Supervisor Bilal Mahmood proposes letting grocery and pharmacy chains move into former chain-store spaces without an extra planning approval, alongside faster processing for other locations.

Supervisor Myrna Melgar announced plans to turn the mayor’s housing office into a standalone department covering subsidized and market-rate housing and create a program to support housing co-ops.

Only 27 storefront vacancies were subject to San Francisco’s commercial vacancy tax in 2025, down from 241 in 2024 after a broad construction exemption took effect.

San Francisco’s median one-bedroom asking rent reached $4,180, and developers say further increases could restart housing construction within 12 to 24 months.