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Land Use Committee forwards competing resolutions on governor's by‑right housing bill to full Board after hours of debate
Summary
Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Scott Wiener presented differing resolutions on the governor's by‑right housing trailer bill — Peskin urged exemption or amendment to preserve local review and prevent demolition of existing housing; Wiener proposed negotiating amendments to focus the bill on honoring zoning while maintaining design, labor and environmental standards. The committee sent both items to the full Board without recommendation after extensive public testimony.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee debated two competing Board resolutions responding to the governor's proposed by‑right housing trailer bill and ultimately voted to forward both measures to the full Board without recommendation.
Supervisor Aaron Peskin urged the committee to support amendments or opposition that would protect San Francisco's local planning standards, prohibit demolition of existing housing as a result of the bill, require minimum local inclusionary housing standards and allow continued public review for major developments. "Specifically, we would like the governor's bill to be amended… a prohibition on the demolition of existing…
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