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Proposal would enable fourplexes in single-family zones in San Francisco | Bay Space



Rafael Mandelman

San Francisco supervisor Rafael Mandelman proposed law Tuesday that would allow the construction of small apartment complexes of up to four units in areas of the city currently reserved for single-family homes.

The ordinance introduced in the supervisory board meeting stipulates that the city provides for an exemption for Fourplex buildings on corner properties in residential areas that only allow single-family houses or buildings with a maximum of three units per apartment.

Mandelman said the ordinance would support more housing options for middle-income families and would modestly help alleviate the city’s housing crisis without changing the character of the city’s residential neighborhoods.

“Zoning in many parts of San Francisco was introduced in the suburban era of the 1970s, when San Francisco’s population was three-quarters of today’s population,” Mandelman said during the board meeting on Tuesday. “Since then we have grown by 200,000 people and created over half a million jobs, but only around 70,000 new apartments.”

Before being approved by the board, under the California Environmental Quality Act, the ordinance would first require an environmental review – a process that could take up to six months, Mandelman’s office said.

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