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Community and commissioners press for accountability at Alice Griffith housing; OCII to agendize oversight task force
Summary
Residents and local contractors told the OCII commission that management and maintenance problems at the Alice Griffith Hope SF development — including trash, elevator outages and heating‑related fires — persist. The commission voted to agendize creation of an affordable housing task force to examine oversight and enforcement.
Commissioners and community members on Oct. 1 sharply criticized the ongoing conditions at Alice Griffith, the Hope SF redevelopment in Candlestick Point, and directed staff to place an affordable housing oversight task force on a future OCII agenda.
Elizabeth Colomelo, OCII’s housing program manager, updated the commission on operations at Alice Griffith. She said earlier phases were transferred to the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD) as the housing successor and that OG teams have been coordinating with developers and property managers. Colomelo described operational challenges since the COVID‑19 pandemic, including lower operating income and higher costs (notably water and insurance), and noted MOHCD has used emergency…
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