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Planning Commission hears city plan to use public land to help reach Mayor Lee’s 30,000‑unit housing goal
Summary
City planning and economic development staff previewed a Public Sites Development Framework that would use MTA and PUC land to help deliver housing — including middle‑income and affordable units — toward the mayor’s goal of 30,000 new or rehabilitated units by 2020. Commissioners and residents pressed for site‑by‑site analysis, community outreach and clarity on how much affordable housing will be produced.
Planning Department staff and the Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development on Thursday introduced a new Public Sites Development Framework designed to coordinate the use of underutilized public land for housing, jobs and public benefits.
Ken Riggs of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development told the Planning Commission that the mayor has directed officials “to set our sights on developing 30,000 new or rehabilitated units by the year 2020,” with an emphasis that 30 percent of them be affordable and that a large share be within reach of middle‑income households. Claudia Flores, Planning…
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