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Mayor Breed urges charter change to speed 100% affordable housing, announces 1515 South Van Ness purchase
Summary
Mayor London Breed outlined a charter amendment aimed at reducing bureaucratic delays on projects that are 100% affordable and announced the city will buy 1515 South Van Ness to create roughly 150 family affordable units.
Mayor London Breed on Tuesday told the San Francisco Board of Supervisors she has submitted a charter amendment intended to cut what she called “the bureaucracy that delays much needed, 100% affordable housing.” She also announced the city will purchase 1515 South Van Ness with plans to build roughly 150 new affordable family housing units there.
Breed opened the discussion by saying the Mission District has seen steep demographic shifts and housing pressure: "building affordable housing isn't just about having the resources," she said, and the proposed charter change would "allow us…
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