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Supervisors approve first‑reading amendments to 100% affordable housing density‑bonus program
Summary
The Board advanced Supervisor Katy Tang’s 100% affordable housing density‑bonus ordinance with amendments intended to protect narrow streets, require developer relocation plans for displaced small businesses, and clarify eligibility; the ordinance passed unanimously on first reading.
The Board of Supervisors on July 12 advanced an ordinance to create a 100% affordable housing density bonus program that would allow development bonuses, certain zoning modifications, and a plan‑review fee for fully affordable on‑site projects.
Supervisor Katy Tang introduced the ordinance, noting the Planning Commission had determined the program conforms with the General Plan and that it aimed to produce additional 100% affordable projects from seven pipeline developments. Tang said the program could unlock roughly 203 new affordable units in the near term.
Supervisors debated a set of amendments aimed at preserving sunlight and access on narrow streets and protecting small businesses required to relocate. Supervisor John Avalos offered three amendments: - add design‑review language allowing the Planning Commission to apply narrow‑street standards (section 261.1) to bonus floors; - require developers to include relocation plans for commercial tenants when relocation would be required, and document compliance with state and federal relocation laws (e.g., the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act) in project applications; - correct a typographical cross‑reference in the application requirements.
Supervisor Avalos’ motion to adopt those amendments was seconded and adopted without objection. Supervisor Norman Yee offered a friendly amendment to clarify zoning designations, which passed without opposition.
The ordinance, as amended, passed unanimously on first reading by roll call. The first‑reading vote count reported 11 ayes.
Why it matters: The program is intended to incentivize fully affordable on‑site housing by providing development bonuses and procedural streamlining; supporters said it will help neighborhoods that have experienced little development, while amendments were designed to reduce potential adverse impacts on narrow streets and relocated small businesses.
Key procedural notes - Sponsor/presenter: Supervisor Katy Tang. Several supervisors who represent neighborhoods with less development — including Avalos, Yee and Peskin — supported the ordinance with amendments. - Action taken: Motion to amend (multiple technical and substantive amendments) adopted without objection; underlying ordinance as amended passed unanimously on first reading (roll call recorded 11 ayes).
Speakers quoted in this article are taken from the Board transcript of July 12, 2016.
