San Francisco, CA — Mayor London N. Breed today announced that Anne Taupier will serve as Director of Development in the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD). Current Director of Development Ken Rich is retiring from City service after 23 years. 

The OEWD Director of Development spearheads the City’s efforts to ensure that proposed large development projects provide robust community benefits packages, including new affordable housing, public open spaces and workforce development opportunities. The Joint Development team has managed projects over the last ten years that have resulted in approval of more than 20,000 new housing units, including 7,000 new affordable units and 40 new acres of public parks and open spaces. 

“We have a severe housing shortage in San Francisco and we need to create more homes so people can afford to live here,” said Mayor Breed. “I’m looking forward to working with Anne to ensure that large development projects continue to provide for our communities, so that we can address the City’s housing shortage and create desperately needed affordable homes.”

Ms. Taupier will work alongside the Director of Housing Delivery and the Director of Planning to address the City’s housing shortage as quickly and aggressively as possible. Mayor Breed appointed Judson True as Director of Housing Delivery in 2018, and recently appointed Rich Hillis as Planning Director.

“San Francisco is known worldwide for innovation, and Mayor Breed has the courage and vision to recognize that we have to bring that same know how to our housing affordability crisis. She knows that we can’t keep underbuilding the way we have for decades and expect better results,” said Ms. Taupier. “We have to correct course, and I’m proud to be a part of her team to entitle, deliver, construct and stabilize housing for every San Franciscan.”

Ms. Taupier has worked as a Project Manager on the Joint Development Team in OEWD since 2009. In this role, she has worked collaboratively with every City agency involved in the coordination, management, and approvals of large, mixed-use development projects as they navigate the City’s entitlement, legislative and political processes.

“Anne is an exceptional addition to City leadership who will bring forward the best practices and innovative solutions to enhance the City’s housing affordability, sustainability, and equity goals,” said Joaquín Torres, Director of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development. “With a proven track record of delivering value to our City and its diverse communities, we’re thrilled to welcome Anne to a team committed to realizing Mayor Breed’s vision for equitable and shared prosperity.”

“I’ve had first-hand experience working with Anne in the Bayview,” said Jacqueline Flin, Executive Director at the A. Philip Randolph Institute San Francisco. “I’ve witnessed her direct engagement with families, community leaders and business owners, and her commitment to low-income families in this City. Her work has strengthened our neighborhoods, businesses, commercial corridors and workforce opportunities, and I’m excited to work with her in her new role.”

Throughout her years on the Joint Development team, Ms. Taupier has led numerous negotiations with developers to provide community benefits packages that reflect and enhance the City’s housing affordability, sustainability, jobs, open space, equity, and transportation policy objectives. She has worked on numerous projects, including Hunters Point Shipyard, America’s Cup, 5M, the Plumbers Union Mixed-Use project, the Conservatory of Music student housing project, the India Basin mixed-use project, and the Flower Mart.

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