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Planning Commission approves Planning Department budget, presses for stronger tenant protections and records access
Summary
The San Francisco Planning Commission approved the Planning Department's proposed budget to transmit to the mayor, while commissioners and public speakers pressed staff for clearer tenant protections, better record access and new enforcement funding.
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted to recommend the Planning Department's budget to the mayor on a unanimous roll-call vote after a daylong hearing that highlighted concerns about tenant protections, records access and enforcement funding.
The commission approved the department's proposal to transmit a near'steady FY budget built largely on application and permit fees and modestly increased grant activity. Deborah Landis, the department's deputy director of administration, told commissioners the proposed revenue package relies on about $43.5 million in fees and continued work to recover interagency and grant funding. She also outlined two legislative requests being packaged with the budget: (1) change the planning code so enforcement fines can be used for broader enforcement…
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