Of McLean & Howard’s 21 unique cases, 17 have concluded — reached a Planning Commission or ZAP decision — and 17 of those ended in approval at their final hearing: 100.0%.
Postponement is a clock, not a verdict: of the 8 concluded cases postponed at least once, 8 still ended in approval (100.0%). At least 1 of these cases are confirmed adopted as Council ordinances (Council records run only through 2026-04-23, so this is a floor, not a rate).
Counted once per case, not once per hearing: a case postponed several times before approval would otherwise read as several losses and one win.
| Hearing date | Outcome | District | Agent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-21 | Approved · Became law · Approved on all 3 readings · Council 2023-12-14 | D1 | Jeffrey Howard |
| 2023-10-03 | Approved · Became law · Approved on all 3 readings · Council 2023-12-14 | D1 | Jeffrey Howard |
| 2023-09-19 | Postponed · Became law · Approved on all 3 readings · Council 2023-12-14 | D1 | Jeffrey Howard |
At the hearing level every appearance counts, so a case postponed N times adds N postponements and one decision. Hearing-level approval-of-decided is 47.4% (vs the field’s 46.1%) and postponement is 52.6% — both far from the case-level figure above, for exactly that reason. Two stages, two denominators: these are commission-stage outcomes (approve vs. postpone/deny at the Planning Commission or ZAP hearing), not the City Council vote. Once a Commission-recommended case reaches Council it is approved in the high-90s%, so a low commission-stage approval rate reflects strategic postponement, not defeat.