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25 Stan. L. & Pol'y Rev. 121 (2014)
From Urban Renewal and Displacement to Economic Inclusion: San Francisco Affordable Housing Policy 1978-2014

handle is hein.journals/stanlp25 and id is 129 raw text is: FROM URBAN RENEWAL AND
DISPLACEMENT TO ECONOMIC
INCLUSION: SAN FRANCISCO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICY
1978-2014
Marcia Rosen* & Wendy Sullivan**
INTRODUCTION                              .........................................................122
I. THE EVOLUTION OF SAN FRANCISCO'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS
AND POLICIES                           ........................................................125
A. The Birth of the Affordable Housing Movement       ....................125
B. 1970s: Neighborhood Preservation and Tenant Protection ......   ......127
1. Redevelopment and Urban Renewal                   ............... ...........128
2. Residential Hotels     ..........................................131
3. Rent Control and Condominium Conversions ..........................133
4. Shifts in Development Perspectives and Funding Opportunities ........134
C. 1980s: Equitable Development, Neighborhood Preservation, and New
Financing .............................................         .....136
1. Community Development Block Grant      .............................137
2. Office Housing Production Program                 ............... ..........138
3. Limiting New Office Construction   ................    .   ...........139
4. Protection of Downtown Housing and Residential Neighborhoods .... 141
5. New Resources: Federal, State, and Local Funding ........  ......141
* Executive Director, National Housing Law Project. Previously, Deputy Director of
the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, Executive Director
of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, and Director of the Mayor's Office of Hous-
ing. She was an active participant-observer of the events described in this Article, first as an
advocate representing the Council of Community Organizations and later as a public official
designing and implementing the policies described herein. She has a B.A. from the Universi-
ty of Massachusetts, Amherst and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College
of the Law. The opinions expressed herein are her own and do not reflect the views of the
National Housing Law Project or any of its funders.
** J.D., University of Colorado; M.S. Washington State University; B.S. (cum laude)
Colorado State University. Ms. Sullivan is an attorney and planning consultant with over ten
years of experience and a particular expertise in the affordable housing issues throughout the
western United States.

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