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San Francisco County, CA | November 7, 2006 Election |
Promoting Family HousingBy Rob BlackCandidate for Member, Board of Supervisors; County of San Francisco; Supervisorial District 6 | |
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How we can keep our City's most valuable resource -- our families -- in San FranciscoHOUSING San Francisco must provide a diverse stock of housing if it is ever going to retain its residents, especially working families. The increasingly high cost of living forces families, workers, teachers, police and firefighters out of the City and discourages new job growth. Housing must be available for San Franciscans of all income levels, yet we are currently not meeting the need for those individuals who can reasonably afford middle-income type housing like our firefighters, police officers and teachers. The housing stock structure in District 6 is severely flawed: imagine a ladder with the middle rungs missing. San Franciscans cannot move up the housing ladder without the middle-rungs of workforce/family housing. As we plan for the future of District 6, it is imperative to create a variety of housing opportunities for our workers who are essential to our City. Some ways to begin to address our housing problems include:
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