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San Francisco planners warn state 'streamlining' bill could limit historic reviews for qualifying housing projects
Summary
Planning staff told the Historic Preservation Commission that the governor's draft streamlining legislation would make many multi‑unit residential projects ministerial ('as of right') if they meet objective standards and affordability thresholds, potentially removing CEQA review and complicating protections for local historic resources.
Planning department staff warned Historic Preservation Commissioners on July 20 that a state bill designed to speed housing approvals could sharply limit local review of projects that affect historic resources.
"The governor's proposal would allow — would require us to approve projects without extensive review as of right," said John Ram, introducing the briefing. Anne Marie Rogers, planning department staff, said the draft bill generally would make housing projects of two or more units that meet objective standards ministerial and therefore not subject to CEQA for qualifying sites.
Rogers described how eligibility would depend on objective standards and affordability levels tied to transit proximity: in transit priority areas a project would need at least 10 percent low‑income or 5…
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