Veritas’ Reckoning: The City’s Biggest Landlord Faces $1 Billion Debt
Veritas, the largest landlord in the city, has been revealed to be delinquent on a staggering $1 billion in debt, potentially leading to the sale of several of their properties. We’ve written about this company several times. From creating ADUs that residents called “a living hell“, Taking out small business
SF’s Biggest Landlord Veritas is Facing a Tenants ‘Debt Strike’ Revolt
As of Monday morning, the state of California sits four days from a September 30 eviction cliff, and nearly 5,000 San Francisco households have applications for rent relief that are still completely in limbo. Obviously, quite a few of these terrified tenants live in properties belonging to Veritas Investments, San
Veritas, SF’s Biggest Landlord, Received PPP ‘Small Business’ Loan…& They’re Not Returning It
This isn’t the first shady thing that Veritas has done, not by a long shot. They’ve ‘allegedly’ harassed longterm, rent controlled tenants in order to try to get them out. They’ve ‘allegedly’ charged obscene rent increases to “cover rising maintenance and operations costs”. They’ve ‘allegedly’ maintained squalid building with lead-contaminated water and broken elevators. They’ve even ‘allegedly’ threatened to sue a housing nonprofit for a Facebook post they didn’t like. And that’s just the stuff people have been brave enough to speak out about. Just imagine all the other nefarious things they’ve gotten away with because people have been afraid they might lose their housing if they spoke up. Allegedly…of course.
Must-Visit Gallery Exhibitions in San Francisco Currently
It’s fall in the Bay Area and that means art openings, wine and the ubiquitous round of ignored brie and crackers…oh yes, and the grapes, there’s always grapes! If I were to try to tell you to go to any single show I couldn’t actually do it. Galleries and museums
Breaking Barriers: VR-Enhanced Drag Comes to SF
Ambrose Trataris aka Destroy Herr struts around a multicolor stage at CounterPulse, resplendent in a reality all his own. No really, he’s doing a drag performance utilizing Virtual Reality to activate an avatar behind him. This performance is the result of the ARC Combustible a residency that gives artists space
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VERA! A Drag King You Should Know
With a massive collection of fanny packs and a heart full of acceptance and love they are winning the hearts of the Bay Area.
Club Deluxe is Saved!
Club Deluxe is no longer closing! The beloved Upper Haight club is going to remain open after a lengthy mediation on Monday night between Sarah Wilder, owner of Club Deluxe, and property owner Veritas Investments. As we had hoped, the city did in fact step in and supported Club Deluxe
City Officials are Stepping in to Try to Save Club Deluxe
The closing of Club Deluxe has rattled everyone this past couple of weeks. The closure has felt absolutely devastating for all of us. The loss of this club will forever change The Haight and The City. Now that we’re past the shock of the announcement, we’re learning that there is