Harvey M. Rose Associates, LLC

02/13/2022

Vacant housing in San Francisco: Our report for Supervisor Preston as SF Board of Supervisors Budget & Legislative Analyst.
https://tinyurl.com/mwk44az2

A bombshell report from the city’s Budget and Legislative Analyst’s Office confirms what many have suspected for years — that tens of thousands of San Francisco apartments are just cold sitting empty in the midst of a housing crisis.

02/10/2020

Article and podcast interview with Fred Brousseau on our report on the impact of pass-throughs on tenants in rent controlled housing in San Francisco.

San Francisco has rent control – rents can only go up by a certain percentage per year in buildings constructed before 1979 – but there are some costs that landlords can pass on to tenants. Tenants, in turn, may apply for exemptions from some of the rent increases created by pass-throughs by sho...

02/10/2020

Podcast interview with Fred Brrousseau on our report on the impact of passthrough costs added to rent for tenants in San Francisco rent stabilized housing.

San Francisco has rent control – rents can only go up by a certain percentage a year in buildings constructed before 1979 – but there are some costs that landlords can pass on to tenants. Tenants, in turn, may apply for an exemption by showing that the cost creates a financial hardship for them....

08/01/2019

Coverage of our recent report on the role of conservatorships in addressing the mentally ill on the streets.

Why is there so much untreated mental illness on the streets? A new report has some answers — including a plunge in the number of people compelled to get treatment and a drop in the number of beds to treat them.

08/01/2019

New legislation adopted by the Board of Supervisors to ease City processes for opening a small business, analyzed in a recent report by our office, as cited in this article.

San Francisco takes a step toward streamlining the lengthy, complex permitting process for small businesses.

04/03/2019

San Francisco Chronicle coverage of our report on commercial vacancies and how City of SF adds to the problem with slow permitting process.

A new report finds that SF building permit applications for commercial property alterations, additions and repairs in 2017 took an average of 172 days - that's nearly six months - to be issued.

03/06/2019

As SF Budget & Legislative Analyst, we reported to Supervisor Mandelman on commercial vacancies in SF's Upper Market/Castro and how they are affected by the City's zoning and permitting. Referenced in this article.

Art studios, nonprofit offices, and restaurants serving wine and beer would find it easier to open along upper Market Street in San Francisco's gay Castro district under zoning changes being proposed by District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman.

02/21/2019

Op-ed references report we prepared as SF Budget & Legislative Analyst on number of housing units that would need to be added to make SF housing affordable (hint: a lot!)

Marc Benioff, co-CEO of Salesforce, assailed his own industry in an interview in Davos, Switzerland, calling San Francisco a “train wreck” of inequality “because of the tech sector.” There’s one problem with his charge: Both measures he uses for inequality — homelessness and soaring hous...

12/07/2018

News coverage of presentation of our performance audit report of the Maui County Department of Liquor Control

Maui County Liquor Control Director Glenn Mukai strained a smile on Monday as he sat through a presentation of findings from a scathing performance audit of the Department of Liquor Control conducted by Harvey M. Rose Associates, LLC, a third-party consulting firm commissioned by the Maui County Cou...

12/07/2018

SF Chronicle coverage of our new report on Muni Transit Operator staffing shortage.

The driver shortage in San Francisco’s bus and rail system is nearly twice as bad as officials claimed during a crippling summer slowdown, according to a report released Wednesday. The city’s budget and legislative analyst revealed the new number during a tense Board of Supervisors hearing to de...

12/06/2018

In a report for San Francisco Supervisor Vallie Brown, we found that the number of bus and rail driver applicants keeps going down at already short-staffed SF MUNI. What can attract more to apply for and stay on the job? See our report (https://bit.ly/2FWYgps).

04/02/2018

To address its digital divide, San Francisco is taking steps towards establishing a citywide municipal fiber network. Read our report (https://bit.ly/2Gt2Tn0) on the digital divide in San Francisco, prepared as Budget and Legislative Analyst.

And check it out this article in Gov Tech (https://bit.ly/2uvcFUl) to learn more about San Francisco’s fiber project.