Newsom vows 15,000 new housing units by 2010

The SF Examiner is reporting that Mayor Gavin Newsom is getting down to business on creating new housing.

Of course, as he has done during his entire stay on the Board of Supervisors, Chris Daly needs to get his $0.02 in by saying that he is singlehandedly responsible for "Trinity Plaza, Rincon Hill and the Transbay Terminal — [which] will alone bring more than 10,000 units to The City." Never mind the 1500 units he's still 'blocking' on Mission between 14th and 15th Streets (in the Armory and former print shop). He can be found patting himself on the back in his own blog on a regular basis...

More housing = good for San Francisco. Period. Get over the politics and help the developers find a way to afford to build here.

Also in the Examiner this morning, a story on a new law proposed to aid neighborhood planning, and more on the Community Benefit Districts that I mentioned in a post on July 28th, where neighborhood businesses are electing to tax themselves to improve basic services.

Beyond Chron has more info on the Community Benefits Districts and the recent decision by businesses and property owners in the Tenderloin to take part in their own destiny. They also had a piece on this yesterday, with some additional info.