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Planning Commission approves waiver of on-site public-art requirement for 100% affordable projects, 5–1
Summary
The commission voted 5–1 to approve a planning-code amendment that would waive the on-site public-art requirement for 100% affordable housing projects with staff modifications; community groups urged more stakeholder engagement and alternative funding sources.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Nov. 16 approved, by a 5–1 vote, a planning-code amendment that would waive the city’s on-site public-art requirement for 100% affordable housing projects and provide limited relocation/removal flexibility for existing artworks under certain conditions.
Planning staff and a representative from Supervisor Matt Dorsey’s office framed the proposal as a way to reduce development costs for deeply affordable housing and to respond to maintenance burdens on affordable-owner associations. Presenting a case study, staff described a mural at 1400 Mission that has been repeatedly vandalized; under current rules the building would be…
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