Last Tuesday a super-majority of the Board voted to delay a market-rate development at 469 Stevenson. For context, San Francisco has far exceeded our ABAG-determined goal for new market rate housing from 2015-2022, with over 18,000 units built and over 56,000 in the pipeline. (1) We have only built 6,000 new below market rate units, with 13,000 in the pipeline. When we’re hitting 148% of our market rate target and only 35% of our below market rate target, both of which will substantially increase in the next RHNA cycle, something is seriously wrong. (2)

At yesterday's PSNS meeting, we got an update on local implementation of the SB 1045 Housing Conservatorship program and delved into the imperative of moving forward key elements of Mental Health SF even, or especially, in the time of COVID-19. I remain frustrated that the (1/6) very modest expansion of conservatorships allowed by SB 1045 has been so molasses-like, but we do finally seem close to getting the first few potential candidates the care that they need. I have invited staff to report back to the Committee on Sept. 10, by which time they (2/5)