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UCSF presents Parnassus Heights master plan to planning commission; neighbors raise space‑cap, traffic and open‑space concerns
Summary
UCSF presented a long‑range plan for the Parnassus Heights campus that would add roughly 1.5–2.0 million square feet of program over decades, increase housing on campus to about 750–984 units and include a new hospital; the presentation prompted broad public comment citing concerns about Regents' 1976 space cap, traffic, construction impacts and encroachment on Mount Sutro open space.
UCSF officials presented an informational briefing on June 4 about the Comprehensive Parnassus Heights Plan (CPHP), a multi‑decade proposal to modernize and expand the Parnassus campus.
Planning staff introduced the item and said the city will coordinate a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) process with UCSF and other city agencies; staff also said a draft environmental impact report (EIR) was expected to be published within roughly two weeks with a 45‑day comment period. Francesca Vega, UCSF vice chancellor for community and government relations, and Brian Newman, UCSF vice president and associate vice chancellor of real estate, said the plan responds to aging infrastructure and seismic‑safety needs, and includes major themes such as Park‑to‑Peak connections, a new ‘campus heart,’ an improved…
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