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Board passes first reading to remove public-art fee for 100% affordable downtown projects; 10–1 vote
Summary
The Board of Supervisors passed on first reading an ordinance to amend the planning code to eliminate the public art requirement for 100% affordable housing projects in specified districts. The measure passed 10–1 after debate over local artist prioritization and compliance with state Housing and Community Development (HCD) guidance.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Oct. 22 passed on first reading an ordinance to amend the planning code to eliminate the city’s public-art fee for 100% affordable housing projects in certain downtown districts.
Supervisor Matt Dorsey, the bill’s sponsor, told the board the change is a narrowly tailored fulfillment of San Francisco’s housing element commitments and HCD’s policy review recommendations. Dorsey said the planning-code public-art provision (section 4.29) imposes a one-percent requirement on new construction in several districts and that the proposed ordinance would remove that fee only for projects that are entirely affordable.…
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