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Planning staff outlines Housing Element draft prioritizing racial equity, reparations framework and large funding gap
Summary
Planning Department staff presented Draft 3 of San Francisco's 2022 Housing Element, highlighting stronger racial and social equity measures, a proposed reparations framework, sharply higher housing targets and an estimated $1.5'$2.0 billion annual funding gap to meet needs over the next eight years.
Shelly Calthildrone, a Planning Department staffer, told the Historic Preservation Commission that the department published Draft 3 of the Housing Element on March 25 and would submit it to the state for review on May 10. "I'm here today to talk about the City's housing element," she said, and noted the draft environmental impact report was released the same day and will be discussed at the Commission on June 1.
Calthildrone said the draft advances racial and social equity as a core principle and proposes a "reparations framework" aimed at groups harmed by past discriminatory actions, offering homeownership opportunities, rental…
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