34c47e80_ervisor_Election_Questionnaire__D_Web_site__StarchildForSF_com
[0] 5. Although home prices are not rising as quickly as they have in recent years, home ownership in San Francisco remains out of reach for most middle-income people. Now, rental prices are going up too. What actions, if any, should the city take in response to these conditions? Dufty: I support the mayor's plan to build 15,000 new units of housing over five years (previous era there were about 1,000 new units built annually). I was vice chair of the Budget Committee this year, and we earmarked $20 million for affordable housing for families and seniors--the largest general fund allocation ever. I supported landmark legislation that penalizes Ellis Act evictions and created a Castro charrette process for community input on in-fill housing on Market Street. Rosenthal: I support rent control, and I am proud to be endorsed by the S.F. Tenants Union. I will work to make sure developers in the District are building the maximum amount of inclusionary housing. I will promote first-time buyer programs such as community land trusts and limited-equity cooperatives. I pledge to place limits on the use of the Ellis Act, and make it harder for real estate speculators to profit by the displacement of tenants.
Starchild: Rewrite zoning laws to let people live in underused industrial and commercially zoned areas. Allow more condo conversions. Replace wasteful "affordable" housing programs with housing vouchers given directly to low-income residents. End rent control. It's no coincidence that U.S. cities with rent control have expensive rental housing. I say this as a tenant living in a rent-controlled apartment. And cut the bureaucracy and red tape to make building new housing easier and less expensive.
District 8 Supervisor Election Questionnaire
STARCHILD Web site: StarchildForSF.com