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City Planning Commission reviews housing-entitlement report and credits Executive Directive 1 for higher approvals
Summary
The commission received a fiscal-year 2023–24 report on entitlement and housing activity and asked staff to provide additional data on units built versus entitled and cumulative Executive Directive 1 approvals; staff said the directive created a faster, largely ministerial approval path for many affordable projects.
The City Planning Commission on Oct. 10 received a director’s report outlining entitlement and housing activity for fiscal year 2023–24 and discussed how Executive Directive 1 has accelerated approvals for many projects.
Lisa Webber of the City Planning Department told commissioners the report covers the number of entitlement cases received, the cases approved during the fiscal year, and the total number of housing units — both market-rate and covenanted affordable. She said the report also shows geographic distribution across area planning commission boundaries and highlights entitlements and programs used to achieve those housing totals. “What’s notable is the Executive Directive 1 program was…
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