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Noe Valley Home of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon Receives Landmark Designation The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on May 4 voted to pass an ordinance that will designate 651 Duncan Street—the former longtime home of lesbian activists Del Martin (1921–2008) and Phyllis Lyon (1924–2020)—a landmark. The decision itself is history-making, marking the first such designation for a property in the western U.S. due to significance primarily concerning the lesbian community. Supervisors Rafael Mandelman, Dean Preston, Aaron Peskin, Ahsha Safai, and Gordon Mar sponsored the ordin...

Laval has taken a major step in revising its urban planning regulations by adopting a draft urban planning code by-law (CDU), a regulation inspired by best practices in urban planning and part of an approach based on Form-Based Code and will soon be the subject of a public consultation. “Our expert urban planners have set the bar very high and have worked tirelessly over the past three years to achieve this result” said Stéphane Boyer, deputy mayor, vice-president of the executive committee. The bylaw is the result of more than 50,000 hours of work and 2,000 meetings he says, and...

Since we last reported on this topic, many of the residential and commercial eviction moratoriums that were enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have been amended, replaced and/or extended. These moratoriums are generally set to expire on June 30, 2021. Depending on how COVID vaccination and the broader economic recovery play out in the coming months, these moratoriums may be further extended. Residential Evictions At the state level, the COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act (“CTRA”), which protects residential tenants from eviction for non-payment of rent due to COVID-19, is comprised of ...