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Planning Department outlines 2009 Housing Element, warns state compliance needed to keep funding
Summary
Planning Department staff told the commission its 2009 Housing Element update—required by the state—focuses on affordable housing, neighborhood character, sustainability and infrastructure and requires community outreach and a full EIR; staff warned that nonconformance could jeopardize state funding for affordable housing and infrastructure.
Sarah Dennis Phillips, a Planning Department project lead, briefed the San Francisco Planning Commission on the department’s work updating the 2009 Housing Element, a state-required component of the city’s general plan. The department has pursued a three-part outreach strategy—community advisory body meetings, stakeholder sessions and neighborhood workshops—and is preparing a full environmental impact report for both the 2004 and 2009 elements.
“Our next required update is due June 26, 2009,” Sarah Dennis Phillips told the commission, adding that an element that is not found in conformity with state law can put the city “not eligible for…
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