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Supervisors send 3400 Cesar Chavez environmental document back to planning for more analysis on social impacts
Summary
After months of public testimony and a reference to the 2660 Harrison precedent, the Board voted 6–5 to ask planning to do additional CEQA analysis of social impacts for the 3400 Cesar Chavez project.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to direct the Planning Department to undertake additional environmental review focused on social impacts for the proposed market‑rate housing project at 3400 Cesar Chavez Street.
Supervisor Daly and several colleagues argued that the social consequences of market‑rate development in the Mission District — including potential displacement and neighborhood change — merited fuller analysis under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Daly noted the neighborhood’s history with displacement and urged that “social impacts” be examined so that the board and the public could make the most informed decision on the project’s consequences.
Planning staff and some supervisors countered that CEQA does not explicitly require evaluation of social impacts in every case and that staff had applied…
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