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Planning Commission presses Academy of Art on incomplete institutional master plan and transportation review
Summary
The Planning Commission held an extensive informational session on the Academy of Art University’s Institutional Master Plan (IMP), with commissioners and residents raising concerns about missing transportation analysis, potential housing displacement from acquisitions, and likely need for a comprehensive EIR before the IMP can be accepted.
The San Francisco Planning Commission spent most of its April 24 meeting examining the Academy of Art University’s Institutional Master Plan (IMP) and its pending environmental review. Staff said the academy’s latest submission meets many code checklist items but lacks a transportation analysis, which staff and several commissioners said is essential and may push the environmental review into an 18–24 month EIR process.
Commissioners and dozens of neighborhood speakers questioned the IMP’s scope and the university’s growth strategy. Several critics said the academy has bought dozens of downtown buildings used for housing and is “cannibalizing” rental stock. Brad Paul urged the city…
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