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August 08, 2005
Newsom focusing on Green Building in Affordable Housing
Newsom recently spoke of the under-construction Plaza Apartments as a future blue-print for green affordable housing in SF:
"Cities are consuming 75 percent of the Earth's national resources and in turn contributing to 75 percent of everything that's wrong with the global environment," Newsom said. "That being said, it seems incumbent on us as mayors at the local level to recognize our responsibility to address the issues of global warming, environmental justice and stewardship."
GreenBuilding Part of Affordable Housing Goal