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Planning staff presents jobs‑housing trends; commission endorses MAP 2020 package and extends Mission interim controls
Summary
Staff presented 30‑year jobs and housing trends and regional projections; after extended public testimony the commission unanimously endorsed MAP 2020 and voted to extend and retain interim controls for the Mission while deferring one UMU height change for District 10.
Planning staff presented a data‑rich report on jobs, housing, and commute dynamics, concluding that San Francisco has produced substantial housing near downtown but remains affected by regional jobs/housing imbalances. Joshua Switzky told commissioners that the city has built roughly 40,000 housing units within and adjacent to downtown over 30 years and that Plan Bay Area projections would lower San Francisco’s jobs‑per‑housing ratio from about 1.73 to roughly 1.66 under the current plan allocations.
Switzky said the region must coordinate growth near transit and that housing production must continue across income levels to reduce displacement pressures. "San Francisco has kind of been constant or improved its jobs housing balance over the last 30 years," he said during the presentation.
Public testimony ran long: neighborhood advocates, labor groups, SPUR, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and housing advocates urged a mix of production, preservation and regional action. Many speakers focused on effects of office growth, displacement of working families and the need for regional coordination on housing near jobs.
On the MAP 2020 package for the Mission — a joint city‑community framework of tenant protections, small‑sites acquisition, PDR protections and developer mitigation measures — commissioners debated zoning elements, PDR provisions and a proposed UMU height adjustment affecting District 10 (Potrero/Dogpatch). After amendments and discussion, the commission voted unanimously to endorse MAP 2020, adopt related actions and to extend the Mission interim controls (with staff’s recommended boundaries retained and UMU District 10 height changes deferred for further outreach). The motion passed unanimously 7 to 0.
