San Francisco Property Management Firm Gaetani Celebrates 75th Anniversary San Francisco, CA, May 26, 2021 (PR.com) Gaetani Real Estate, a San Francisco-based property management firm, is celebrating its 75th year in business, making it the oldest continuously-family owned and operated property management companies in the Bay Area.
The company was founded in 1946 as T.E. Gaetani Investments by Tony Gaetani Sr., after his return to San Francisco from serving the U.S. Army in the Pacific during World War II. He had originally sought a career with the California Highway Patrol, but suffered a debilitating back injury while attempting to save someone from jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge, forcing him to seek out a less physically-demanding line of work. He subsequently founded the firm in the family’s house on 7th Avenue in San Francisco, eventually purchasing a building at 4444 Geary Blvd. where the company’s headquarters remain to this day. Tony Sr. handed-off the business
San Francisco’s Costly Plan to Ban Gas in Buildings
To convert more than 240,000 housing units from gas- to electric-power could cost the city as much as $5.9 billion. Natural gas currently makes up 38 percent of the city’s greenhouse gas emissions.
May 05, 2021 • (TNS) San Francisco, Calif., wants to ban gas appliances and electrify buildings to make a difference in fighting climate change. There s just one catch with nine zeroes.
Electrifying more than 240,000 gas-powered housing units in San Francisco could cost between $3.5 billion and $5.9 billion, the city estimated in a new report. The report said a key barrier to electrical retrofits is the financial burden that would fall on property owners, city government or both.
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Will S.F. residents have to ditch their gas stoves, heaters? S.F. wants to ban them, but it could cost up to $5.9 billion
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Casa Adelante apartments in S.F. were built in compliance with local ordinances banning natural gas.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
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A heat recovery ventilator, which captures warmth from interior air and applies it to fresh external air to diminish energy usage at the Casa Adelante apartments at 2060 Folsom in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, December 29, 2020. Casa Adelante is being built in compliance with local government ordinances that passed this year banning or restricting natural gas in new construction. Various cities around California have passed such laws, including San Francisco.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less