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Board certifies housing-element EIR over neighborhood objections; 8-3 vote
Summary
Board of Supervisors certified the final Environmental Impact Report for the 2004 and 2009 housing elements after a public hearing that drew dozens of neighborhood speakers and exposed sharp disagreement over last‑minute policy changes, water‑supply projections and the EIR's alternatives analysis.
Board of Supervisors certified the final environmental impact report (EIR) for the city's 2004 and 2009 housing elements after a lengthy public hearing and debate, advancing the city's housing-policy process despite objections from neighborhood groups and plaintiffs who have litigated earlier versions of the plan.
The board's certification, passed by an 8'to'3 roll‑call vote, came after the planning department and outside appellants exchanged technical arguments for several hours. The planning department maintained the EIR analyzed reasonably foreseeable development, considered the environmental effects on transit and other public services, and included an adequate range of alternatives. Appellants said the document omitted new, substantive policy changes inserted after the public review period…
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