Issues

Expanding our city's housing supply is crucial, but we must do so in a way that prioritizes affordability for all income levels. By incentivizing the development of affordable units and leveraging vacant and underutilized properties, we can create a more inclusive housing market.

Take the building approval process out of the Board of Supervisor’s purview by instituting what’s called a “ministerial process" for all housing projects based on the Sacramento model.

Right now, there are master tenets who are subleasing their rent-controlled units for more than they are paying. This is illegal and we need to audit those on rent control every 2 years to prevent abusive subleases. We also need to make sure that those who are receiving rent control don't have second homes and have incomes that are in line with the spirit of rent control.

There's a reason why tourists come to San Francisco. It's because of the people who work in the service industry, the arts & culture industry. We need to make sure that these workers can afford to live here. We also need to make sure those that work in the public sector, such as education, healthcare, and public safety, can afford to live here. We'll do this by subsidizing housing and prioritizing these workers in affordable housing lotteries.

If you've bought a house in the last 10 years, your taxes are probably higher than your neighbor's who bought their house before you. This is because of Prop 13. We need to repeal Prop 13 to make taxes more fair. The Mayor can use their bully pulpit to rally support for a repeal of Prop 13 by building a coalitional movement of cities and counties throughout California.

Right now, if you were to develop a piece of land, you'd have to pay increased property taxes on it. This is a disincentive to develop buildings that we as a city generate increased value from.

Impact fees are a tax on new construction. As Mayor, I will rally support to remove impact fees automatically when Prop 13 is repealed.

Most cities have these functions unified under a single department. By consolidating these departments, we can streamline the process of building new housing, building inspections, and planning. We can also make it easier for homeowners to build ADUs and for businesses to open. Right now computer systems and processes are siloed and this creates huge inefficiencies.

The Mayor's last city budget cut funding from the SF-Marin Food Bank by $4 million from $10 million to $6 million. In a time when federal COVID-19 food relief has ended, inflation has raised the price of food, and the cost of living has increased, we need to properly fund food banks.

Let's turn some of our over 31 million square feet vacant office real estate into vertical farms. Let's also encourage rooftop urban farming and community gardens. This will create jobs, reduce food insecurity, and reduce our carbon footprint. We can feed the leafy greens we eat as a city with the leafy greens and other foods we eat as a city with foods grown in the city.

Let's use the same tools we use to speed up housing projects to speed up projects that have grocery stores. We can also work with partners to incentivize new grocery stores in the city, particularly in under served areas, such as the Tenderloin and Bayview.

Too many of our tax dollars go to contractors and not enough goes to those in need directly. We need to end inefficient programs and use the savings in direct aid to those in need through CalFresh.

Most smash-and-grab crimes are committed using stolen vehicles. Let's use exisiting automatic license plate readers used for tolls to stop stolen vehicles when driven across bridges or when parking control officers ticket them.

With recuitment and retention at an all-time low, we need new leadership at SFPD to turn around the department.

Frequent or bulk sellers on Facebook Marketplace should be verified to reduce the sale of stolen goods.

Establish a City Problem Solvers Department to address the root causes of homelessness and mental health issues.

Require mental health training city employees and contractors working with the homeless.

Ensure that there are 24/7 intake centers for those experiencing mental health crises and that they are staffed with mental health professionals.

Through medical school student debt assumption programs and subsidized housing vouchers, we can incentivize healthcare workers to live in San Francisco to address the workforce shortage we are facing.

End all no-bid contracts and require competitive bidding for all city contracts.

Currently, the Mayor of San Francisco is one of the highest paid elected officials in the country. I will reduce the salary of the Mayor by $160,000 from $357,000 to $197,000.

Annually, over 5 billion dollars of our city's budget goes to outside contractors every year who provide services at 10 times the amount that city workers cost. We need to prioritize hiring for unfilled positions within city departments and reduce costly and unaccountable outsourcing.

Require city departments and outside contractors to report in real-time when services are offered, goals met, or deadlines missed. Right now years can go by before contractors are asked for reports.