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The ordinance aims to encourage housing production by exempting specified housing projects from certain notice, review procedures, and Conditional Use requirements in specific areas; removing Conditional Use requirements for various housing projects; amending yard, setback, lot size, and open space requirements; allowing additional ground floor uses; expanding the HOME – SF program eligibility; exempting affordable housing projects from certain development fees; and other zoning and subdivision code updates.

The Planning Commission affirms that the actions contemplated by the ordinance comply with the California Environmental Quality Act and are consistent with the City’s General Plan and priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.

The ordinance is a response to California's severe crisis of housing affordability, wherein San Francisco has witnessed dramatic increases in rents and home sale prices after decades of housing underproduction. Increased housing production is required to meet regional housing needs, failure of which may limit San Francisco's control over certain projects.

The actions of the ordinance comply with the California Environmental Quality Act. The Board of Supervisors affirms this determination, and the Board adopts the Planning Commission's findings that the actions are consistent with the General Plan and priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.

The key resolutions and determinations are filed and incorporated by reference, ensuring accountability by aligning the ordinance with the General Plan, priority policies, environmental standards, and public necessity.