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Supervisors amend inclusionary-housing rules to preserve Transbay affordability levels, pass ordinance
Summary
The Board adopted an ordinance with amendments to ensure Transbay redevelopment area affordability requirements remain the higher standard where applicable, and duplicated the file to allow amendments; the ordinance passed on first reading unanimously.
The Board of Supervisors approved an amended ordinance on first reading July 18 to change the city’s inclusionary housing rules and explicitly preserve the Transbay Redevelopment Plan’s affordability controls where they are higher.
Why it matters: The planning-code amendments revise inclusionary fee and on-site alternatives and clarify how the Transbay C-3 special use district's rules interact with citywide inclusionary requirements. Supporters said the change protects previously negotiated affordability levels in the Transbay area while allowing inclusionary policy to apply citywide.
What happened at the meeting: Supervisor Kim introduced a set of technical and substantive amendments she said were negotiated with the mayor’s office, OCII and others to ensure the Transbay AMI (area median income) levels set by the redevelopment plan remain effective. Assistant city attorney Kate Stacy read the amendment language into the record clarifying that the higher requirement — whether from the Transbay plan or planning code section 4.15.68 — would control and that required units in the Transbay C-3 SUV shall be built on-site.
The board considered a motion to duplicate the file and amendments made by Supervisor Kim and seconded by Supervisor Peskin. Colleagues took the amendment without objection and then voted to approve the ordinance as amended on first reading; roll call votes recorded unanimous support.
Details: The amendment inserts language referencing “section 4.9.3 of the Transbay redevelopment plan” and clarifies that payment of the affordable housing fee or use of off-site alternatives shall not satisfy a site’s obligation when Transbay controls require on-site construction. The change aims to avoid unintentionally lowering previously-negotiated affordability levels for Transbay redevelopment projects.
Ending: The ordinance passed unanimously on first reading; sponsors said additional, non-substantive cleanups may be brought forward next week but that the central preservation of Transbay affordability levels is now explicit in code.
