Why is San Francisco's pro-housing mayor opposing new housing in the Marina?

"In some ways, the 25-story housing development proposed in the Marina is just what San Francisco needs: As envisioned, it would create almost 800 housing units where there is now a grocery store and parking lot. Of those, 86 would be affordable - a rarity in a neighborhood that has only built 14 affordable homes since 2005."

"No businesses or tenants would be displaced, as Safeway plans to re-occupy the ground floor. Residents of the massive new development would be within walking distance of half a dozen parks and as many Muni lines. The only problem: Many residents in the tony Marina neighborhood and surrounding area don't want it there - including Mayor Daniel Lurie, himself a resident of District 2, who is opposing the project."

""Our administration will stand up firmly to developers that game the system, and we will pull every lever we can to make this a project that works for this neighborhood and our city," a spokesperson for the mayor wrote in a statement. The city can build "while protecting what makes our neighborhoods so special.""

Proposed 25-story Marina development would replace a grocery store and parking lot with almost 800 housing units, including 86 affordable units, and would not displace businesses because Safeway plans to re-occupy the ground floor. The site would be within walking distance of multiple parks and Muni lines. Many Marina residents, including Mayor Daniel Lurie who lives in District 2, oppose the project and say the developer is trying to game recent upzoning and that the proposal violates the spirit of that work. The mayor's office pledged to oppose developers that game the system, yet the mayor has declined to comment on three other Safeway redevelopment proposals.

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