Mayor Daniel Lurie toured The Hill, a steep Bayview enclave of about 600 largely low-income, subsidized garden-style apartments, knocking door to door with security, staff and reporters. Tenants described black mold, asbestos, stoves that spontaneously combusted and water leaks eroding ceilings. The complex houses residents receiving federal project-based vouchers, most of whom are Black and deep in poverty. Tenants reported conditions unchanged since prior reporting of leaks, roaches and rats and an unresponsive manager. City Hall staff repeatedly emphasized that the property is privately owned and that municipal authority over the complex is limited.
At the top of " The Hill," Bayview's steep enclave of largely low-income, subsidized apartments overlooking the western half of San Francisco, residents driving by or sitting on stoops on an uncharacteristically warm Tuesday afternoon got a bit of a surprise: There was Mayor Daniel Lurie, clambering up the steep slope, followed by a band of his security, staff, organizers and residents going unit to unit.
Lurie knocked on the door of each resident who opened their home to him, along with a security guard, two mayoral staffers and reporters. Clad in his characteristic tailored suit, Lurie entered each unit for about five minutes, nodding as tenants described black mold, asbestos, stoves that spontaneously combusted and water leaks that eroded the ceiling. He shook residents' hands, assured them he would make some calls and jokingly scoffed at a young tenant's Los Angeles Dodgers hat.
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