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Board approves family zoning package on first reading after heated debate over tenant protections and state compliance
Summary
After hours of floor debate and a failed late amendment to exempt rent‑controlled units, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed the Family Zoning Plan (items 36–38) on first reading, with supporters saying it creates capacity needed to meet state housing requirements and opponents warning it risks displacement and loss of local controls.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Dec. 2 passed on first reading a package of ordinances known as the Family Zoning Plan, which rezones parts of the city to add housing capacity and create a local density program intended to meet the city’s state-mandated housing targets.
Chair Ahsha Safaí Melgar, who led the Land Use and Transportation Committee process, said the package is the product of extensive community engagement and amendments and is intended to produce the additional capacity the city must show in its housing element. "Rezoning itself will not solve our housing crisis... but it is an absolutely necessary step," Melgar said.
The package, taken together as items 36–38, adjusts the general plan and zoning maps in multiple neighborhood plans and creates the Housing Choice San Francisco program, which includes provisions to incentivize family-sized units and to…
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