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City outlines successor agency plan after state dissolves redevelopment; community groups warn of workforce and housing gaps
Summary
City officials described the successor agency structure required by AB 26, said major projects (Mission Bay, Transbay, Hunters Point/Candlestick) can continue under recognized enforceable obligations, and warned the Department of Finance will review obligations on a 10‑day timetable; community providers urged bridge funding for job‑readiness programs facing June 30 contract expirations.
Tiffany Bohe, director of the successor agency for the former San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, told the Budget & Finance Committee that state legislation (AB 26) and a subsequent state supreme court ruling dissolved redevelopment agencies statewide and required the city to create a successor structure to preserve enforceable obligations.
Bohe summarized actions the board took in January to step into a successor role: the city assumed redevelopment assets and obligations, transferred affordable‑housing assets to the Mayor’s Office of Housing (MOH), and confirmed appointments to an oversight board charged with reviewing claims that can continue to draw tax increment. She said the successor agency can continue to implement three "major approved development projects" — Mission Bay, Transbay and Hunters Point/Candlestick — under enforceable obligations recognized by the oversight board and the state.
"There is a new structure for redevelopment activities that are mandated by the state dissolution…
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