San Francisco Mayor London Breed Discusses City Struggles
No one wants to be in the ashes. I’ve been in this city my whole life and I know what it’s capable of. Time and time again, San Francisco reinvents itself. Every single time we have emerged a better city.
Well before the current influx of tech workers, San Francisco was known for art and culture. Do you think San Francisco will ever be affordable again to artists and musicians?
That’s a hard one. If we get out of our own way and get rid of bureaucracy and we are able in the next eight years to build 82,000 units, maybe. We can’t just continue being a city of those who are making a lot of money and those who are hardly making anything — and the people in between getting squeezed out.
This year, you sponsored legislation that would relax the city’s regulations for converting offices into residences. How close is that to reality?
It just passed the Board of Supervisors yesterday. It appears to have broad support. Part of what my legislation is doing is getting rid of those requirements which make absolutely no sense.
Source: The New York Times
