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Board approves ground lease, planning ordinances for Potrero Power Station redevelopment
Summary
The Board advanced a ground lease of Port‑owned shoreline land and related planning code and development agreement ordinances for the Potrero Power Station redevelopment, with supervisors citing decades of community planning and commitments to on‑site affordable housing and public benefits.
The Board of Supervisors on April 14 approved a ground lease and first‑reading planning ordinances tied to the Potrero Power Station mixed‑use redevelopment proposed by the California Barrel Company LLC and its development partners.
Clerk materials described a ground lease of approximately 1.6 acres of shoreline property adjacent to the Potrero Power Station site with a nominal $1 annual base rent, and three ordinances to amend the General Plan, planning code and zoning map and to approve a development agreement for the project covering roughly 29 acres. Supervisor comments during the hearing emphasized neighborhood access to the waterfront, large on‑site affordable housing commitments and transportation funding for the southeastern waterfront.
Supervisor Walton, the District 10 supervisor, told the Board the project will add open space and waterfront access and provide a significant number of affordable units on site, workforce development, and tens of millions in transportation improvements. Supervisor Peskin reviewed the site's history as a former power plant and said remediation is substantially complete on much of the site.
The Board voted unanimously to adopt the ground‑lease resolution and to pass items 24, 25 and 26 in first reading with 11 ayes. The lease and development approvals were forwarded after a committee hearing and substantial community engagement, according to supervisors and staff.
Why it matters: The Potrero Power Station site has been a focus of neighborhood activism for decades; conversion from industrial/power plant use to mixed‑use development is a major neighborhood change that includes affordable housing and public‑realm commitments.
What’s next: The ordinances advanced on first reading and will return for further readings and any required approvals.
