Press Releases

San Francisco Housing Approval Times To Plummet As Senator Scott Wiener’s Landmark Housing Law Takes Effect

SACRAMENTO – On Friday June 28, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) declared San Francisco the first city in California to be subject to SB 423, Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) landmark housing streamlining law passed by the Legislature last fall.



Senator Wiener’s Statement on Pushback to AI Bill

SACRAMENTO – Senator Wiener (D-San Francisco) issued the following statement:



Assembly Appropriations Committee Passes Senator Wiener Bills to Crack Down on Car Break-ins

SACRAMENTO – The Assembly Appropriations Committee passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 905, which eliminates the “locked door loophole,” a senseless barrier to holding auto burglars accountable.