Rules Committee forwards ordinance to fix Ocean View library site on city-owned parcel

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to send to the full Board a committee report endorsing an ordinance that would require the replacement Ocean View branch library to be sited on city-owned Parcel D at 100 Orizaba, subject to environmental review and other applicable laws.

Supervisor Safai, the ordinance’s lead sponsor, told the committee the parcel was selected after five years of community engagement and a 2019 feasibility study that evaluated five Brotherhood Way sites. "In a blizzard of misinformation and half truths," Safai said, criticizing recent statements from the mayor that she said suggested there was no budget and safety concerns; Safai argued the community and city departments had already done the work to advance the Brotherhood Way site and that funding exists to move forward. Safai cited earlier funding actions — a…