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Supervisors introduce a package of neighborhood, language‑access and legacy business measures
Summary
On July 9 the Board introduced several new proposals: a neighborhood preference program for affordable housing, a legacy business preservation fund to bring measures to voters, a language‑access pilot for board meetings, a surveillance accountability ordinance, and a measure to increase public‑benefits enrollment in supportive housing.
Supervisors used the July 9 meeting to introduce multiple pieces of legislation covering housing preference, cultural preservation, language access, surveillance oversight and supportive‑housing benefits.
Neighborhood preference for affordable housing: Supervisors Christensen, Cohen and Weiner introduced legislation to give priority in certain affordable housing lotteries to neighborhood residents and to expand preferences to people displaced by no‑fault and Ellis Act evictions, expirations of rent‑restricted units, and unit demolitions. Sponsors said the change is intended to increase the odds that people displaced or long rooted in a…
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