ii) The stakeholders mainly impacted by the housing crisis are all those who are looking for affordable housing. Essential city workers such as police officers and teachers need to look far outside the city to find affordable housing. Housing projects were to put a roof over the heads of the thousands of homeless people who are greatly impacted. People who were born and grew up in San Francisco can't settle down and build their own families there due to the housing prices.

iii) The state assigned San Francisco to a housing project. The demand was that San Francisco build 82,000 housing units by 2031. The city created a plan to achieve this goal.

iv) One interesting debate is between wealthy homeowners and those looking for affordable housing. The 82,000 housing units project isn't meant to maintain the city's identity. Wealthy homeowners are fighting to preserve single-family homes while everyone else is fighting for the opposite. There is another factor in that the housing crisis is causing a lack of diversity and equity in the city which is important for San Francisco.

v) Mayor Landon Breed launched a new housing policy to be able to successfully execute the 82,000 housing units project. Mayor Breed's plan is called Housing for All. There are legislative actions such as reducing procedural requirements, finding solutions for funding, and reducing impact fees. These policy changes are aimed at making the housing approval process faster and with fewer roadblocks.

vi) Just 9 months after starting the process, the city was already behind. With the amount that they have to build and the speed of the process, there is not a possibility to achieve this goal by 2031. They would have to build 10,000 houses and approve 27 houses per day. Currently, the rate of the housing approval is not even 1.

b) I think this specific planning topic is really interesting and always slightly changes anywhere in the world. A housing crisis in San Francisco may be completely different to one in New York or even broader, in Europe. I also think it's interesting how this is a clearly visible topic that is greatly affecting many different aspects of the city such as crime and hygiene yet there is still no change or improvement being done.

c) This affects me because I really enjoyed San Francisco when I went to visit but hearing about the housing crisis makes me rethink about a possible future there. It also opened my eye to the housing process in general and how it can be extremely difficult and a really long process. A lot of these processes and information will be relevant and important to me in the near future.