California IN BRIEF : SAN FRANCISCO : City Challenge Says Census Count Low
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From Times staff and Wire reports
San Francisco has officially challenged the U.S. Bureau of Census’ preliminary housing count, accusing the agency of undercounting city residents. “The severity of this undercount will cost San Francisco political representation and millions in funding. We must count the thousands of people who live in the housing units missed by the Census Bureau to get our fair share,” Mayor Art Agnos said in a letter to the agency. Agnos said the city Planning Department has found 1,742 more units than the Census Bureau counted.
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