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Committee advances surplus property measure, contractor parking plan and Western SoMa live‑performance amendment
Summary
The committee forwarded a surplus city‑property ordinance and a contractor parking plan to the full Board with positive recommendations, and approved an amendment to allow limited live performance permits in Western SoMa; public comment highlighted Yerba Buena Island residents' concerns and parking permit misuse.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee advanced multiple smaller but substantive items in the meeting’s early agenda.
Item 1: A motion to place an amended ordinance on the ballot updating the administrative code on surplus city property moved forward after public comment calling for transparency and protections for longtime residents of Yerba Buena Island. The committee approved forwarding the item to the full Board with a positive recommendation.
Item 2: Supervisors Cohen and Mark Farrell described a new contractor parking plan requiring contractors to submit parking plans, estimate on‑site workers, update the permitting department mid‑project, and seek creative off‑site parking to reduce neighborhood impacts. Farrell noted roughly 250 permits are issued weekly and close to 13,000 annually. Public commenters reported misuse of permits for commuter parking; the committee forwarded the ordinance to the Board with a positive recommendation.
Item 5: Supervisor Kim’s amendment to the Western SoMa plan to allow limited live performance permits (e.g., open mic, DJ sets) in a new NCT zone was supported by Planning Department staff and advanced to the Board.
All three measures were forwarded as committee reports with positive recommendations to the full Board.
