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Mayor backs planning department's action plan as staff outlines case-management, permit-tracking and CEQA streamlining
Summary
Mayor Gavin Newsom told the Planning Commission the administration supports a new action plan to speed and improve San Francisco's planning process. Planning staff unveiled six objectives including permit tracking, a single intake, case management and steps to streamline environmental review.
Mayor Gavin Newsom opened the meeting by urging the Planning Commission to adopt changes that would make the city's planning process faster, more transparent and focused on higher-quality design. "We recognize that we cannot continue to do what we have done in terms of the planning process in San Francisco," Newsom said, framing the department's action plan as part of an administration-backed push to reduce delays and uncertainty.
The Planning Department's draft action plan, presented by director-level staff and by Alicia Jean Baptiste, groups roughly 30 staff-driven…
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