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Planning Commission backs updated jobs‑housing linkage fee after marathon public hearing
Summary
After hours of testimony from labor, tenant groups and developers, the Planning Commission approved Supervisor Matt Haney’s update to the jobs‑housing linkage fee that raises the office fee and dedicates shares for preservation and supportive housing, sending the measure on to the Board with staff‑recommended refinements.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Thursday voted to support legislation that updates the city’s jobs‑housing linkage fee, a move sponsors said would generate hundreds of millions of dollars for affordable housing over the next decade.
Supervisor Matt Haney told the commission the existing fee — last substantially updated in 1997 — does not reflect current office densities, construction costs and the city’s affordable‑housing needs. The proposed ordinance raises the office rate to $69.60 per square foot and the laboratory rate to $46.43 per square foot, indexes the fee to inflation and allocates 30 percent of revenue to permanent supportive housing and 10 percent to acquisition and preservation. Sponsor materials cite a nexus study…
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