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Planning staff urges phased Prop M allocations; commissioners and community debate housing-first priorities
Summary
Planning staff recommended phasing approvals of large Central SoMa office projects under Prop M, prioritizing projects that are ready in phases rather than using a cross-project benefits formula. Commissioners and public commenters debated whether to prioritize 'readiness' versus early delivery of affordable housing and parks.
The Planning Department briefed the commission on the annual Prop M office allocation program and recommended a phased approach to allocating limited office square footage for several large Central SoMa projects.
Corey Teague and Rich Sucre described Prop M's mechanics (an annual allocation of 950,000 square feet, divided between small- and large-cap buckets) and summarized the pipeline: a long backlog of large-cap proposals means the city cannot grant all requests immediately. Staff's recommendation was procedural: to approve project phases in the order they become "ready for entitlement," beginning with initial phases of 598 Brannan (about 700,000 sq ft of 920,000 proposed), the 88 Bloxham tennis-club site (phase 1 about 470,000 of 840,000), and the Flower Mart…
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