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Committee unanimously advanced a 45-day citywide pause on data center approvals, amended to exempt accessory server rooms and routine repairs.
Why it matters: Existing and proposed facilities concentrate in Bayview-Hunters Point and SoMa; the pause lets the city rewrite a 2001-era definition before more AI-scale projects advance.
Ordinance lowers minimum ceiling height in existing buildings to 7 feet for habitable rooms and 6'8" for other rooms, aligning with state residential code.
Why it matters: Owners say excavation to meet 7'6" can cost $90,000 or more; supporters across tenant, landlord and pro-housing groups expect many existing in-law units could be legalized.
Committee unanimously advanced an ordinance letting larger Building Code-permitted mezzanines avoid being counted as separate stories.
Why it matters: Removes a code mismatch the chair said affected a recent project in her district; it returned after a prior amendment required a continuance.
Listings and leases would show total estimated monthly cost including recurring fees; undisclosed fees couldn't support evictions or late penalties.
Why it matters: Sponsor says junk fees add 10-30% to advertised rents and are sometimes used as grounds for eviction; SF would be the first California city to require all-in rental pricing.
Ordinance would bar evicting tenants for unpaid rent below HUD fair market rent for their unit size, advancing 3-0 over landlord preemption objections.
Why it matters: Nonpayment drives over half of recent eviction cases amid a 10-year eviction high; landlord groups say a pending California Supreme Court case could invalidate such thresholds.
Committee sent the full-exterior landmark expansion to the Board and parked a duplicate file to revisit interior protections if evidence emerges.
Why it matters: Interior spaces tied to trans history remain unprotected because the owner, which Mahmood identified as ICE contractor GEO Group, denied access needed to document them.
Committee recommended an amended development agreement and zoning changes for the Potrero Power Station project, adding explicit language banning data centers on every block.
Why it matters: Supporters say the revisions respond to economic conditions while preserving parks, shoreline access, transit commitments and 30% affordable housing at a major waterfront project.
Committee unanimously advanced legislation cutting CEQA appeal windows to 15 days, removing shadow as a local CEQA topic, and eliminating non-required hearings and appeals.
Why it matters: Proponents say shadow appeals stalled over 2,000 homes and the change fulfills a housing element commitment; opponents warn shorter deadlines will shut out less wealthy residents.
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SF Committee Advances 45-Day Data Center Moratorium, Tenant Protections San Francisco could freeze new data center approvals for 45 days while it rewrites a zoning definition dating to 2001, after the Land Use and Trans...
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Land Use Panel Advances SHADE Act, Cutting CEQA Appeal Window in Half San Francisco's Land Use and Transportation Committee voted 3-0 on Sept. 28, 2026, to send the SHADE Act to the full Board of Supervisors. The bill w...
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Power Station Amendments Strip Data Centers, Add Height as Community Groups Clash Over Housing Rules The San Francisco Board of Supervisors' Land Use and Transportation Committee tackled one of the city's most consequen...
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Adaptive Reuse Exemptions, Bigger Signs and a New SoMa Park Advance at Land Use Committee The San Francisco Land Use and Transportation Committee moved swiftly through three ordinances on Sept. 14, each aimed at removin...
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Committee Advances Tree Ordinance Over Fierce Opposition From 1,000 Residents San Francisco's Land Use and Transportation Committee waded through its most contentious hearing of the summer Monday, forwarding a street tr...
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House of Latin Rock Wins Landmark Status After Emotional Testimony The San Francisco Land Use and Transportation Committee turned a Monday morning hearing into a celebration of the city's Latin rock heritage, unanimousl...
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Supervisors Grill Transit Chiefs on Elevators, Strollers and Station Safety in Two-Hour Family Transit Hearing San Francisco's Land Use and Transportation Committee turned into a transit accountability session Monday as...
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Cannabis Café Bill Advances as CCA Workers Rally Against Vanderbilt San Francisco's Land Use and Transportation Committee tackled two volatile policy debates June 29 — forwarding a cannabis café ordinance to the full bo...
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University Zoning Exemption Stalls Over Academy of Art History The San Francisco Land Use and Transportation Committee hit pause on an ordinance that would have freed downtown universities from institutional master plan...
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SF's $17.9 Billion Housing Gap Laid Bare as Committee Eyes New Funding Tools The Land Use and Transportation Committee spent the bulk of its June 8 session confronting the math behind San Francisco's affordable housing...
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Committee Pauses New Convenience Stores in Tenderloin While Advancing Renter Protections and Housing San Francisco's Land Use and Transportation Committee cleared a packed five-item agenda June 1, sending a divisive 18-...
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SF Committee Delays Bar Patio Smoking Ban as Bar Owners and Health Groups Square Off The San Francisco Land Use and Transportation Committee heard more than 20 speakers clash over a proposed ban on smoking and vaping at...
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