standard, February 5, 2024 [Link]
- “Billionaire mother of SF mayoral candidate spends $1M on her son’s race,” SFGATE, January 30, 2024 [Link]
- “Daniel Lurie’s mother spends $1 million to help him win San Francisco mayor’s race,” The San Francisco Standard, January 30, 2024 [Link]
- “Dan’s dollars: Lurie drops $1.3M more into his own mayoral campaign,” Mission Local, August 30, 2024 [Link]
- “Mark Farrell says you can trust his campaign finances. A surprise trip to his office left me wondering, San Francisco Chronicle, August 16, 2024 [Link]
- “Republican rent-control foe gives $500K to Mark Farrell ballot-measure committee,” Mission Local, July 8, 2024 [Link]
Allowing luxury high-rises on neighborhood residential and shopping streets
- “Supes fear mayor’s housing law could imperil rent-controlled units,” Mission Local, October 3, 2022 [Link]
- “Mayor’s Office missing as supes discuss mayor’s proposed housing policies, 48Hills, September 28, 2024 [Link]
- “Live TV mayoral debate shows sharp contrast between Peskin and the others,” 48Hills, September 12, 2024 [Link]
LABOR HOUSEHOLDS AND WORKING FAMILIES:
THIS IS WHAT’S ON YOUR BALLOT THIS NOVEMBER:
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Rent Control: the chance to protect more San Franciscans from rent hikes we can’t afford
2
Building more housing that’s affordable for low- and middle-income families
3
Fighting displacement – or making it worse
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Standing against landlord and developer control of City Hall
Paid for by San Francisco Working Families Voter Guide Supporting Aaron Peskin for Mayor,
Sponsored by Healthcare, Hospitality, and Service Workers Unions Committee major funding from:
1. UNITE HERE TIP State & Local Fund: $300,000
2. Service Employees International Union Local 1021 Candidate PAC: $238,000
3. National Union of Healthcare Workers Candidate Committee: $175,000
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