Sen. Scott Wiener: Open Bay Area Safe Drug Use Sites, and High-Density Housing

December 9, 2020 3:35 pmDecember 10, 2020 5:57 pm

From the “you can’t make this stuff up” file, Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) wants to allow San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles to open “safe-drug-use” sites – at a time when the entire state state is in lockdown –...

Sen. Wiener’s SB 50 is Back; Will Strip Zoning and Land-Use Requirements From Any Type of Housing

June 22, 2019 9:29 amJune 24, 2019 12:43 pm

Unable to accept the killing of his controversial housing/zoning bill SB 50, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) has found the backdoor answer to reviving it: Wiener has replaced the language in two other bills with most of his SB 50...

Conflict Over Sen. Appropriations Chairman’s Decision to Kill Housing Bill Until 2020

May 17, 2019 1:55 pmMay 18, 2019 5:16 am

Thursday the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee announced that SB 50 by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) will become a “two-year bill,” effectively shelving the bill would mandate building significantly more dense housing throughout the state, near public mass...