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Supervisors advance board'backed "Affordable Homes for Educators and Families Now" initiative, file ordinance for ballot
Summary
The Rules Committee heard the supervisors' initiative to rezone public sites for 100% affordable and educator housing and filed the measure for the Nov. 5, 2019 ballot. Supporters said it would protect low-income educators and reserve public land for deeply affordable units; critics warned about timeline and financing limits.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors' Rules Committee on July 11 heard and filed an initiative ordinance authored by several supervisors that would amend the planning code to rezone public and private sites for 100% affordable housing and set rules for educator housing projects.
Supervisor Feuer, a lead sponsor, told the committee the board's measure was designed to keep public land and public subsidies focused on the city's lowest-income residents and educators. "Who are we leaving behind?" she asked, urging that affordable definitions not be raised so high that low-income households are excluded.
The ordinance would: allow 100% affordable and educator…
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