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The ordinance, as originally drafted, amends the Planning Code to authorize interim housing at hotels and motels without discontinuing their hotel classification, amends the Building Code to permit interim housing without changing occupancy classification, and removes an Appendix P restriction that emergency housing be located only on City-owned or leased land. The Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) said the tool is intended to encourage more hotel owners to partner with the City to open shelter in a wider set of neighborhoods.

Deputy Director Emily Cohen of HSH told the committee that, after months of stakeholder engagement, staff proposed amendments to narrow the ordinance’s scope in response to labor and neighborhood concerns and to specifically authorize an up-to-two-year sober-living transitional housing pilot at the Civic Center Motor Inn, operated in partnership with nonprofit providers. Cohen said the ordinance would allow a hotel owner that enters into an interim-housing agreement to apply to retain tourist status at the end of the interim use without undergoing an onerous reclassification process.

The amendments read into the record included findings that HSH will work with interim housing providers to relocate program participants prior to closure, that HSH seeks to encourage retention of existing staff where feasible, and that historical Shelter-in-Place (SIP) hotels should be allowed to reestablish tourist status once they wind down emergency shelter functions. HSH staff identified three SIP-related properties in the amendment language and described a proposal to authorize reestablishment of hotel use for those sites under specific conditions.

Public comment at the hearing was largely from service providers, program residents and recovery advocates who backed the sober-living pilot. David Murphy, a participant in Salvation Army programs, told the committee the pending sober-living program “is critical for opening the pending sober living transitional housing program, and we respectfully, strongly urge that you do not delay.” Multiple residents and service providers described the need for sober-living and transitional housing capacity.

Labor representatives raised concerns about the timing and text of late-filed amendments and urged more time to review potential impacts on union-represented hotel workers. Cynthia Gomez of Unite Here Local 2 asked for additional time to analyze the final text and stressed the difficulty of preserving pension and benefit levels even if rehiring is sought.

The committee adopted the first, non-substantive set of amendments (as described on the record) by recorded vote, then voted to continue the ordinance — as amended — to the March 17, 2025 meeting to permit additional review and to process a duplicate file that would incorporate substantive amendments requiring Planning Commission referral.

The clerk recorded aye votes on the amendments and on the continuation from Vice Chair Cheyenne Chen, Member Mahmood and Chair Mirna Melgar.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","San Francisco County - Video Open Video Only in Windows Media Player - Mar 10, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The committee adopted a first set of amendments to an ordinance that would allow tourist hotels and motels to operate as interim housing without losing their hotel land-use designation, narrowed provisions to enable a planned sober-living pilot and continued the ordinance for further referral and final action on March 17.","taxTitle","San Francisco County, California","taxId",2862,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6643275,"Committee backs changes easing commercial requirements in Central SoMa, sends amendments to full Board",478,600000,1078000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2532524-5fc0d3d2f7d949c4f2d52bfba8570d00&start=600&end=1078","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2532524-5fc0d3d2f7d949c4f2d52bfba8570d00/thumbnail_600000.jpg","/articles/6643275/San-Francisco-County/California/Committee-backs-changes-easing-commercial-requirements-in-Central-SoMa-sends-amendments-to-full-Board","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6643275-b05b286d3be4277d3c03c58831709501/orig.mp4?Expires=1770773373&Signature=adfKLrFAgG1hbqmNUDMuK-0vs76TAlcJHjRzQkYuYvLAuiTK00eSx66RrxdOihuobA~0yG95aOY3XANlrwN~RUIT3crjbEyVNYnfZz3yOA2JjYwvYpGzhkjgRSfad0rXR9Ntu3quO6-HTztZfeXZg6NEitSpSiMmqUYrb3Zpme~sHMSCw2UZCQSCFCZk0rTIsaB0Scikrn3TqDMF8WJ1KeSkNwWkIAKJyyBA~Xc2CT~mnczMxu-HphpaKTzQQ4YBOxHQDBbUPEdJTvOzHEmAVWAO9Q6SWkidPNJuBBMYfUflOFAhvxC7uq~foR7UL~77faMpX8a5pfvYtP3zizAxbA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted March 10 to send two linked ordinances to the full Board of Supervisors with a positive recommendation, amending the general plan and the Planning Code to reduce commercial development requirements in Central SoMa and the Transit Center district.

Supervisor Matt Dorsey (District 6) framed the items as updates to the Central SoMa plan that would provide developers flexibility to build residential projects instead of requiring nonresidential floor area in all cases, while retaining negotiated public benefits for identified key sites. “We are first focusing the exemption from the two-thirds non-residential ratio to only residential projects under 600 feet through a residential density program,” Dorsey said.

