Peskin: teachers' name is being invoked for a project they don't support, so the Mayor's proposal doesn't pass the smell test. "This is the people's house." Did the people not vote for the mayor?
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MOHCD reiterates: goal is to accelerate building of affordable housing.
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Walton: of course it's City's job to build more housing. Asking, where is the bulk of affordable housing being built? MOHCD: District 6 (Haney) and D10 (Walton).
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"Who holds up the rezoning for Francis Scott Key." MOHCD: rezoning would require another environmental impact review.
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Another MOHCD (?) rep comes up and says that UESF asked the Mayor's Office to work with the BOS on the content of the charter amendment. And the BOS said


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MOHCD asking BOS to accept a couple of amendments: removing definition of teacher housing to be discussed later; and allowing historical preservation commission to still review affordable housing projects.
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Fewer: remaining charter amendment would still define affordable housing at 140% and says that it the City would allow market-rate housing could be constructed by-right. MOHCD corrects her on that second point. Fewer responds that she still thinks the Mayor is trying to do that
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MOHCD: We're just trying to accelerate affordable housing. Fewer: "The real people in San Francisco are making $60K a year."
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Fewer: if we allow 140% AMI to be built, developers will only build that. MOHCD: this is only intended to be additive on top of the City's work.
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Ronen: is there any example anywhere in the USA where someone could build market-rate housing and instead choose to build affordable housing? She points out for the few affordable housing projects in her district, the delay is 100 days. Is that really a big deal?
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You would mandate more affordability across the board, rather than using a custom, highly-unpredictable process that takes 5+ years.
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