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Board orders municipal‑housing measure to ballot that would authorize up to 10,000 affordable rental units
Summary
Supervisors approved placing an initiative on the Nov. 3, 2020 ballot authorizing the city to own, develop or acquire up to 10,000 affordable rental units under Article 34 (California Constitution) — a step intended to expand the city’s ability to pursue municipal housing options while advocates continue pushing for state repeal of Article 34.
The Board approved a motion on July 28 to order an initiative ordinance to the Nov. 3 ballot authorizing the City and County of San Francisco to own, develop, construct, acquire or rehabilitate up to 10,000 affordable rental units under Article 34 of the California Constitution.
Supervisor Dean Preston, the item’s lead sponsor, described the measure as one component of a broader progressive revenue and housing package intended to expand…
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