The Board of Supes Land Use and Transportation Committee today killed amendments to the mayor’s Rich Family Zoning Plan that advocates say will put 45,000 existing tenants at risk for displacement.

On the motion of Chair Myrna Melgar, the committee voted to table amendments that would have, among other things, protected all rent-controlled housing from demolition.

The vote moves the mayor’s plan closer to approval by the full board.

Lurie has been arguing that if his plan doesn’t pass, the state will impose mandates that are even worse. Sup. Connie Chan, who represents the Richmond, pushed back.

Chan made an impassioned statement that directly called out state Sen Scott Wiener, the author of several bills that seek to force more luxury housing on San Francisco: “We can’t agree to demol

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