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Supervisors advance HomeSF with amendments after hours of testimony
Summary
The Land Use Committee advanced Supervisor Katie Tang’s HomeSF local density-bonus program to the full Board after planning staff presented projected housing gains and dozens of public commenters offered sharply divided views on affordability, unit sizes and small-business impacts. The committee adopted amendments and directed counsel to add a formula-retail restriction before full-board consideration.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use Committee on May 16 advanced HomeSF, a local density-bonus ordinance sponsored by Supervisor Katie Tang, to the full Board with a set of amendments and additional language pending.
Planning Department staff described HomeSF as a local alternative to the state density bonus law that would offer developers increased density and two extra stories in exchange for 30% of a project’s units being provided as on-site below-market-rate housing. Paolo Ikezoy of the Planning Department told the committee the program is tailored to San Francisco’s needs, targets middle‑income and working families, and includes family-friendly features such as a minimum of 40% of units with two bedrooms or larger. Ikezoy said HomeSF’s soft-site analysis suggests the program could increase total housing from roughly 6,400 units under current zoning to about 16,000 over 20 years and raise on-site affordable units from about 1,600 to roughly 5,000 over the same period.
The committee heard more than a hundred public commenters. Supporters included parents, teachers and labor representatives who said HomeSF could help keep middle‑income workers — Muni operators, nurses, firefighters and teachers — in the city. “This legislation is important because San Francisco has left the middle class behind,” said Michelle Parker, who…
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