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Planning staff unveils $2 billion Central SoMa "menu" of public benefits, seeks public input

San Francisco Planning Commission · December 10, 2015
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Summary

Planning staff presented options to capture up to $2 billion in public benefits from an upzoning of Central SoMa, proposing basic requirements (including a 33% affordable target) plus themed "menus" (green, economic diversity, residential focus) and asking the public which package to prioritize.

Planning Department staff laid out Dec. 10 how a Central SoMa plan could generate as much as $2 billion in neighborhood public benefits if the Commission and Board pursue increased development capacity in Eastern SoMa.

Project manager Steve Orthheim said staff estimates approximately $350 million in public benefits would be available under existing zoning but upzoning in the Central SoMa plan could increase that to about $2…

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