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Planning Department adopts biodiversity resolution, commits to interagency actions
Summary
The Planning Commission unanimously adopted a biodiversity resolution proposed by Planning and SF Environment staff outlining goals for living roofs, street-tree planting, biodiversity design guidelines and cross-departmental coordination to integrate biodiversity into city projects and policy.
The Planning Commission unanimously adopted a planning-department biodiversity resolution on April 11 that sets goals and operational steps to integrate biodiversity into the built environment. Planning staff (Lisa Fisher) and the Department of the Environment (Peter Brasdow) presented the resolution and a multi-department work plan developed over several years.
Presenters outlined five primary goals: biologically rich ecosystems; equitable access to nature; ecological planning and design; community stewardship; and climate resilience. The department emphasized existing programs — including living roofs, bird-safe design standards and a city Plant Finder tool — and highlighted a street-tree census that showed some 35,000 vacant tree wells citywide.
Public commenters and commissioners invited staff to pursue incentives and outreach (green-factor programs, pilot backyard grants) and asked for reporting on implementation. The commission asked staff to return with progress reporting; the resolution passed unanimously 6–0.
