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Long Park Merced public hearing draws mixed testimony; commission extends DEIR comment period
Summary
The Planning Commission opened a public hearing on the Park Merced draft EIR, heard hours of pro and con testimony about demolition, displacement, transit and environmental impacts, and extended the written comment period from June 28 to July 12.
The Planning Commission on June 17 held a lengthy public hearing on the Park Merced draft environmental impact report (DEIR), which analyzes a multi‑decade plan to reshape the 191‑acre Park Merced site with new housing, retail, transit improvements and sustainability measures.
Rick Cooper of the Planning Department’s environmental analysis section summarized the DEIR: over roughly 20 years the project could result in about 8,900 residential units (about 5,679 net new units), new commercial and retail services, transit changes (including rerouting the M Ocean View line through the site), renewable energy installations (wind…
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