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Supervisors, advocates clash at Planning hearing over competing inclusionary housing proposals
Summary
Four supervisors and dozens of community speakers appeared before the Planning Commission on March 16, 2017 to debate two competing proposals to revise San Francisco’s inclusionary housing rules. Supporters of a higher, on‑site requirement say it will protect low‑income households; backers of a workforce/middle‑income approach say it fills a growing ‘‘missing middle.’’
San Francisco’s Planning Commission spent the bulk of its March 16 hearing on dueling proposals to change the city’s inclusionary housing rules, hearing long presentations from supervisors and an extended public‑comment period in which unions, tenant groups and neighborhood advocates made opposing cases.
Supervisor Asha Safai and Board President London Breed argued for a proposal that prioritizes so‑called workforce housing and raises average AMI targets for some projects, saying the city is failing teachers, janitors and other working families who can’t afford to stay. ‘‘The best way to ensure workforce housing actually gets built is to incorporate it in privately funded inclusionary housing,’’ Breed said, describing the policy as a way to keep the city’s workforce from being pushed out.
By contrast, Supervisor Jane Kim and…
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