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Planning Commission approves HomeSF changes to create new rent‑control path, splits on historic‑district exclusion
Summary
The commission approved an amendment creating a HomeSF option that subjects non‑BMR units to rent control (11A) with staff amendments, and separately approved a measure excluding historic districts (11B) without staff’s narrower modification. Votes reflected a split over demolition, environmental screening, and neighborhood character.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Feb. 16 approved two separate ordinances to change the HomeSF local density‑bonus program, voting to adopt Supervisor Dorsey’s ordinance with four staff‑recommended modifications while separately approving President Peskin’s ordinance to exclude historic districts without the narrower staff modification.
The first ordinance (11A) creates an alternative HomeSF path where project sponsors can elect to provide the required inclusionary units and subject remaining units in a building to rent control, in exchange for density relief and up to one or two additional stories. Planning staff recommended four clarifying…
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