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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    San Francisco Mayor-Elect London Breed's aggressive plans for housing and homelessness

    London Breed will be the first African-American woman to serve as mayor of San Francisco. She’ll be sworn in next month. She’s 43, and has worked in government for years.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 26, 2018 • 1 min read

    London Breed will be the first African-American woman to serve as mayor of San Francisco. She’ll be sworn in next month. She’s 43, and has worked in government for years. One of her priorities for homelessness is to have all tent encampments cleared out within her first year in office. She says her aggressive housing plan is to build more units faster -- for low, moderate, and middle-income residents.

    London Breed. Credit: London Breed for Mayor campaign.

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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    When homeless shelters are full, families call motels 'home'
    1. 0:00What happens after Supreme Court upholds Trump's travel ban?
    2. 8:49A win for anti-abortion forces, as Supreme Court rules on crisis pregnancy centers
    3. 18:00The motel as a homeless shelter
    4. 26:42San Francisco Mayor-Elect London Breed's aggressive plans for housing and homelessnessYou’re reading this
    5. 33:43Marti Noxon creates new TV shows based on her personal experience with anorexia and alcoholism
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