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Planning Department outlines broad General Plan modernization with mandated housing and climate updates
Summary
Planning staff presented a multi-year effort to update San Francisco’s General Plan with mandated housing, transportation, community safety and environmental-justice elements, noting EIR and staffing costs and a state-imposed housing deadline that could trigger funding penalties.
Planning Department staff told the San Francisco Planning Commission on Nov. 4 that a parallel set of mandated updates — the housing element, transportation element, community-safety element and an environmental-justice framework — will modernize the city's General Plan and carry substantial staff and consultant costs.
"The general plan is San Francisco's vision for the future," Planning Department planner Anne Marie Rogers told commissioners, outlining why the department has prioritized housing,…
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