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Planning Commission deadlocks on Wiener plan to exempt 100% affordable housing from conditional‑use review
Summary
The Planning Commission split 3–3 on Supervisor Scott Wiener’s ordinance that would exempt 100% affordable housing projects from conditional‑use (CU) review and related large‑project processes, leaving the item to move to the Board of Supervisors without a Planning Commission recommendation for approval.
Supervisor Scott Wiener urged the Planning Commission to speed construction of permanently affordable homes by removing lengthy conditional‑use hearings for projects where all units are reserved as affordable. “We are in the middle of a very intense housing affordability crisis, and we need more affordable housing yesterday,” Wiener told commissioners while introducing the ordinance, which would apply to projects restricted at or below 120 percent of area median income (AMI).
Supporters — including nonprofit housing developers and affordable‑housing advocates — said the change would cut months from an entitlement timeline and increase certainty for nonprofit sponsors. Ally Gaylord of Bridge Housing told the…
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