"Melgar, who has generally won with progressive support, represents D7, which has a lot of single-family homes and a fair number of people who want things to stay that way. She also represents part of the Inner Sunset, which has more progressive voters, and more renters, and parts of Irving and Judah streets that may see small business displacement if smaller buildings are torn down to put up bigger, more expensive ones."
"Under State Sen Scott Wiener's latest bill, SB 79, two-unit rent-controlled buildings in "transit corridors" are subject to demolition. If the city doesn't protect them in Mayor Daniel Lurie's plan, we could see the demolition of a fair percentage of the 20,000 two-unit buildings in the city. Given the average family size of about 2.1 people per unit, that's 40,000 tenants at risk-although most of the housing on the East side of town is, for now, not in the new zoning plan."
Myrna Melgar represents District 7, with many single-family homes and segments of renters in the Inner Sunset. The mayor's Rich Family Zoning plan would allow taller buildings and more density, raising West Side opposition and concerns about small business displacement along Irving and Judah. Melgar introduced amendments accepted by the mayor to limit demolition of rent-controlled buildings with three or more units. State Senator Scott Wiener's SB 79 would allow demolition of two-unit rent-controlled buildings in transit corridors, threatening roughly 20,000 two-unit buildings citywide and about 40,000 tenants. District 7 contains about 2,000 two-unit rent-controlled units, putting roughly 4,000 tenants at risk.
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