"San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is trying to get more homes built for people like Liam Murphy: a fifth-generation city kid who found himself repeatedly outbid for tiny two-bedroom houses that wound up selling for $1.6 million. Murphy, 39, now lives about an hour's drive away from his job as a San Francisco firefighter. He says it's too late for his family to move back, but he hopes others can stay in a city where the average monthly rent for a one-bedroom is $3,500."
"Lurie hopes to change that, with a plan to allow for denser and taller buildings throughout much of the city, including the westside Sunset neighborhood of single-family homes and the tourist friendly Haight-Ashbury, which is studded with classic Victorian and Edwardian homes. The issue has roiled the city, and threats of recall loom over San Francisco supervisors who go along with Lurie."
San Francisco faces severe housing affordability and displacement as small homes sell for over $1.6 million and average one-bedroom rent sits near $3,500. Mayor Daniel Lurie proposes allowing denser, taller buildings across much of the city, including Sunset and Haight-Ashbury, to increase housing supply and keep long-time residents from being forced out. The proposal has provoked intense local opposition, chants of "shame" and "liar," threats of recall against supervisors, and demands for 100% below-market housing from protesters who accuse the mayor of promoting gentrification. The debate centers on balancing growth, affordability, and neighborhood character.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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