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Supervisors advance amended resolution opposing SB 50 as public commenters and advocates clash
Summary
At a Dec. 5 Government Audit & Oversight Committee hearing, Supervisors advanced amendments to a resolution opposing Senate Bill 50 unless the bill includes stronger tenant protections, local community plan exemptions and value‑capture measures. Public testimony was sharply divided, with tenant groups urging outright opposition and planning advocates urging support for statewide action.
Supervisor Gordon Marr, chair of the Government Audit & Oversight Committee, presented a resolution and a set of amendments on Dec. 5 opposing California Senate Bill 50 — authored by Senator Scott Wiener — unless the state bill is revised to meet several San Francisco‑specific conditions. Marr said the amendments would protect local community plans, require stronger tenant protections and capture increased land value from any blanket up‑zoning for affordable housing and community benefits.
Marr told the committee the city's recent jobs‑housing fit report shows housing production is not keeping pace with job growth and that the city faces an 18,000‑unit shortfall of truly affordable housing over the next six years. "As written, SB 50 won't correct that imbalance. It'll exacerbate it,"…
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