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Planning staff present housing element update centered on racial and social equity; commissioners press for more specificity
Summary
Planning staff said the 2022 Housing Element will be centered on racial and social equity, lists 37 policies and 280 actions (27 priority actions), and sets targets for redistributing affordable housing; commissioners praised the effort but requested clearer implementation steps, funding sources, anti-displacement guidelines and CEQA alignment.
Planning Department staff presented a draft 2022 Housing Element update to the Historic Preservation Commission on Feb. 3, describing it as the first housing plan in the city's history that is explicitly centered on racial and social equity.
"This is the first time that San Francisco's housing plan will be centered in racial and social equity," Shelly, a housing element project lead, told the commission. She said the update responds to substantial increases in regional targets and to community directives gathered during extensive outreach.
Staff summarized engagement work: 22 focus groups (targeting disproportionately affected communities), 40 community-hosted virtual events, 10 language-specific sessions (Cantonese and Spanish), and an online survey with more than 1,600 respondents. From that input, staff said the draft emphasizes three priorities: quality and access for vulnerable households; distribution and housing choice (including small and mid-rise construction in…
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