Planning Commission Approves Trinity Plaza -- Again

The Trinity Plaza project will preserve 360 units of rent-controlled housing (possibly the first time that a landlord has ever agreed to put newly constructed units under rent control), in addition to the 285 affordable units required by law. It is the largest rental housing project that San Francisco has witnessed in 50 years – in a part of the City that desperately needs re-vitalization. Amazingly, the project will not expend any public funds – such as intervention by the Redevelopment Agency.

On August 3rd, the Planning Commission voted to approve this project. Once the Planning Department approves a project, it goes into effect unless the Board of Supervisors act within 90 days. On Election Day (right before the 90-day deadline), Supervisors Sophie Maxwell and Jake McGoldrick held a Land Use Committee meeting where the developer was not invited, and began asking questions about the project’s affordability.

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