The Expense of Due Process

How due process bogs down city planning and drains public, andprivate, coffers in San Francisco.

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April 16, 2003, 9:00 AM PDT

[Editor's Note: Thanks to Sara Vellve for an updated title and subead for this article.]"Welcome to the not-so-brave, not-so-new world of discretionary review (DR), the process whereby one or more citizens makes formal complaints about a proposed development before the S.F. Planning Commission. The process occurs after the city Planning Department has okayed a plan -- made sure it's up to code and in accordance with any neighborhood planning codes -- but before building permits have been issued. In this sense, it's about the department defending its decision before the Planning Commission. "

Thanks to Robert A.

FULL STORY: Don't Block My View! 'Discretionary reviews' bog down the city planning process

Wednesday, April 16, 2003 in The San Francisco Chronicle

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