In San Francisco, we too often allow for endless appeals and delays that prevent us from making positive change in our community. To be blunt: we allow ourselves to get in our own way.
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Also this week, a restaurant in the Sunset that had managed to follow all of our complex regulations for a small business to open, was almost held up on a technicality & forced to undergo months of delays despite having already received approval.https://sf.eater.com/2019/11/14/20965318/palm-city-wines-outer-sunset-nimby …
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Allowing for public input is a good thing. Bureaucracy, endless red tape, and allowing for every change relating to housing or small businesses to be appealed is not. Let's expand our small business streamlining legislation and create a system that encourages new housing.
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This week: 20 new homes on a vacant site, which will now be delayed for months. This is not how we should respond to a housing crisis.https://hoodline.com/2019/11/outer-sunset-residents-file-appeal-over-toxic-pre-apocalyptic-20-unit-apartment-building …
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Years of work, dozens of community meetings, unanimous approval by the Planning Department, and unanimous approval by the Board of Supervisors. Met with another appeal. We need fundamental reforms to allow for new homes to be built.https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/Laurel-Heights-neighbors-sue-to-stop-massive-SF-14956540.php …
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what are the next steps here?
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Housing: Implement serious reform policies like the Mayor attempted with the Streamlining Charter Amendment (https://medium.com/@LondonBreed/getting-serious-on-100-affordable-and-teacher-housing-f00f1d6190e7 …). Support SB-50 at the State level. Small Business: Build on the progress we've made to streamline permits, reduce burdensome fees & regulations.
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I could not agree more. This should be an issue we can all work together on.
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So fix it.
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The BofS and the NIMBY folks (led by Prskin) put up roadblocks every step of the way.
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Please consider this
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Her proposal doesn’t involve spending money. It involves eliminating pointless red tape.
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