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UC also is asking the state for $1.36 billion in one-time funding to renovate aging campus facilities and build new classrooms, labs and other projects.

Backers said it was necessary to help build low-income housing, expand roads and transit, renovate parks and construct other public infrastructure.

Small and large real estate investors are buying older apartments to renovate and significantly raise the rent.

Other models are available that enable nonprofits and others to renovate properties and keep them affordable, but their expansion is hampered by lack of public subsidy and other issues.

And the SF Standard reported that Breed accused Farrell of asking her office to expedite permits to renovate his house, a claim he has denied.