"Advocacy group members and union construction workers cheerfully toted signs that read "Cities are not Museums" and "Affordable Housing Can't Wait." As they see it, the city's failure to build housing at scale for the past decades has contributed to the city's affordability crisis, and the solution is to build at scale - which the zoning plan will enable."
"On the left side, the skeptics gathered for a "silent counterprotest." A bit larger in number and skewing older than the YIMBYs, they represented a combination of neighborhood group members and tenants, small businesses and affordable housing advocates. Some were decked out in costumes, including a grim reaper and a skyscraper. Many carried homemade signs. One, Romalyn Schmaltz, a North Beach business owner, passed out masks made from photos of Lurie, State Sen. Scott Weiner, and District 3 Supervisor Danny Sauter."
"The Family Zoning plan, critics warn, does not have enough support for low- and middle-income housing, carrying the risk of a rush of real estate speculation and displacement of residents, small businesses, and nonprofits - which is what some argue happened in the Mission after the eastern side of the city was rezoned nearly 15 years ago. By exempting many types of new construction from the public input process (and long delays) that were standard procedure until recently, others argue that"
Hundreds of people gathered at City Hall to show support or opposition to Mayor Daniel Lurie's Family Zoning plan, which would allow taller, denser development. YIMBY advocates, joined by advocacy groups and union construction workers, carried signs like "Cities are not Museums" and argued that building at scale will address the city's long-running housing affordability crisis. Skeptics, including neighborhood groups, tenants, small businesses and affordable housing advocates, staged a larger silent counterprotest and used homemade signs and costumes to protest perceived threats. Critics warn the plan lacks sufficient support for low- and middle-income housing and risks fueling speculation, displacement, and loss of community institutions.
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