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Planning staff: San Francisco captured a larger share of regional job growth in the last decade; implications for Prop M and housing
Summary
Planning Department presentation showed San Francisco’s job growth accelerated sharply over the last decade and questioned whether the city can sustain that pace; commissioners and public commenters urged linking office allocations to housing and transit investments and preparing for pressures on price‑sensitive users.
Planning Department staff delivered a data‑rich presentation on April 28 reviewing job and office trends in San Francisco from 1985 through 2015 and the likely near‑term pipeline.
The staff analysis showed that while San Francisco grew more slowly than the region for decades, the city’s pace accelerated over the past 10 years: average annual job growth climbed from roughly 7,500 per year to about 13,000 per year, and in the most recent five‑year window the…
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