“It’s to try to deter the city from messing around,” she said.
San Francisco breaks state housing law often enough that a fund to sue it raised nearly $300,000. Sonja Trauss wants $1 million by year end. The city killed projects at 469 Stevenson and 450 O’Farrell, and the state opened an investigation. When a city only follows the law under threat of lawsuit, the lawsuit is the permit office.