Veritas tenants reached out to the Castro Merchants Association, who hosted December’s Castro tree lighting with major sponsorship from Veritas Investments, conveying their disappointment with the Association’s decision to work with Veritas. Their president sympathized with tenants and asked for people to send emails to their email address to show the rest of their leadership that partnering with Veritas is unacceptable.    Please send an email to info@castromerchants.com today! Here is a letter template, and feel free to add your own reasons for why a small-business association should not associate with a real estate investment firm that has priced or forced out many … (click for more)

California now has state price control and just cause for all multi-unit buildings and some single family homes with a certificate of occupancy issued more than 15 years ago. See details on this new law by clicking on this link  http://hrcsf.org/ab-1482-ca-price-control-and-just-cause/ or going to “tenants rights info” tab above and clicking on AB 1482.

Our Response to Yat-Pang Au’s Open Letter to San Francisco Full response letter: Dear Yat-Pang Au, As many of our staff — and certainly all of the tenants with whom we work — are San Franciscans, we are responding to your Sunday advertisement in the San Francisco Chronicle. Our conversations so far with tenants who read the ad show that tenants know the truth about Veritas. You founded Veritas in 2007 at a time when you knew a tech boom was coming. As Bloomberg reports, “The city was on the cusp of another technology boom, drawing entrepreneurs and money from across … (click for more)

Energized by the recent rent rollback for 500+ tenants in 34 buildings throughout SF, Veritas tenants are rallying again on FRIDAY, NOV. 15 at 4:30 PM at 1 Bush St., to roll back the rents at more buildings across SF. Join us! Our immediate demands of Veritas are: – Cancelation of pending capital improvement passthroughs – Rollback of ALL capital improvement passthroughs already impacting tenants – Rollback of ALL operations & maintenance rent increases ruled on prior to last year’s change in the law Additionally, we are putting out a call to the Board of Supervisors for a citywide rent freeze on … (click for more)