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Planning staff says San Francisco must adopt housing element by Jan. 31 to avoid state enforcement
Summary
City planning staff told the Planning Commission that the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) told cities they must be in substantial compliance by Jan. 31, 2023; staff laid out an accelerated schedule that would ask the Board to adopt the city's housing element by that date to avoid funding losses and the so-called "builder's remedy."
San Francisco planning staff told the Planning Commission on Oct. 20 that the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has signaled an enforcement timeline requiring jurisdictions to be in substantial compliance by Jan. 31, 2023, and that failure to meet that date could trigger penalties, loss of certain grants and activation of the "builder's remedy." Maya Small of the planning department said the communication from HCD — described in part as having been circulated via Twitter — represented a surprise that compressed the city's previously expected schedule.
The housing element team proposed an accelerated schedule aimed at meeting the state timing: an informational hearing at the…
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