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For what it's worth - Four of the eleven Supervisors (in San Francisco) were just up for re-election. Some of the candidates were much better than the others.
by kevinburke 10y ago
For what it's worth - Four of the eleven Supervisors (in San Francisco) were just up for re-election. Some of the candidates were much better than the others.
Marjan Philhour, a pro-housing candidate in District 1, lost by 1000 votes. If she won, pro-housing SF Supervisors would have had a 6-5 majority on the board. We were 1000 votes away from a much better housing situation in SF.
If you live in SF, the way we change this is by electing better Supervisors and kicking off the NIMBY's. Sandra Lee Fewer (the "progressive" candidate who wants zero new housing) had volunteers on every Geary street corner the day of the election. Get involved in your local races, donate money, volunteer to call people. Also, call/write your Supervisor when they try to pull crap like this: http://missionlocal.org/2016/11/in-stunner-city-strikes-down-major-mission-project/ http://missionlocal.org/2016/11/in-stunner-city-strikes-down...
- sagarm 10y agoHillary Ronen, Campos's former chief of staff, could turn out to be pro housing. She included building 5,000 units of "affordable" (BMR) housing in her platform: http://hillaryronen.com/hillarys-plan/ http://hillaryronen.com/hillarys-plan/ There's nowhere near enough public funds to subsidize that much BMR housing, so in theory she would have to support mixed developments. In practice it might just be lip service.
- kevinburke 10y agoAffordable housing is great but gets more expensive as market rate rent increases, and won't meet the demand for housing. I'm much more concerned about the market rate housing stock.