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Commission authorizes environmental review for Western SoMa community plan after lengthy public comment

San Francisco Planning Commission · September 18, 2008
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Summary

The Planning Commission unanimously authorized environmental review for the Western SoMa draft community plan, recognizing it as the community's preferred alternative. The multi‑year task force plan directs housing growth, open‑space improvements, transportation changes and protections for residential enclaves; it drew widespread support and some critiques about outreach and regional trade‑offs.

The Planning Commission unanimously authorized the planning department to begin environmental review of the Western SoMa Community Plan draft and recognized the draft as the community’s preferred zoning option.

Supervisor Michela (Supervisor Daly introduced the task force’s three‑year effort and the plan’s 13 guiding principles. The document aims to protect low‑rise residential enclaves (recommending 40‑foot limits in those clusters), increase…

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