Overview

• Sanz will announce her departure today at the Glòries superblock, appearing with the Barcelona en Comú municipal group.
• The municipal group president and former deputy mayor for urban planning is leaving institutional politics, with her council seat expected to be handed in over the coming months, and she recently chaired the council’s housing study commission.
• A longtime ally of Ada Colau, she moved from Iniciativa per Catalunya to BComú and took over the municipal leadership after Colau stepped back last year, serving four terms since 2011.
• She helped advance key policies such as the 30% protected-housing requirement for new developments and major rehabs, the PEUAT rules for tourist accommodation, and the superblock model.
• Her exit heightens uncertainty over who will lead BComú in future municipal races, as Colau has said she is not planning a return to institutional politics.