South San Francisco City Council
April 26, 2023

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Partnership for
the Bay's Future
Breakthrough Grant Fellowship Update
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
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About the PBF Breakthrough Grant
Fellowship
▪ San Francisco Foundation is the funder and
"parent" organization of the fellowship which is
run by Coro Northern California
▪ 11 jurisdictions around the Bay participating
▪ Receive a mid-career Housing Policy Fellow
▪ Applied in partnership with Community Partner
▪ 2-year commitment to work on housing policies +
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Current
Status of
Fellowship
▪ Initial fellow has applied to and accepted the City's Housing Manager job
▪ The San Francisco Foundation and Coro teams
have developed a new job posting
▪ Have taken input from the South San
Francisco/HLC team into what specific skills
would add to the existing team
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Work Plan –
Policy
Priorities
▪ Explore and propose an Opportunity to
Purchase Act Policy
▪ Develop Affordable Housing Spending
Plan
▪ Explore and propose Anti-Displacement
Policies
▪ Undertake land acquisition for affordable
housing
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Work Plan –
Status
Updates
▪ 1:1 listening sessions held with each Council
member
▪ Provided input to AFFH sections of City's Housing
Element
▪ Relationship between City & HLC strengthened
▪ Thursday memo re. Opportunity to Purchase Act
delivered April
▪ Next steps: stakeholder and community
engagement
▪ Anti-Displacement Policy consultants added to
2023-24 budget proposal
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Housing Leadership
Council
▪Founded: 2001
▪Origins: Founded by a group of nonprofit
leaders and service providers who
had begun discussions about the housing
crisis and obstacles to affordable housing
development throughout San Mateo
County.
▪Mission: Housing Leadership Council of
San Mateo County works with communities
and their leaders to produce and preserve
quality affordable homes.