Board upholds CEQA exemption for Mid‑Valencia curbside protected bikeway after contested hearing

Jan 28, 2025

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Jan. 28 upheld the Planning Department’s statutory CEQA exemption for the Mid Valencia curbside protected bikeway project, denying an appeal from Valencia merchants and residents and clearing the way for SFMTA to proceed with the curbside design.

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Acting as a committee of the whole, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Jan. 28 voted to uphold the Planning Department’s determination that the Municipal Transportation Agency’s Mid Valencia Curbside Protected Bikeway project is statutorily exempt from environmental review under California law. Supervisor Susan Fielder moved to affirm the exemption and table related motions; Supervisor Shamann Walton presided. The motion passed on a roll call after board members voted 10–0 with President Mandelmann excused.

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