City Council

(3) 25-1083 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM) COMMITTEE REPORT relative to an analysis of the impacts and implementation of Senate Bill (SB) 79 (Wiener), including the results of modeling analysis and options for upzoning and temporary delayed effectuation. SUBMITS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION: 1. Instruct the Department of City Planning (DCP), in alignment with Approach C, to initiate a code amendment for OPTION 2 as described in the DCP report dated February 18, 2026, to upzone single family and low-density zoned parcels that are located in Opportunity Stations and in higher and moderate opportunity sites ineligible for delay within Transit Oriented Development zones and areas citywide to facilitate local implementation of SB 79, but excluding Historic Preservation Overlay Zones (HPOZ) that were established before 2015 or are in lower opportunity areas. 2. Instruct the DCP, to delay effectuation of SB 79 citywide, as explicitly allowed by SB 79, through the initiation of a delayed effectuation ordinance for all eligible criteria including lower opportunity areas, Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, sites and stations meeting capacity requirements, local historic resources, Sea Level Rise Areas, Industrial Employment Hubs, and sites more than one-mile walking distance from a station. Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the DCP. Neither the Chief Legislative Analyst nor the City Administrative Officer has completed a financial analysis of this report.