Supervisors Back SFMTA Joint‑Development Policy, Add Direction to Prioritize Community and Affordability

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors' Land Use and Transportation Committee voted 3-0 Monday to recommend to the full Board a resolution supporting the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's (SFMTA) newly adopted joint development program goals and policy, and approved an amendment directing the agency to model alternatives that prioritize community development, housing affordability and sustainable design.

The committee, chaired by Supervisor Mirna Melgar, adopted the amendment offered by Vice Chair Cheyenne Chen and then voted to forward the resolution to the full Board as amended. The committee's action followed a presentation by Wade Wyckoff, SFMTA joint development program manager, and more than an hour of public comment primarily urging stronger affordability requirements for SFMTA parcels.

The resolution expresses support for the SFMTA board's unanimous adoption of a policy intended to guide development of more than 90 agency properties across the city. Wyckoff told the committee that joint development "is a way to help ourselves through diversifying our funding sources without burdening taxpayers," and described the policy as a framework to identify a 25-site portfolio for further evaluation and to require compliance with the California…