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Mayor Lee urges new charter amendment, vows plan to address homelessness
Summary
Mayor Edwin Lee addressed the Board of Supervisors on Dec. 1, 2015, praising passage of a large affordable housing bond and announcing he will bring a charter amendment to voters next year that he says will require developers to build more affordable housing in new developments.
Mayor Edwin Lee addressed the Board of Supervisors on Dec. 1, 2015, praising voters for approving what he called the largest affordable housing bond in the city's history and saying he will propose a charter amendment next year to require developers to build more affordable housing in new developments.
"I have already announced, that we'll bring to the voters sometime next year a charter amendment that will require, housing developers to build more affordable housing in their new developments," Lee said during his remarks to the Board.
The mayor framed his remarks around the city's housing and homelessness challenges, stressing both public investments and private-sector roles. He described the bond as part of an "over $1.3 billion investment" and reiterated his administration's goal to deliver "at least…
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