Legislation would raise the bar for appeals for city projects

By Carly Graf : sfexaminer – excerpt

Legislation introduced Tuesday at the Board of Supervisors meeting would make it harder for individual members of the public to delay city projects through the appeals process.

“Our response to the pandemic has shown that San Francisco is capable of great things when we don’t get in our own way,” Mayor London Breed said in a statement, where she said the current system is “designed to fail.”.

Supervisor Matt Haney joined Breed to sponsor the legislation, describing it as “common sense” reform…

Under the new legislation, appellants are free to file an appeal, but they must gather 50 signatures from San Francisco residents or from five members of the Board of Supervisors.…(more)

The photo attached to this article shows one person crossing the street and no cars on the street. Most of the photos we have seen show no one using he “slow streets. It is getting ready to rain an the weather will be too cold for much outside dining or other activities. Are we expected to continue to drive long distances out of the way to get anywhere so the streets are clear for no reason? Please post your comments on the source.