[acchow]

  a Katy Tang plan to provide bonuses for dense housing near transit

Can you explain why this is needed? In other cities, the value of physical land goes up near subway stations which naturally increases the density of developments to meet profitability.

[kevinburke]

Whether a development would be profitable has little to do with whether it would be politically viable in San Francisco. In particular areas near transit aren't necessarily zoned for high density. Follow Kim-mai Cutler or go to a SF Yimby newbie meeting to learn more.

[acchow]

My point was typically you don't need to provide bonuses for higher density developments near transit. Developments will naturally become higher density because they have to.

You can't purchase a lot of land and bulldoze it for a 3-story building near a subway station. It's just not profitable. The building will naturally be a high-rise. No "bonuses" needed to induce that.