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Planning Commission certifies revised housing‑element EIR and adopts 2009 housing element with narrow amendment
Summary
The San Francisco Planning Commission certified a revised EIR and adopted the 2009 housing element as the city’s general plan housing element on April 24, 2014, approving related CEQA findings. The commission also deleted “Japantown” from Policy 1.2 by a 5–1 vote after public testimony about neighborhood protections.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on April 24 certified a revised final environmental impact report (EIR) for the city’s 2004 and 2009 housing elements and voted to adopt the 2009 housing element as the city’s general plan housing element, with a narrow amendment deleting the word “Japantown” from Policy 1.2.
Staff said the EIR had been revised to comply with a San Francisco Superior Court order that required additional analysis of alternatives and that the revised alternatives had been circulated for public review. Steven Smith of the planning department’s Environmental Planning section said the revised alternatives did not change the EIR’s overall conclusions but…
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