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NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (NAIOP SFBA) is delighted to bring you our first podcast! This inaugural edition was recorded at the chapter’s I.D.E.A. committee event which was held at Prologis’ San Francisco office on May 23, 2019.

The California Schools and Local Community Funding Act is an $11 billion special interest backed statewide ballot initiative that has qualified to appear on the November 2020 ballot. The measure amends Proposition 13 to raise taxes on commercial property by...

• HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY
• PARKING ENFORCEMENT REPEAL UP NEXT WEEK
• CITY FIGHTS PROPOSED BAN ON TOWING
• CARPET RECYCLING BILL RAISES CONCERNS
• CALIFORNIA BUDGET SIGNED – MONEY FALLING OUT OF THE SKY!
• ADA DRIVE BY! FIRM FILES 1,400 SUITS
• CALENDARS

• TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES – FIXED!
• CALIFORNIA COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE SUMMIT; SUCCESS!
• COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LEGISLATORS OF THE YEAR; SANTIAGO AND JONES
• BUDGET PASSES EARLY – SENT TO THE GOVERNOR
• PARKING ENFORCEMENT REPEAL OPPOSED
• TAX CONFORMITY BILL SUPPORTED
• DEFENSIBLE SPACE BILL SUPPORTED
• MEASURE EE SPLIT ROLL PARCEL TAX DEFEATED IN LOS ANGELES – EXCUSES
• WELCOME SENATORS GONZALEZ AND DAHLE

The NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area Chapter would like to acknowledge all of our sponsors of the 14th Annual Golf Tournament on Monday, June 3rd. Without their support, the golf tournament would not be possible.

• CELEBRATE FREEDOM/HONOR VETS THIS MEMORIAL DAY
• ONE WEEK TO GO!
• AB 142 – LACTATION ROOMS; PASSES SENATE
• WAYFAIR BILL SIGNED INTO LAW – ONLINE SALES TAX
• MORE BILLS ADDED TO JOB KILLER
• PROP. 13 WOULD BE GUTTED BY SCA 5
• CBPA OVERWHEMINGLY OPPOSES LAUSD’S MEASURE EE

• TWO WEEKS TO GO!
• THE SUSPENSE FILES: CALIFORNIA BILLS VANISH ALMOST WITHOUT A TRACE
• HOUSING BILL HELD ON SUSPENSE
• REDEVELOPMENT BILL DIES
• CBPA OVERWHEMINGLY OPPOSES LAUSD’S MEASURE EE
• PROP. 13 WOULD BE GUTTED BY SCA 5
• CBPA 2019 CALENDAR

The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (“COPA”), introduced by San Francisco Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer, was unanimously co-sponsored and approved during an April meeting of the Board of Supervisors.  The the act will amend the San Francisco Administrative Code to give certain qualified non-profit organizations both a right of first offer and a separate right of first refusal to purchase either multi-family rental properties (three units or more), or vacant lots zoned for three units or more. 

• GOVERNOR RELEASES NEW BUDGET– NOW WITH MORE FUNDING!
• CBPA OVERWHEMINGLY OPPOSES LAUSD’S MEASURE EE
• MEASURE EE UPDATE: LEGAL CHALLENGE TO LANGUAGE CHANGES
• PROP. 13 WOULD BE GUTTED BY SCA 5
• DYNAMEX COURT DECISION: ECONOMIC INSTABILITY AND UPHEAVAL
• CALENDAR

• CBPA OVERWHEMINGLY OPPOSES LAUSD’S MEASURE EE
• PROP. 13 WOULD BE GUTTED BY SCA 5
• ALL HOPE IS NOT LOST: DEMS QUIETLY KILLING SOME BAD BILLS
• JOB CREATORS!
• CBPA 2019 CALENDAR

University of California, Berkeley’s team, Golden Bear Real Estate, took home bragging rights, the coveted James W. Brecht Memorial Golden Shovel and a $2,000 check for charity compliments of Mechanics Bank at NAIOP SFBA’s 30th annual Cal-Stanford Real Estate Challenge Luncheon. The event, which was held on Thursday, April 25th at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco attracted a sold-out crowd of over 400. 

• HOUSING -- AB 36 PULLED, AB 1482 HEADED TO APPROPRIATIONS
• PROP. 13 GUTTED BY SCA 5
• AB 142 – LACTATION ROOMS PASSES THIRD POLICY COMMITTEE
• FOUR MORE JOB KILLERS NAMED
• CBPA 2019 CALENDAR