The Facts

The first new homes proposed under Family Zoning won unanimous Planning Commission approval Thursday, according to Kevin Nguyen at The Standard. The Planning Commission vote was largely ceremonial; changes to state and local law now all but guarantee approval for new homes that comply with the rules.

The building will turn a two-unit building that's been vacant since 2019 into an eight-story building with eight condos, six of which would have three or four bedrooms. Two homes would be subsidized for households earning up to 80% of area median income.

The Context

Mayor Lurie's Family Zoning Plan allows six- to eight-story housing along many transit and commercial corridors in northern and western neighborhoods. It was necessary to comply with state homebuilding mandates.

The GrowSF Take

Family Zoning is working as intended. More families living in the Richmond will strengthen its neighborhood character, not diminish it.

Now San Francisco needs to make sure these homes get built by continuing to ease permitting rules and pulling every lever it can to make projects financially feasible.