[jordonwii]

Not only could we not build it today, we can barely modify it today: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/Co...

> But despite not a single resident registering a complaint about the antenna work — a modern-day miracle! — getting the permit from the city's Planning Department took two years. Approval came just as special crews arrived to do the work.

> “It was held up for no good reason,” Hyams said, echoing a common gripe about our city's slow Planning Department, which mirrors the slowness of just about every department.

[justinzollars]

We should just close down the planning department or change its mission to mandate very very fast development.

[jordonwii]

> change its mission to mandate very very fast development

While no one's going quite this far yet (alas), the mayor's approach actually isn't too far from this, e.g. for housing:

> The new measure would require an approval process of no longer than six months for projects that meet existing zoning rules...[1]

or for SMBs:

> the ballot measure would require that permit applications for storefront uses that are allowed by the current zoning be reviewed within 30 days, compared to what can sometimes be months of review [2]

Unfortunately the first one is postponed indefinitely because COVID made signature collection impossible, but the second will be on the ballot in November.

[1] https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco/sf-mayor... [2] https://sfmayor.org/article/mayor-london-breed-introduces-ba...