1 affordable housing amendment on ballot after Lee pulls measure

Mayor Ed Lee speaks about rebuilding trust between the public and the police, during a press conference regarding police reforms at City Hall, in San Francisco, California on Monday, February 22, 2016. Mayor Ed Lee speaks about rebuilding trust between the public and the police, during a press conference regarding police reforms at City Hall, in San Francisco, California on Monday, February 22, 2016. Photo: Gabrielle Lurie, Special To The Chronicle Photo: Gabrielle Lurie, Special To The Chronicle Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close 1 affordable housing amendment on ballot after Lee pulls measure 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

All is Kumbaya in the land of San Francisco ballot measures.

Well, perhaps that’s going too far, but at a minimum Mayor Ed Lee struck a deal with Supervisors Jane Kim and Aaron Peskin that means just one affordable housing measure will go before voters in June.

On Wednesday, after weeks of insisting that he wouldn’t, Lee withdrew his ballot measure that said the city controller and Planning Department should determine the minimum percentage of below-market-rate units developers must provide in new projects without jeopardizing the projects and corresponding construction jobs.

That might not sound like a big deal, but consider the fact that just a couple weeks ago three measures were headed on the June ballot — the mayor’s plus two from Kim and Peskin.

They had become bargaining chips in negotiations on the question of how much below-market-rate housing developers would be required to provide in new projects.

Now, the only measure that will go on the ballot is Kim and Peskin’s charter amendment that says developers have to sell or rent 25 percent of units in new projects at below-market prices, at least until the Board of Supervisors alters the requirement.

Last week, Kim and Peskin withdrew the second of their ballot measures that would have made that 25 percent requirement permanent. They did so after defeating an attempt by the mayor to amend their charter amendment — which is the only ballot measure they ever really wanted.

So to sum it up, Kim and Peskin got what they wanted, and Lee kind of gets what he wants — a resolution passed by the Board of Supervisors that calls for the completion of a feasibility study by May 31, which the board will take into account when it reconsiders the affordable housing requirement.

“The mayor has been assured his concerns will be addressed in trailing legislation and therefore his measure is no longer necessary so he pulled it,” mayoral spokeswoman Christine Falvey said.

Kim said both camps are committed to producing a maximum amount of affordable and middle-class housing. Peskin said the development “bodes well for our evolving working relationship.”

— Emily Green

Emily Green is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: cityinsider@sfchronicle.com, egreen@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @sfcityinsider, @emilytgreen