We polled District 2 voters ahead of the June special election. Turns out District 2 is more pro-housing than you'd think. 84% support the Family Zoning Plan, 70% want a Supervisor who backs market-rate housing, and even the supposedly "controversial" Marina Safeway project is supported 2:1.
Housing PrioritiesWe asked over 400 District 2 voters how a candidate's position on housing affects their support. Here's what we learned.
Would you be more or less likely to vote for a Supervisor who supports the construction of market-rate housing in your neighborhood?
Is the difficulty of building and renovating housing an important issue when deciding who to vote for in the race for Supervisor?
Voters want market-rate housing. Not just subsidized "affordable" housing. Market-rate housing, the kind that the vast majority of San Franciscans actually live in. They also want a candidate who'll make it easier to build.
The candidates couldn't be further apart on this. Stephen Sherrill has been on the right side of this from day one, co-sponsoring permitting reform and pushing to streamline the approval processes that have held San Francisco back for decades. Lori Brooke has been standing in the way. She co-founded an organization dedicated to blocking development and has fought to add more barriers, not fewer.
Family Zoning PlanGenerally speaking, do you support or oppose Mayor Lurie's Family Zoning Plan, which changed zoning rules to allow multi-family homes such as duplexes, triplexes, and small apartment buildings in some areas currently zoned for single-family homes, and would allow 6–8 story residential buildings along certain commercial and transit corridors?
Sherrill voted for it. Brooke sued to block it.
Marina District SafewayThere is a proposal to convert the Marina District Safeway into a 25-story apartment complex offering nearly 800 apartments, requiring the temporary closure of the grocery store. Do you support or oppose this project proposal?
The vocal opposition made it sound like the whole neighborhood was against it. Turns out, most voters support it. A good reminder that the vocal minority doesn't represent that average voter.
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