Two Ballot Measures Zero In on S.F. Affordable Housing Crisis

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San Francisco's downtown and North Beach neighborhoods. Photo by Craig Miller/KQED

By Stephanie Martin Taylor, KQED News Fix

When Jane Kim first ran for San Francisco Supervisor in 2010, she made the creation of more affordable housing her top priority.

“But I don’t think at that time, when we were at the bottom of a recession, I could have predicted the affordability crisis,” Kim said.

Kim’s district is a microcosm of the city’s housing extremes. It includes the Tenderloin and Civic Center area — home to some of the city’s poorest residents. Meantime, gleaming new condominiums and apartments in SoMa, Rincon Hill and Mission Bay house some of the city’s wealthiest.

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix. 

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