Committee forwards ordinance delegating Potrero HOPE SF street-vacation authority to expedite redevelopment

On Dec. 8 the Land Use and Transportation Committee recommended the Board consider an ordinance delegating authority to the Public Works director and the Director of Real Estate to approve street and public-service-easement vacations within the Potrero HOPE SF development boundary.

Shauna Gates, Public Works project manager, said the ordinance would permit multi-phase street vacations to proceed without requiring a separate ordinance for each phase at the full Board — a process that otherwise can take six months per application. Gates said the delegation preserves procedural steps (public hearing, CEQA and general-plan consistency findings, legal descriptions and mapping) while enabling Public Works to sign orders and record them once conditions are satisfied.

The committee recorded three ayes and sent the ordinance to the full Board with a positive recommendation as a committee report. Gates noted the ordinance recognizes the project’s development-agreement commitments and the need to streamline approvals to deliver new streets, utilities and public spaces within the 38‑acre site.