Category: San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — In a historic vote, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors overturned Mayor Breed’s veto of a controversial housing bill. “This is the first time that the board of supervisors overrode a veto, because it’s so important. San Francisco is such a special place and it has grown for centuries, and it can continue to grow, but there is a right way to do it and there is a wrong way to do it. And demolishing our historic buildings that are really the pride of San Francisco,…

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San Francisco Mayor London Breed admitted temporary defeat Tuesday after she tried and failed to veto a city housing bill. The bill “will enact housing density controls for most developments in the Jackson Square Historic District, the Jackson Square Historic District Extension and the Northeast Waterfront Historic District,” according to The San Francisco Standard. However, the proposal notes, “Projects under the city’s office-to-residential conversion program are exempt from the new rule.” “The vote was 8-3, with Supervisors Myrna Melgar, Joel Engardio and Matt Dorsey siding with the mayor,” the outlet…

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