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City presents draft economic strategy update, staff flag housing, inclusion and transit as top priorities
Summary
OEWD and partners presented a draft update to the city's economic strategy, highlighting the need for more housing, career pathways and transit capacity; analysts reported growth concentrated in high-wage and low-wage sectors and underperformance of local-serving industries.
City officials presented a draft update to San Francisco's economic strategy on Feb. 26, emphasizing housing supply, inclusive workforce pathways and transportation capacity as core priorities.
"The city's economy is really driven by its relationship to external markets," Todd Ruffo, director of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, told the Planning Commission as he introduced the report and its framing of export and local-serving industries.
Laurel Arvanitidis outlined actions taken since the 2007 strategy, including sector-based…
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