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Board approves $2 per-square-foot TSF increase and grandfathering for pipeline projects after amendment
Summary
Supervisors voted 6–5 to amend the Transportation Sustainability Fee with a $2 increase and one-time grandfathering for projects in the pipeline; debate centered on transit funding needs versus development impacts and the legislative process.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Feb. 23 approved, on first reading as amended, a Transportation Sustainability Fee (TSF) increase for large nonresidential projects, adopting a $2-per-square-foot rise and a one-time grandfathering provision for projects already in the approval pipeline.
Supervisor John Avalos moved the amendments and said the increase would generate roughly $2 million a year and an estimated $30 million in one-time funds from grandfathered projects. Avalos argued commercial projects impose greater transit impacts than…
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