South San Francisco

The City shall require that all recipients of locally administered housing assistance funds and other means of support from the City acknowledge their understanding of fair housing law and affirm their commitment to the law. The City shall proactively provide materials to help with the understanding of and compliance with fair housing law by including these on the Housing Division website, distributing at all hosted housing events, and an annual communication via distribution mailing list, water bill, or similar to property owners.

The City shall support non-profits providing legal counseling and advocacy assistance concerning fair housing laws, rights, and remedies to those who believe they have been discriminated against. Persons requesting information or assistance related to housing discrimination are referred to one or more fair housing groups for legal services. Consistent with existing practice, brochures providing information on fair housing and tenants’ rights are proactively available at City Hall, public libraries and on the City’s website. The brochures are also available at nonprofit organizations serving lowincome residents. The brochures are available and translated into multiple languages. As funding allows, the City shall provide annual funding assistance to organizations that provide fair housing, tenant/landlord, and habitability counseling and other general housing assistance.

Explore Conduct a public hearing to understand options for an anti-displacement plan to halt displacement in the city, particularly in Downtown, Sign Hill, El Camino, and Sunshine Gardens, and establish policies and objectives, as appropriate, which may include a rent stabilization policy, just cause-eviction and harassment protections, tenant and landlord mediation programs, right of first refusal, rental assistance, tenant legal counseling, and a rent board to implement the program. As policies are developed and /adopted, develop objectives by which to measure the success of each program area based on best practices and professional guidance.

State law explicitly authorizes cities to pass stronger local ordinances, because the state legislature intended the state law to be a floor, not a ceiling, on tenant protections. As part of developing the local ordinance, the City will:  Evaluate exclusions to the state law;  Seek to regulate existing loopholes related to substantial remodels, bad faith Ellis Act evictions, and owner move-in evictions;  Evaluate relocation payment requirements;  Provide transparency in local procedures; and  Provide tenants with recourse for violations of the law.

Provide education and outreach to landlords, property managers, real estate agents, and others on their obligations as they make or manage properties available for housing.

Include affirmative marketing to households with disproportionate housing needs including Hispanic households, persons with disabilities, and single parents (e.g., Spanish and English, targeted to neighborhoods west of Highway 101).

Increase the number of affordable rental and homeownership units in moderate and higher resource areas of South San Francisco through targeted redevelopment and gentle infill. Prioritize the development of jurisdiction owned assets for 100% affordable housing development partnership or jurisdiction-led project and following the Surplus Lands Act. The City shall proactively provide promotional materials on development opportunities by referring to these posted documents on the Housing Division website, distributing at all hosted housing events, and an annual communication via distribution mailing list to potential development partners.

The City anticipates significant income from its Commercial Linkage Fee over the next five years. City staff will conduct a hearing with the City Council to prioritize these funds and their potential use for the development of new affordable housing once enough funds are received.

Begin a plan to preserve the City's deed restricted affordable units with restrictions that will expire in the next 5-10 years and develop a plan for preservation of the units to keep them affordable long term. Prevent low-income residents from displacement or housing-cost burden due to expiration of covenants. This will include proposing the use of Commercial Linkage Fees to work with affordable housing developers to acquire properties and keep deed restrictions for the long-term.

As grant funding or City funds permit, continue the operation of the Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Program to support South San Francisco families in poverty to secure housing and economic stability.