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SUPPORT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING GUARANTEE ACT (PROP I)
Hello. On your ballot support YES on Prop I. https://www.fairhousingsf.com/ It: 60% — building affordable housing (half of that to social housing) 25% — acquiring and preserving existing housing 10% — tenant protections (eviction defense + emergency rent relief) 5% — administration (cap, not a floor). There’s a lot of misinformation going around on this measure but it s a great step towards better housing. It increases the supply of housing so prices will go down ! It’s not a new tax but allocates money towards housing specifically using a tax on property over 10M (not new construction) We should all love this because we love new homes and keeping people safe ! Ask me any questions you might have !
This is the only way to stop the bleeding. We have 7,000 people on the streets and teachers can't afford to live here—without a legally enforceable production mandate, we'll keep getting 1,500 units a year and call it progress.
Does this actually work? A 5,000-unit annual target sounds great, but with construction costs at $800k per unit and interest rates high, who's going to build them? I need to see a realistic funding and delivery mechanism, not just a goal.
Vienna and Montgomery County prove this can work, but they also show it takes decades of sustained public commitment. Prop I's 15-year timeline with judicial enforcement is exactly the kind of binding mechanism we've never tried here—and that's why previous efforts failed.
What happens when the city misses the target for three straight years and gets sued? Mandates without capacity just create litigation, not housing. We risk tying up city resources in court battles while builders sit on the sidelines.
Here's what this unlocks: predictable funding stream means developers can actually plan ahead, and a guaranteed pipeline of affordable units lets families stay in the city. That's a generational shift in how we approach housing.
There's a real tension between wanting enforceable guarantees and fearing legal gridlock. Both sides have a point—the question is whether we can design oversight that holds the city accountable without drowning it in lawsuits.