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Planning department presents biannual housing balance as supervisors urge faster reporting
Summary
The planning department presented the third biannual housing balance report showing entitled units rose to 11,140 and a projected housing balance near 15%; supervisors praised the data but pressed staff on late reporting and data matching challenges.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee received the planning department's third biannual housing balance report on April 18. Senior planner Teresa Ojeda described how the housing balance measures net new affordable housing relative to total net new housing over a 10-year period. The report showed entitled units rose from 9,981 to 11,140 since the previous report and said the projected housing balance stood near 15 percent for pipeline entitlements.
Ojeda said the report includes production and preservation (entitled, permitted and completed rehabilitation projects) while subtracting units removed from protected status by no-fault evictions, condo conversions, demolition and owner move-ins. She told supervisors the planning department continues to face technical and staffing constraints that delayed the March 1 statutory reporting deadline and noted staff are working to align reporting timelines with other department inventories.
Supervisor Jane Kim thanked planning staff for compiling the detailed data and said the report helps the Board and mayor's office make decisions about funding and negotiation with market-rate developers. Public commenters generally praised the staff's effort while urging the inclusion of additional loss categories (short-term rental conversions) and cautioning against over-reliance on a single percentage metric.
After public comment, Supervisor Kim moved to file the report; the committee filed the report without objection.
