Joined by member of the LGBTQ, neighborhood, and affordable housing activist communities, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi held a press conference on Thursday, December 6, calling for greater affordability and other public benefits to be included in the University of California's redevelopment of their property at 55 Laguna.
Previously the site of the UC Berkeley Extension campus which was relocated in December 2003 and left in disuse since, the almost six acres of property bounded by Laguna, Herman, Buchanan and Haight Streets is now slated to be transformed into a mixed-use residential complex of 440 rental units, of which 15% are to be affordable.
The LGBTQ, neighborhood and affordable housing communities are working with Supervisor Mirkarimi to seek reasonable public benefits from UC and its private developer-- namely more affordable housing and smart, transportation-friendly infill development. Supervisor Mirkarimi was supported by representatives of Aids Housing Alliance/ SF (AHA/SF), Housing Rights Committee, San Francisco Tenant's Union, the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, Council of Community Housing Organizations, the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association, Senior Action Network, Sierra Club, Livable City, Castro Coalition, Castro Area Planing + Action and other LGBTQ, affordable housing and environmental activists in renewing the call for greater affordability of the 440 rental housing units.
According to AHA/SF founder and Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club President Brian Basinger, "there are funds available to help us reach these affordability goals and we as a coalition are ready to assist both UC and its private developer to leverage these funds to build more affordable housing. This housing is essential for the AHA/SF clients and other LGBTQ seniors and disabled who have been displaced by the City's cost of living."
More information from San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi:
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Ross in Person: San Francisco City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244
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