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San Francisco's proposed upzoning plan fuels speculative development, threatening to replace existing affordable housing and small businesses with luxury condominiums. This leads to the demolition of rent-controlled units and displacement of cherished neighborhood establishments, reducing affordable options for residents and businesses. The city acknowledges the risk of mass displacement but lacks a plan to support affected tenants and businesses.
Mayor Lurie and the Board of Supervisors should focus on ways to finance the over 72,000 approved, community-backed housing units awaiting construction. Additionally, they should advocate for state recognition of housing capacity recently permitting by fourplexes and sixplexes on single-family lots -- the preferred housing type.
Abandoning former Mayor London Breed's controversial upzoning plans in favor of advancing these existing, approved projects will better protect our neighborhoods and residents, while developing more affordable housing alternatives to luxury high-rises for new residents and families.
Without community intervention, upzoning will lead to more evictions, higher rents, and the loss of cherished community businesses and open spaces.
For more information, please contact info@repsf.org or read REP-SF's blog post on SF Planning's proposed upzoning.
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