BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18466290 SEQUENCE:18487864 CREATED:20071211T174400Z DESCRIPTION:Immediate Release Contact: Chris Durazo\nDecember 11, 2007 (415) 748-1570\n\n “All I want for Christmas” is Affordable Housing for Families\n\nHOUSING JUSTICE COALITION WALKS THE HALLS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING\n\nSAN FRANCISCO---- On Tuesday, December 11, at the last Board of Supervisors meeting before the holiday recess, the San Francisco Supervisors will vote on the Daly/Ammiano/Mirkarimi/ Peskin Affordable Housing Charter Amendment to be placed on the November 2008 ballot. A housing coalition of over 30 community-based organizations has endorsed the measure and has so far secured 5 votes.\n\nAt 10:30 am on Tuesday, representatives of the coalition will be donned in winter wear as they make a last round of visits to other Supervisors with the message “Don't leave us out in the cold” and/or “Keep Families Warm and Housed”\n\nAffordable housing continues to be the top issue for San Francisco seniors and families, a majority of whom have to pay more than 30% of their income towards housing. While the City’s inclusionary housing program requires market rate housing developers to build 15% of units at “below-market” rates, a majority of San Francisco low-income households have few options for affordable housing.\n\nThe San Francisco Affordable Housing Charter Amendment would earmark an estimated $33 million a year for the next 15 years, similar to the Children’s Fund, Open Space Fund, and the Library Preservation Fund, all measures that have been overwhelmingly supported by voters.\n\n“Two out of every three families in San Francisco are low-income, and would significantly benefit from this measure” says Tom Jackson of Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth. “This is a great first step to planning for the next generation of San Francisco families.\n\n“We have set-asides for all the vital needs of our City such as MUNI, police, firehouses, children's services, parks, schools and libraries, says April Veneracion of South of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN). “Without this charter amendment that will ensure that we build affordable housing, there will soon be no more families left to use the parks, libraries, and schools.” \n###\n\npartial list of supporters:\n\nAssociation of Community Organizations for Reform Now(ACORN)\nBernal Heights Neighborhood Center\nCalifornia Association for Older Americans \nCentral American Resource Center (CARECEN)\nChinese Progressive Association (CPA) \nChinatown Community Development Corporation (CCDC)\nCoalition on Homelessness (COH)\nColeman Advocates for Children & Youth\nCommunity Housing Partnership (CHP)\nCouncil of Community Housing Organizations (CCHO)\nDolores Street Community Services\nFilipino-American Development Foundation (FADF)\nFilipino Community Center (FCC) \nHousing Rights Committee (HRC)\nLa Voz Latina\nLivable City\nManilatown Heritage Foundation\nMission Anti-Displacement Coalition (MAC)\nMission Economic Development Agency (MEDA)\nMission Neighborhood Resource Center (MNRC)\nOasis for Girls\nPeople Organized to Demand Environmental Rights (PODER)\nPeople Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER)\nSenior Action Network (SAN)\nSan Francisco Community Land Trust (SFCLT)\nSan Francisco Organizing Project (SFOP)\nSRO Families United Collaborative\nSt. Peter's Housing Committee\nSouth of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN)\nSan Francisco Youth Commission\nSeniors Organizing Seniors (SOS)\nTenderloin Housing Clinic (THC) \nVeteran’s Equity Center (VEC)\n\nfor more info on how to support: call Chris at 348-1945\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/11/18466290.php SUMMARY:"All I want for Christmas is Affordable Housing for Families" SF Housing Justice Call Out LOCATION:SF City Hall \n URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/11/18466290.php DTSTART:20071211T183000Z DTEND:20071212T013000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR