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Mayor's directive aims to speed approvals to sustain 5,000 housing units a year; Planning staff to present implementation plan
Summary
Planning staff described a mayoral executive directive directing departments to streamline permitting with targets and quarterly reporting; commissioners supported expedited implementation while stressing the need to preserve meaningful community input.
Planning Department staff briefed the commission on a mayoral executive directive intended to accelerate housing approvals across city departments. The directive sets an aspirational target of maintaining a 5,000 units per year production rate and asks departments involved in housing permitting to shorten internal timeframes tied to CEQA and entitlement steps.
Director Ram told the commission the directive sets specific process timeframes (6–22 months depending on CEQA and project…
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