San Francisco's Board of Supervisors passed reforms intended to kickstart housing production, but the state's Department of Housing and Community Development has raised concerns and provided input on the legislation. Some supervisors question if the city will need pre-approval from California and if the state will become the central planning agency for all cities.
Reworking housing policy in San Francisco has always been an excruciating task, and some city legislators fear it may have just gotten even more complicated. The San Francisco ’s Board of Supervisors passed reforms earlier this week intended to kickstart housing production with scrutiny from the state.
In what local lawmakers say is an unprecedented development, the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development weighed in on San Francisco’s housing legislation at every twist and turn prior to the board’s vote Tuesday. Supervisors questioned whether The City will functionally need pre-approval from California before adopting housing legislation — and if so, whether the state intends to essentially serve as the central planning agency for every city in the state. “Are they now the super planning agency for California? I’m not sure, but that is clearly the implication of their letter,” said Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, whose efforts to try to protect historic buildings were explicitly called out in a pre-vote letter from HCD prior to Tuesday’s vot
San Francisco Housing Policy Legislation Reforms State Scrutiny Department Of Housing And Community Development Central Planning Agency
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