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Staff lays out CTL timeline and explains why AB 1561 and other extensions don’t apply
Summary
City staff reviewed permits, inspections and relief days and told council the project’s CTL cap was reached in November 2020; staff said AB 1561 does not apply because the remodel did not add housing units and the permit was not in effect as of March 4, 2020.
Planning and building staff provided a chronological account of approvals, inspections and extensions related to the 339 Golden Gate Avenue permit (BP 2017‑173). Staff summarized that the building permit issued in late 2017 carried an 18‑month CTL for an approximately $4 million project, that the CTL deadline was set as 05/28/2019, and that a sequence of approved extensions (Tubbs fire, county guidance, landscaping allowance) combined to yield a staff calculation showing the CTL cap was reached in late November 2020.
City Attorney Andrew Shen reiterated staff’s legal view that AB 1561 — the statute enacted Sept. 28, 2020 to provide certain COVID‑era entitlement extensions — does not extend to a single‑family remodel that did not add housing units and whose permit had already expired before the statute’s operative date. "AB 15 61 was enacted on 09/28/2020 with the intent of providing a uniform statewide entitlement extension for certain housing development projects impacted by pandemic related issues," Shen said. Staff also identified inspection cards and retroactive permits for some landscaping/hardscape components (retaining walls, trellis) that occurred in 2019–2020 and cited a May 2020 pre‑final inspection with corrections recorded.
