Planning Commission, April 16, 2026
Approves Planning code amendment updating Institutional Master Plan requirements, 4-3
How this board votes
The Planning Commission approved 86% of 37 recorded land-use decisions this period. Most frequent dissent: Gilbert Williams (10 of 65 recorded votes).
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See the full board record, member by memberWhat happened
The San Francisco Planning Commission's most consequential action was adopting a recommendation of approval (with anticipated amendments) for case 2026-000957PCA, supervisor Dorsey's planning code amendment exempting post-secondary educational institutions outside residential dis…
- Jurisdiction
- San Francisco, CA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- April 16, 2026
- Decisions
- 6 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 4-3
Projects in this meeting (2)
Each is its own project; some span multiple hearings1026-1028 Mission Street
Recommended 7-0Case 2025-003025CUA
Recommended 7-0Free sample: decision 1 of 6
Discretionary review at 77 Broad Street continued indefinitely
Item one, discretionary review at 77 Broad Street, proposed for indefinite continuance. Motion to continue passed unanimously 7-0.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The San Francisco Planning Commission's most consequential action was adopting a recommendation of approval (with anticipated amendments) for case 2026-000957PCA, supervisor Dorsey's planning code amendment exempting post-secondary educational institutions outside residential dis…
Key Decisions (6)
Discretionary review at 77 Broad Street continued indefinitely
Consent calendar - two conditional use authorizations
Planning code amendment updating Institutional Master Plan requirements
RHNA progress and affordable housing informational presentation
Conditional use authorization for self-storage at 535-537 Jesse / 1026-1028 Mission Street
SB 423 informational presentation for residential project at 1053-1055 Texas Street
Development Activity (3)
Self-storage conversion at 535-537 Jesse Street / 1026-1028 Mission Street
Commercial
Residential project at 1053-1055 Texas Street
Residential
524-526 Vallejo project
Residential
Market Signals (8)
Housing Demand
San Francisco produced only about 31% of prorated RHNA goals…
Housing Demand
2025 saw an uptick to about 2,700 new homes (up…
Infrastructure
Affordable housing funding is destabilizing: MOCD project loans drop from…
Who Spoke (33)
On the record: 5 staff members, 3 applicant's representatives, and 13 members of the public.
Agenda scorecard
Our pre-meeting forecast, graded against the recorded voteZoneWire called 2 of 2 land-use forecasts on this agenda.
11B variance
9 plan amendment
2 conditional use permit
3 conditional use permit
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