Opposing California State Senate Bill No. 50 (Wiener) - Housing Development: Incentives - Unless Amended

Title Resolution opposing California State Senate Bill No. 50, authored by Senator Scott Wiener, which would undermine community participation in planning for the well-being of the environment and the public good, prevent the public from recapturing an equitable portion of the economic benefits conferred to private interests, and significantly restrict San Francisco’s ability to protect vulnerable communities from displacement and gentrification, unless further amended. Version (Version 2) Amendment (April 9, 2019 - AMENDED IN BOARD, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING THE SAME TITLE, to insert, 'FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco requests that SB 50 be amended to address significant concerns regarding: 1) Use of SB 50 as the base zoning for purposes of calculating the State Density Bonus; 2) Additional incentives or concessions; 3) The authority of local jurisdictions to deny demolition permits to code-complying SB 50 projects which involve demolition of existing residential units; 4) Local authority to increase inclusionary requirements on SB 50 projects; 5) Use of SB 50 incentives for construction of ‘monster homes;’ 6) Treatment of extant and future local Area Plans that increased zoned capacity to levels akin to SB 50; 7) Amend application of Costa Hawkins and the Ellis Act to allow for greater tenant protection in sensitive communities; and 8) A meaningful process for community feedback on the proposed boundaries of sensitive communities; and, be it.')