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Land Use Committee forwards 2014 Housing Element to full Board amid litigation concerns and public calls for more action
Summary
After a multi-hour discussion and substantial public comment, the committee forwarded the proposed 2014 Housing Element (and related ordinance) to the full Board with a committee report and recommendation; speakers included planning staff, SPUR, neighborhood groups and the City Attorney's Office addressing ongoing EIR litigation.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use Committee on March 24 voted to forward the proposed 2014 Housing Element and related ordinance to the full Board as a committee report with a recommendation, after a lengthy staff presentation and public comment that included concerns about ongoing appellate litigation and missing packet materials.
Planning Department staff described the housing element as the data-driven guiding document for the city's housing strategy. Planning staff member Audrey Desmuec said, “As you are all probably aware of, San Francisco is growing and will only continue to grow into the future. Today, some 818,000 people call the city home,” and cited regional plans and RHNA targets that set a new 2015–2022 target of nearly 29,000 units alongside…
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