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Supervisors back expedited site-permit reform to shorten housing-permit timelines
Summary
The Board passed an ordinance (item 72) to change the building-code site-permit process, limit detailed plan review at the site-permit stage, and require simultaneous interdepartmental electronic review. Supporters said the measure could shave 6 to 18 months off approvals; the ordinance passed on first reading.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on July 18 passed an ordinance on first reading (item 72) that modifies the city's site-permit process for building projects, aims to limit the scope of plan review at the site-permit stage and requires simultaneous interdepartmental electronic review of site-permit applications.
Sponsor remarks: "Our permit process in San Francisco is broken and needs to be reformed," Supervisor Ahsha Safaee said during remarks describing the ordinance's intent. Safaee told colleagues the change would return the site permit to a quicker, checklist-style stage and could "shave anywhere between 6 to 18 months…
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