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Planning director warns commission to prepare if state abolishes redevelopment agencies
Summary
The Planning Department told the commission the governor's trailer bill could dissolve redevelopment agencies by July 1, requiring rapid contingency work including taking over entitlement functions and converting agency zoning to city code; staff proposed inviting Fred Blackwell for a briefing.
Linda, the Planning Department director, briefed the San Francisco Planning Commission on March 10 about proposed state budget trailer legislation that would eliminate redevelopment agencies and their tax‑increment financing functions and require dissolution by July 1, 2011. She said the measure would immediately limit agencies' activities to paying contractual obligations once signed by the governor and that a successor agency would only wind down fiscal duties.
Linda said the department expects two immediate impacts for city planning if…
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