The two proposed ordinances were presented together: one amends the general plan to reduce commercial development requirements in the Central SoMa and Transit Center district subarea plans; the other updates the Planning Code and zoning map to modify the Central SoMa Special Use District and remove the Transit Center C30SD Commercial Special Use District. Both include findings under CEQA and Planning Code section 101.1 and public-necessity findings under Planning Code sections 302 and 340.

Representatives of community groups urged the committee to preserve the public benefits negotiated for key sites. David Wu of SoMa Pilipinas told the committee the amendments “ensure that the needs of low income, working class, and immigrant residents and families reflected in land for 100% affordable housing, public open space, and other neighborhood amenities are being prioritized.” Zach Weisenberger of Young Community Developers said the changes safeguard previously awarded development rights for an identified key site and protect commitments to affordable housing.

Chair Supervisor Mirna Melgar moved to adopt the proposed amendments to the zoning map and the Planning Code and to forward the ordinances to the full Board with a positive recommendation. The clerk recorded aye votes from Vice Chair Cheyenne Chen, Member Mokwaen (as recorded), and Melgar; the motions passed.

The ordinances, as amended, will go to the Board of Supervisors for consideration on the Board’s March calendar.","The committee voted to amend and forward ordinances that reduce commercial development requirements in the Central SoMa area and remove a Transit Center commercial special use district; amendments aim to retain negotiated public benefits for key sites and allow flexibility for residential projects under defined conditions.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":79,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6643279,"Committee recommends acceptance of four Treasure Island/Yerba Buena sanitary pump stations",502,98000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2532524-5fc0d3d2f7d949c4f2d52bfba8570d00&start=98&end=600","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2532524-5fc0d3d2f7d949c4f2d52bfba8570d00/thumbnail_98000.jpg","/articles/6643279/San-Francisco-County/California/Committee-recommends-acceptance-of-four-Treasure-IslandYerba-Buena-sanitary-pump-stations","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6643279-baa0b7f411300e0c0c4b3921c190b7a6/orig.mp4?Expires=1770773373&Signature=Z-nu3RhrTN4y03lu0rAAJBBvcAW8a5-uyTiW1cweh~sorO2xNz6Obl6v6LqKNxyuaStEDKukFFXf~Wle~v3goJoh5kNCbhLH3drvQs3UhRBQUg~8yFmII6YKAvUtbosEaB1X6ywDZ8kBrTyrCN7d~kM3qf~6Jvnqv-VIQfTvGtay8qFx7y7fkNfE0~duroAunz1-EwCRnOrXgm~xSnEk6avSkiTmw7lrNU4HFCBP-50gQJbwyeAn-9kgbOcJIHKw2FRqYTBiXYY~Eiem0gVekojtAIeRebRH-oI1s-66p8Ftt8z0hTryK74o5KMGGBxxJLGuUDTYOKVZdy8ws7CsAQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Land Use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to recommend that the full Board accept four sanitary sewer pump stations built as part of the Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island development, the committee chair said March 10.

The ordinance before the committee (BOS file no. 250098) would accept the Bruton and Cravath pump stations on Treasure Island and the McCullough and Northgate pump stations on Yerba Buena Island for public use, designate them for utility purposes, accept the infrastructure for city maintenance and liability, approve a grant deed for the McCullough pump station and adopt CEQA and planning findings.

Desmond Chan, project manager in Public Works' infrastructure task force, told the committee the four pump stations are constructed and currently operating under a pre-acceptance license agreement between the subdivider (Treasure Island Community Development/TIDA) and the City, acting through the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC). “We are requesting acceptance of this public infrastructure for public use,” Chan said.

Chan said the pump stations were the last outstanding infrastructure items from the Stage 1 acceptance for the project. Public Works previously brought streets, sidewalks, curb ramps, landscaping and underground utilities into City maintenance under BOS file no. 231245 in February 2024. He said the project to date has delivered 974 residential units and that later phases anticipate roughly 2,000 units in Stage 1 and further phases that could bring the development’s total to about 8,000 homes.

TIDA director Bob Beck and SFPUC staff recommended formal acceptance so the pre-acceptance operating license can end and ownership and operation can transfer to the City through SFPUC, Chan said. Photos of completed pump stations were shown during the presentation; Chan said final punch-list items had been completed and the stations were ready for formal acceptance.

Chair Supervisor Mirna Melgar moved to send the ordinance to the full Board with a positive recommendation. The clerk recorded aye votes from Vice Chair Cheyenne Chen, a member recorded as Mokman, and Melgar; the motion passed.

The committee’s recommendation now goes to the Board of Supervisors for consideration on the March 18, 2025 agenda, unless otherwise stated in the ordinance.","The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted to send an ordinance to the full Board recommending the City accept four sanitary sewer pump stations built as part of the Treasure Island/Yerba Buena Island development; SFPUC would own and operate the stations once acceptance is final.","actionData","errors"]

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