A 2015 apartment building fire at Mission and 22nd streets killed one person and displaced 50. Seven years later, there’s an empty lot, gathering trash and growing weeds. In the middle of a housing crisis. Why has nothing been built in the years since? The answers to that question are painfully emblematic of some of the biggest problems facing San Francisco. Host Laura Wenus and producer-reporter Cintia Lopez search for solutions.

This debut episode of Fixing Our City first published in June. We're taking a holiday break and will return with new episodes in the new year. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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