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Committee backs expansion of childcare developer fee and option for family‑childcare units; amendments adopted
Summary
The committee unanimously accepted several amendments and forwarded a planning-code ordinance to increase and extend childcare impact fees to commercial and residential development, and to allow developers the option to dedicate on-site housing units for licensed family childcare, with projected additional revenue of roughly $5 million over 7–10 years.
The committee voted to forward to the full Board a planning-code amendment to expand and increase the childcare in‑lieu fee, extend the fee to office and hotel projects over specified square-foot thresholds, and to create an option allowing developers to dedicate on-site housing units for licensed family childcare in lieu of paying the fee.
Sponsor Supervisor Norman Yee said San Francisco has long underinvested in childcare facilities and that the proposed changes…
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