Supes Move Toward Approving Trinity PlazaRandy Shawbyline‚ Mar. 20‚ 2007An aura of unreality pervaded the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use Committee on Monday, March 19. Speaker after speaker praised builder Angelo Sangiacomo and the 1900 new rental units slated for 8th and Market Streets, with not a single person testifying against the project. Yet the project likely to be approved at the March 27 meeting of the full Board of Supervisors has changed little since it was approved by the Planning Commission and awaited a Board hearing last September. Why this six-month delay? It has much to do with development politics in San Francisco, where relationships with elected officials can become the deciding factor. |