With the $2 billion Innovation QNS proposal set to come before the City Council on Wednesday, Oct. 19, Councilwoman Julie Won is raising the stakes after an internal email she sent to council members and staff was leaked to the public Friday afternoon.
Late last month, the Innovation QNS team offered an improved plan to make 40% of the project’s 2,800 apartments permanently affordable as opposed to the initial 25% in the original proposal.
Won has been critical of the proposal since taking office in January, and after the City Planning Commission approved the plan last month, she said she would not settle for a proposal that was less than 50% affordable. Now that her email was leaked, in which she said the developer’s changes were insufficient, according to POLITICO.
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