San Franciscans will be voting on the Board of Supervisors' proposed "Affordable Homes for Educators and Families NOW" (AHEFN) act this November.
Authors @SandraLeeFewer, @AaronPeskin, @MattHaneySF, and @shamannwalton describe it in their words here:https://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/affordable-homes-for-educators-and-families-now/ …
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In my opinion, saying that AHEFN will "end single family zoning" in San Francisco is misleading. However,
@qwhelan's original thread strongly implies that the Board added restrictions to the measure to minimize upzoning, which I disagree with.2 replies 0 retweets 3 likesShow this thread -
AHEFN upzones some single family (RH-1) parcels for 100% affordable housing. The city only finances affordable buildings that are > 50-70 units. Therefore, AHEFN only upzones RH-1 parcels that are *big enough* to fit these projects (10,000+ square feet).
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The total number of single family zoned parcels affected by AHEFN is 217, according to
@courtneyannmcd. There are many more single family zoned parcels in San Francisco, however many (maybe the majority?) are too small to fit 50-70 unit buildings.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likesShow this thread -
Does AHEFN "end single family zoning" in San Francisco? No. Is AHEFN a good faith attempt to change zoning to allow the city to build large scale affordable housing projects on some parcels that are currently single family zoned? In my opinion, yes.
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I think AHEFN is a step in the right direction, and I'll be voting yes on the measure in November. It's also notable that the change to single family zoning is just one part of the measure. As far as I know, the Board has never claimed AHEFN will end single family zoning.
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So, where do we go from here in order to actually end single family zoning in San Francisco? I'm interested in exploring how we could build affordable housing on the many, many parcels zoned RH-1 that are less than 10,000 feet and therefore not affected by AHEFN.
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@markasaurus, there's precedent for 6-9 (or even 12) unit buildings on lots as small as 2,500 square feet. Is there any world in which the city could fund multiple, smaller affordable housing projects? What would the barriers to this be? https://twitter.com/markasaurus/status/1153910849536348161?s=20 …Sasha Perigo added,
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Another idea could be to upzone every single family zoned parcel in the city and earmark them for affordable housing. Maybe then the city could prioritize acquiring adjacent lots through the small sites acquisition program to accumulate enough land to build a larger project?
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That's all I've got for now! This is all incredibly dense and confusing, and I've typed this out in hopes of sharing some of my learnings from tonight with the Twitterverse. Please feel free to correct me if and where I'm wrong!
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@sfplanning says only the mayor's office asked for a softsite analysis of their proposal and SFBOS didn't request one. So.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ LOL.
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