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Board upholds Planning Departmentdecision that Slow Streets Phase 1 is exempt from CEQA after heated hearing
Summary
After nearly three hours of testimony for and against Slow Streets Phase 1, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 11-0 to affirm the Planning Department—s determination that the MTA—s temporary Slow Streets Phase 1 project qualified for a statutory emergency exemption under CEQA.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 11-0 on Sept. 1 to affirm the Planning Department—s finding that the Municipal Transportation Agency—s (MTA) Slow Streets Phase 1 project is statutorily exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
The vote came after a public hearing that drew residents, neighborhood groups and dozens of callers who both supported and opposed the project. The board—s action affirms the planning department—s determination that the project qualified as an emergency statutory exemption under CEQA guidelines (Gov. Code/PRC guidance cited in the hearing).
The project, launched by the MTA in late April as the city responded to COVID-19, temporarily restricts through motor-vehicle traffic on selected residential corridors to provide more space for walking and bicycling while social distancing. The planning department and MTA officials told the board the project uses movable barricades and temporary signage and that any future permanent infrastructure would require a separate public process and environmental review.
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