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Rules panel hears charter amendment to create housing and development commission; departments warn of delays
Summary
A first-draft charter amendment to create a Housing and Development Commission to oversee MOHCD and OEWD drew robust testimony June 30. City departments warned the change could slow grant-making and housing production; supporters said the commission would increase transparency and neighborhood oversight.
A first-draft charter amendment that would create a Housing and Development Commission to oversee the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development and the Office of Economic and Workforce Development drew hours of testimony at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee on June 30.
Sunny Angulo, representing Supervisor Eric Peskin, said the measure is a “good‑government” proposal intended to provide oversight and transparency for departments that administer budgets “in the hundreds of millions.” She said the charter change would require the commission to review proposed development agreements and conveyance of certain surplus city property, and to adopt rules for competitive…
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