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Rules Committee considers charter amendment to create Housing and Development Commission; item continued for more amendments
Summary
Committee members and public speakers debated a proposed charter amendment to establish a Housing and Development Commission to oversee OEWD and MOHCD. Supporters sought transparency and strategic planning; supervisors expressed concerns about charter prescriptiveness. The item was continued to allow more amendments and to preserve ballot timing.
Clerk introduced Item 3 as a second‑draft charter amendment to create a Housing and Development Commission to oversee the Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD) and the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) and to appear on the Nov. 8, 2016 ballot. Sunny Angulo (Supervisor Peskin's office) summarized proposed changes intended to narrow the commission's scope, remove workforce functions from commission jurisdiction, require a citywide strategic plan for housing and community development every five years, and add both an at‑large…
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