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Mayor Breed tells supervisors city will clear ADU backlog; announces loan program for affordable housing preservation

3006224 · April 16, 2025
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Mayor London Breed appeared before the Board of Supervisors to discuss housing production and accessory dwelling units (ADUs), directed city departments to clear an ADU permitting backlog, and announced legislation with Supervisor Peskin to use Proposition C bond funds for an Affordable Housing and Seismic Safety Loan Program.

Mayor London Breed told the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Sept. 11 that increasing housing production must include smaller units and accessory dwelling units. She said the city has not produced enough housing and announced actions to speed ADU approvals.

"ADUs or in-laws are an important piece to our housing puzzle," Breed said, noting ADUs can house family members or in‑home support workers and that units added to rent‑controlled buildings become rent controlled themselves. She told the board the permitting process is "overly…

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