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Mayor says Ocean View library site lacks consensus and enough funding; supervisor presses for Brotherhood Way location
Summary
Supervisor Safaie asked Mayor London Breed to commit to building a new Ocean View library at Brotherhood Way and Orizaba; the mayor said there is not consensus on location and insufficient funding for a new building, but committed to working with the community and to using rehabilitation funding if the community wants work to proceed quickly.
Supervisor Ahsha Safaie told Mayor London N. Breed on Dec. 12 that residents of District 11 have long sought a new Ocean View library at Brotherhood Way and Orizaba, and asked the mayor to commit to the chosen site.
"The community I represent wants to see this library project move forward now. It's been over four years. They deserve this much needed resource," Supervisor Safaie said, describing the existing branch as less than 9,000 square feet and too small for the area's population of children and seniors.
Mayor Breed replied that the record of decisions and available funding do not support moving forward immediately on a new library at that site. "There is not consensus. There isn't sufficient revenue to move this project forward," the mayor said. Breed added that…
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