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Planning Commission initiates Market/Octavia ‘Hub’ plan amid heated debate over displacement and equity
Summary
The Planning Commission voted 5–1 on Feb. 13 to initiate amendments to the Market/Octavia “Hub” area plan that would allow up to about 1,600 new homes on 18 sites, generate new impact‑fee revenues and create a Hub Sustainability District; community groups pressed for stronger racial and social equity safeguards and protections against displacement.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Feb. 13 voted to initiate legislative amendments to the Market/Octavia area plan that would raise heights on 18 sites, add roughly 1,600 new housing units and create a Hub Sustainability District to streamline some housing approvals.
Planning Department staff, led by Joshua Suitsky and Lily Langlois, told the commission the package builds on the 2008 plan to yield more housing near transit, with an estimated additional 1,600 units and roughly $682 million in affordable‑housing resources from new development and fees. Staff said the changes could produce about 2,200 total affordable units when…
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