Peoples Plan Support Letter

October__, 2008 Hon. Supervisor _______________ San Francisco Board of Supervisors One Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244 San Francisco, CA 94102-4689

Re:

MAC’s amendments to the Eastern Neighborhoods Plan

Honorable Supervisor ___________, I sign this letter in support of the Mission Anti-Displacement Coalition’s (MAC’s) proposed amendments to the Eastern Neighborhoods (EN) Plan. The Mission District is where working families from diverse backgrounds call home. It is a community with vibrant local-serving commercial corridors and is brimming with cultural assets. As such, the Eastern Neighborhoods Plan should prioritize the concerns of residents over developers. I support MAC’s amendments to the Eastern Neighborhoods Plan to:

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Increase the number of family sized affordable housing units on our commercial corridors (Mission, Valencia, 24th Streets) by requiring 30% inclusionary housing for all market-rate projects (e.g. for sale units would be affordable to families earning under $82, 900, and rental units would be affordable to families earning under $49,750);

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Reverse family flight by requiring 100% affordable housing for building sites over 10,000 square feet (e.g. 17th & Folsom);

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Establish a strong, well funded acquisition and rehab program to preserve smaller rent controlled buildings on our commercial corridors;

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Protect safety-net housing for low-income people by eliminating market-rate Single Room Occupancy Hotels

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Strengthen the character and economic diversity of our commercial corridors by maintaining heights of 45 to 55 feet, to reduce incentives for speculators to evict community serving businesses to develop luxury condos;

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Strengthen community control by requiring public input for determining building heights and the types of businesses that can locate in the Mission (i.e. bars, clubs and hostels);

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Retain and attract blue-collar jobs opportunities in the city by protecting light industrial businesses from being converted to luxury condos and office space, and require that new companies hire local workers.

I oppose the current EN Plan passed by the Planning Commission because it will continue the exodus of families and locally owned businesses from the Mission. I urge you to help solve the crisis faced by moderate and low-income San Francisco families with children by supporting the amendments of the Mission Anti-Displacement Coalition. Sincerely,

I Support the People’s Plan

2008