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City planning seeks expanded PDA designations to unlock regional funds; committee accepts non‑substantive amendments
Summary
The Planning Department asked the GAO committee to confirm and expand Priority Development Areas as part of Plan Bay Area 2050; planning staff described PDA grants and incentives and the committee accepted non‑substantive amendments and continued the item to allow more public review.
Joshua Switzky of the Planning Department presented a proposal on Dec. 5 to apply for expanded Priority Development Areas (PDAs), Priority Conservation Areas (PCAs) and Priority Production Areas (PPAs) with the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for the Plan Bay Area 2050 update.
Switzky described PDAs as a voluntary, incentive‑based regional framework intended to support local community planning, unlock grant funding and direct investments to transit‑accessible neighborhoods. He said PDAs are not a regional override of local land‑use control:…
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