§ 5.29

The Board of Supervisors hereby establishes the Inclusionary Housing Technical Advisory Committee (the "Advisory Committee") of the City and County of San Francisco.

(Added by Ord. 76-16, File No. 160255, App. 5/13/2016, Eff. 6/12/2016; amended by Ord. 187-23, File No. 230769, App. 9/14/2023, Eff. 10/15/2023, Oper. 11/1/2023; Ord. 201-23, File No. 230855, App. 10/12/2023, Eff. 11/12/2023, Oper. 11/1/2023)

The Board of Supervisors intends that the economic feasibility analysis required by Planning Code Section 415.10 shall be prepared through a transparent and inclusive public process that will include the Advisory Committee. The feasibility study inputs and assumptions should be based on documented and verifiable costs of housing development over the full course of a business cycle.

(Added by Ord. 76-16, File No. 160255, App. 5/13/2016, Eff. 6/12/2016)

The Advisory Committee shall consist of eight members. All members shall have experience and expertise in development finance. The Board of Supervisors shall appoint members to Seats 1 through 4, and the Mayor shall appoint members to Seats 5 through 8.

(Added by Ord. 76-16, File No. 160255, App. 5/13/2016, Eff. 6/12/2016)

(a) Each member shall serve at the pleasure of the member’s appointing authority, and may be removed by their appointing officer at any time for any reason. Each member appointed to the Advisory Committee shall serve for an unlimited term.

(b) If a vacancy occurs in any seat on the Advisory Committee, the appointing authority for the vacated seat shall appoint a successor to that seat.

(c) Members of the Advisory Committee shall receive no compensation from the City for serving on the Advisory Committee.

(d) Any member who misses three regular meetings of the Advisory Committee without the express approval of the Advisory Committee at or before each missed meeting shall be deemed by operation of law to have resigned from the Advisory Committee ten days after the third unapproved absence. The Advisory Committee shall inform the appointing authority of the resignation.

(e) The Controller’s Office shall provide clerical and administrative support and staffing for the Advisory Committee.

(Added by Ord. 76-16, File No. 160255, App. 5/13/2016, Eff. 6/12/2016; amended by Ord. 187-23, File No. 230769, App. 9/14/2023, Eff. 10/15/2023, Oper. 11/1/2023; Ord. 201-23, File No. 230855, App. 10/12/2023, Eff. 11/12/2023, Oper. 11/1/2023)

(a) The Advisory Committee shall provide input and advice to the Controller, the Mayor, the Planning Department and the Board of Supervisors regarding the content of the economic feasibility analysis required by Planning Code Section 415.10. The Advisory Committee shall hold technical workshops to evaluate the fiscal feasibility of various inclusionary housing fees and on-site and off-site alternatives, including evaluating a range of project types, inclusionary percentages, and resident income levels, and assessing whether fiscal feasibility varies within the City across different neighborhoods. The Advisory Committee may, but is not required to, prepare written reports.

(b) All City departments, commissions, boards, and agencies shall cooperate with the Advisory Committee in conducting its business.

(Added by Ord. 76-16, File No. 160255, App. 5/13/2016, Eff. 6/12/2016)

The Advisory Committee shall hold a regular meeting not less than once every four months until the sunset date set forth in Section 5.29-7. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.29 or Planning Code section 415.10, the Advisory Committee shall convene no later than January 1, 2026.

(Added by Ord. 76-16, File No. 160255, App. 5/13/2016, Eff. 6/12/2016; amended by Ord. 187-23, File No. 230769, App. 9/14/2023, Eff. 10/15/2023, Oper. 11/1/2023; Ord. 201-23, File No. 230855, App. 10/12/2023, Eff. 11/12/2023, Oper. 11/1/2023)

The Board of Supervisors and Mayor intend the Advisory Committee to last until the enactment of an ordinance removing this Article XXIX from the Administrative Code. Notwithstanding Rule 2.21 of the Board of Supervisors Rules of Order, which provides that advisory bodies created by the Board should sunset within three years, the Board intends the Advisory Committee to exist for longer than three years.

(Added by Ord. 76-16, File No. 160255, App. 5/13/2016, Eff. 6/12/2016)