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Public comment floods committee hearing; residents, labor and businesses clash over displacement and preservation
Summary
More than a hundred speakers gave testimony for and against the Family Zoning plan; labor, tenant and neighborhood groups pressed for binding demolition and rent‑control protections while many residents and environmental groups urged passage to create capacity and climate benefits. The committee accepted some sponsor amendments and set follow‑up dates for further review.
The Land Use Committee opened a long public‑comment period after staff presentations. Speakers represented labor unions, neighborhood groups, tenant organizations, small‑business advocates and individual residents from across the city. Testimony split between those urging quick rezoning to add housing capacity and those who warned rezoning would trigger demolition, displacement and loss of historic character.
"I am in opposition to the proposed upzoning family zoning plan unless some of the amendments we've talked about today are accepted," George Whaling told the…
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