Lurie Names New Planning Department Director, Seemingly Against Wishes of Half the Planning Commission

Lurie Names New Planning Department Director, Seemingly Against Wishes of Half the Planning Commission

SF’s new Planning Department director is not off to a good start with the Planning Commission that she’ll work with, as half the commission stormed out of Wednesday morning’s vote to approve Sarah Dennis Phillips as that director. SF City Hall governance nerds are well aware that SF Planning Department director Rich Hillis resigned last month, and today, Mayor Daniel Lurie got around to naming Hillis’s replacement. And according to Lurie’s offic…

S.F. planning commissioners walk out to protest process for new director

Three San Francisco planning commissioners walked out during a meeting to appoint a new planning director on Wednesday, frustrated by the mayor ignoring the prescribed process. S.F. planning commissioners walk out to protest process for new director