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Board approves zoning and street vacation ordinances to facilitate temporary navigation center and allow temporary shelters in PDR zones

3006152 · April 16, 2025
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Summary

The Board approved two ordinances on first reading to allow temporary homeless shelters in production, distribution and repair (PDR) zones and to vacate a portion of 20 Fifth Street for a temporary navigation center; supervisors said navigation centers are needed to clear encampments and provide alternatives to street living.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed, on first reading, two ordinances related to homeless services: one to allow temporary homeless shelters in several PDR and mixed-use zoning districts, and a second to vacate a portion of 20 Fifth Street to facilitate a temporary navigation center and allow operation of the center on the vacated portion for more than two years.

Supervisor Kim, whose district includes much of the South of Market, said her district has taken on a…

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