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Planning Commission adopts Central SoMa plan with board-referred changes, urges added study of affordability and implementation details
Summary
The Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve the Board‑referred amendments to the Central SoMa plan, adding site‑specific exceptions and directing staff to explore living‑wall feasibility, POPOS design guidance and community stabilization funding options while asking for more work on implementation timelines.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Sept. 27 approved a package of board‑referred amendments to the Central SoMa plan, a major rezoning and public‑benefits program intended to guide development in a large swath of South of Market. The commission voted unanimously to adopt the planning code, administrative code and zoning map changes as amended and asked staff to explore additional measures to protect neighborhood needs.
The plan, as amended and certified by the commission, includes a strengthened Housing Sustainability District (HSD) that tightens on‑site affordability requirements for projects using streamlining benefits, site‑specific exceptions for several key development parcels, and a new PDR (production, distribution and repair) relocation fund to help industrial tenants displaced by development.…
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