Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council
Joey Cain
President
Pi Ra
Vice President
Max Drukman
Corresponding
Secretary
Bruce Wolfe
Standing Secretary
Karen Fishkin
Treasurer
Calvin Welch
Housing and Land Use
Susan Latham
Membership
Elizabeth Kirchner
Nominating
Jim Rhoads
Recycling
Members-At-Large:
Kevin
Bayuk
Larry
Fergison
Karen
Masonheimer
Tes
Welborn
Michelle
Welch
Ed Dunn
Recycling Center
Manager
Position
on Drafting a New Housing Element
HANC
Board , March 19th, 2009
Overall
Policy
To
maximize permanently affordable housing opportunities for lower
income San Franciscans, especially seniors, families, people at-risk
or currently homeless, and people with special needs.
Policy
1:
To
ensure in all three parts of the Housing Element- the Needs (data)
Section, the Policy Section and the Implementation Section- adopted
in the Housing Element, quantify, support and advance our overall
policy.
Policy
2:
That
policies and programs be adopted that link the production of market
rate housing to increased permanently affordable housing
opportunities and the development of sustainable infrastructural
facilities including public transit, schools and community
facilities, parks and employment opportunities.
Policy
3:
That
policies and programs be adopted that protect and enhance current low
income communities and neighborhoods, protects rent controlled
housing from conversions and demolition. Increases in residential
density, height and bulk, and reductions in parking requirements
should be permitted only if they also result in significant
increases in affordability of the housing created, especially to
lower income households.
Policy
4:
That all
“smart growth” and “sustainable development”
( as required by SB375) policies adopted clearly delineate how they
will be consistent with increasing affordable housing opportunities
and result in housing able to be afforded by a San Francisco based-
non-commuter- workforce.