By John King in the SF Gate

January 14, 2016

It’s not the ban on market-rate housing sought by some Mission District activists last year at the ballot box, but San Francisco’s Planning Commission on Thursday approved interim controls that will require some developers to provide information on how their proposed projects might affect the larger neighborhood’s economic diversity.

The new controls would be applied to any project that includes 25 or more units unless at least one-third of those apartments or condominiums are reserved for low-income residents. The controls would also cover any project — no matter the size — that removes one or more rent-controlled units from the city’s housing stock.

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