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Housing streamlining ordinance paused for city‑attorney review after heated public debate; duplicate file amended to curb 'monster homes'
Summary
Supervisor-proposed and mayor-sponsored housing streamlining legislation drew intense public comment, divided stakeholders and a warning from HCD. The committee duplicated the file, adopted Supervisor Mandelmann’s amendments to sunset certain conditional‑use rules and cap unit sizes in two special‑use districts, and continued the original ordinance to Nov. 27 for city‑attorney review of HCD and recent state guidance.
The committee spent the latter portion of its Oct. 30 meeting on a major housing streamlining ordinance intended to promote housing production by exempting some projects from notice and conditional‑use requirements, adjusting setback and lot‑size rules, changing ground‑floor use allowances, and expanding density‑exception and fee‑exemption options for certain affordable projects. Chair Mirna Melgar framed the discussion by saying that immediate City Attorney guidance was necessary after the state Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) issued a report and an Oct. letter raising compliance questions.
Melgar explained the committee had previously adopted narrowly targeted amendments to preserve much of the housing‑preservation intent (including protections…
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