Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Dean Preston are facing off over how to allocate Prop. I funds, which was intended to generate funds for affordable housing much like the Eddy and Taylor Family Housing affordable housing project in the Tenderloin.
Affordable housing funding is poised to be one of the spiciest issues in San Francisco's budget process, as Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Dean Preston square off over how to allocate revenues from Proposition I.
Mayor London Breed’s $14 billion proposed budget largely overlooks the recommendations of the Housing Stability Fund Oversight Board, a group formed by the Board of Supervisors to advise on how to spend Prop I money, and reduces overall spending on affordable housing. The way Preston and his allies see it, the budget for affordable housing should go up by close to $137 million, by dedicating all Prop I revenues for that purpose.
Preston argues that The City has a mandate to spend Prop I funds on affordable housing, citing language used during the campaign and a unanimous Board of Supervisors resolution affirming that the new revenues should be for that purpose. The Board then created the Housing Stability Fund Oversight Board to bring in community members to determine how that money should be spent.
For the most part, Breed chose not to adopt these recommendations. The only two items that made it into her budget were the $4 million for upgrades to senior housing, and $10 million to upgrade The City's existing stock of affordable housing, according to a statement from Breed's office. The Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development is currently the main agency in charge of affordable housing. Its $205 million budget for next fiscal year represents a decline of nearly $53 million from this year. Another department, Homelessness and Supportive Housing, is tasked with providing services, shelter and permanent supportive housing to the homeless. Its $676 million budget for the next fiscal year represents an increase of about $8 million.
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