San Francisco Land Use and Transportation Committee Regular Meeting - June 2, 2025
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San Francisco Land Use and Transportation Committee Regular Meeting - June 2, 2025
The Land Use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors met on June 2, 2025, chaired by Supervisor Mirna Melgar, with Vice Chair Cheyenne Chen and Supervisor Bilal Mahmud. The committee considered three agenda items: a planning code amendment for health service uses, a resolution to apply for Priority Conservation Area designations, and two resolutions for a commemorative and permanent street name change honoring Dr. Amos C. Brown.
Public Comments & Testimony
- On item 2 (Priority Conservation Areas), I. Bogan (Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods) thanked the chair and Supervisor Goldberg for amending the legislation to include Sunset Boulevard.
- On items 3 and 4 (Street renaming), multiple speakers testified in support:
- Anthony Wagner, deacon at Third Baptist Church, proposed the street renaming and thanked Supervisor Mahmoud.
- Rev. Devin Crawford, executive pastor, expressed full support, describing Dr. Brown's legacy.
- Dr. Amos C. Brown spoke, acknowledging the honor and his commitment to justice.
- Public commenters shared personal stories of Dr. Brown's impact, including one speaker who noted his role in housing a young woman and another who highlighted his work in the community.
Discussion Items
- Item 1: Planning Code Amendment (File 250099) – The committee previously heard and amended this ordinance to eliminate retail use size limits on health service uses and reproductive health clinics in the MUO district east of 7th Street. No further discussion; the committee voted to forward with a positive recommendation.
- Item 2: Priority Conservation Areas (File 250526) – Jeremy Shaw of the Planning Department presented the resolution to apply for new and revised PCA designations. He explained the benefits, including eligibility for regional grants, and noted that the designation does not change land use controls. The committee discussed the timeline and the need to meet the June 13 deadline. Chair Melgar proposed an amendment to include Sunset Boulevard as a new PCA, which was adopted.
- Items 3 and 4: Street Name Change – Dr. Amos C. Brown Way (Files 250523 and 250524) – Supervisor Mahmoud introduced the resolutions. Item 3 is a resolution of intention to begin the permanent renaming process; Item 4 is a commemorative street name designation. Speakers from Third Baptist Church and community members testified in support. Dr. Brown addressed the committee, sharing his personal history and vision for the street.
Key Outcomes
- Item 1: Motion to forward to the full Board of Supervisors with a positive recommendation passed unanimously (3 ayes).
- Item 2: Motion to adopt the amendment adding Sunset Boulevard to the PCA nominations and to send the amended resolution as a committee report to the Board of Supervisors passed unanimously (3 ayes). The item is scheduled for consideration on June 3, 2025.
- Items 3 and 4: Motions to send both resolutions as committee reports to the Board of Supervisors with positive recommendations passed unanimously (3 ayes). The items are scheduled for consideration on June 3, 2025.
Meeting Transcript
We're good, Mr. Clark. Okay. Should I do it again? Okay. All right. Good afternoon, everyone. This meeting will come to order. Welcome to the June 2nd, 2025 regular meeting of the Land Use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. I am Supervisor Mirna Melgard, Chair of the Committee, joined by Vice Chair Supervisor Cheyenne Chen and Supervisor Bilal Mahmud. The committee clerk today is Mr. John Carroll. I would also like to uh acknowledge uh Sus Enas at uh SFGov TV for staffing this meeting and helping us uh broadcast it. Mr. Clerk, do you have any comments? Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. Please ensure that you've silenced your cell phones and other electronic devices that you've brought with you into the chamber today. If you have any documents to include as part of any of today's files, you can submit them to me. Public comment will be taken on each item on today's agenda when your item of interest comes up and public comment is called. Please line up to speak along your right hand side of this room. Alternatively, you may submit public comment and writing in either of the following ways. First, you may email your comments to me, the land use and transportation committee clerk at J-O-H-N, period C A R R O L L at SFGO V dot O R G. Or you may send your written comments via U.S. Postal Service to our office in City Hall. The address is one Dr. Carlton B. Goodlit Place, room 244, San Francisco, California 94102. If you submit your public comment in writing, I will forward your comments to the members of this committee and also include your comments as part of the official file on which you are commenting. And finally, Madam Chair, items acted upon today are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda of June 10th, 2025, unless otherwise stated. Okay, thank you very much, Mr. Clerk. Uh please call item number one. Agenda item number one is an ordinance amending the planning code to eliminate retail use size limits on health service uses and reproductive health clinics in the MUO district east of 7th Street. Eliminating ratio limits in the MUO district east of 7th Street, affirming the planning department secret determination, making findings of a consistency with the general plan and the eight priority policies of planning code section 101.1 and making findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare pursuant to planning code section 302. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Uh colleagues, you uh may remember that we heard this previously and amended this legislation with amendments that were substantive. So uh we um scheduled it for this week to vote on. Um I don't know if uh Ms. Tam uh had anything to add. Um go ahead, Ms. Sam. Welcome. Thanks, Chair Melgar. I don't have anything to add. Uh, just want to thank the committee for hearing the item two weeks ago and uh hope you send it forward today with a positive recommendation. Thanks. Sounds good. Uh thank you so much. Um if there's uh no comments or questions from my colleagues, let's go to public comment on this item.
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