William A. Witte is the Managing Partner of The Related Companies of California, one of the largest developers of urban and multifamily housing in the state. Related currently has over 6,000 units of affordable and mixed-income housing developed or under development in California. Its financial partner is The Related Companies, LP of New York City, one of the nation’s largest privately held real estate companies.

Prior to joining The Related Companies in May of 1989, Mr. Witte served as Deputy Mayor for Housing and Neighborhoods under Mayor Art Agnos in San Francisco, where he oversaw all housing, development and redevelopment activities for the City, and, from 1981–1988, as Director of Housing and Economic Development under Mayor Dianne Feinstein.

Prior to his tenure in San Francisco, Mr. Witte served in 1980 as Executive Assistant to Assistant Secretary for Housing/Federal Housing Commissioner Lawrence B. Simons at HUD in Washington, as Legislative Director for the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (1978–1980) and with the Philadelphia Office of Housing and Community Development (1975–1977).

He received a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973, and completed two years (1973-1975) in Penn’s Masters in City Planning program.