Board continues major housing streamlining ordinance for one week after state corrective letter

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Nov. 28 to continue for one week a wide‑ranging planning‑code revision intended to speed various housing projects and align local rules with recent state law. The continuation followed a corrective action letter from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) received by the city about 45 minutes before the board met.

Supervisor Aaron Peskin called the committee report and turned the item over to Land Use Committee Chair Matt Haney (note: committee chair for discussion was Supervisor Melgar acting as chair of Land Use and Transportation for the item), who summarized the ordinance’s scope. The proposed changes would exempt certain housing projects from notice and conditional‑use procedures outside identified priority equity geographies, adjust rear‑yard and setback…