A pro-housing legal group says it will sue San Francisco over Mayor Daniel Lurie’s Family Zoning Plan—arguing the city still isn’t zoning enough capacity to meet state housing mandates. With NIMBY litigation already underway, SF is headed for a messy court fight over whether (and how) to legalize more homes.

The California Supreme Court let stand a ruling that Huntington Beach, a charter city, must adopt a housing plan that makes room for 13,368 new homes, reinforcing the state’s power to force all cities—charter or not—to do their fair share on housing. That precedent matters for San Francisco, which is also a charter city and has repeatedly resisted state housing mandates.

The Board of Supervisors voted 7–4 to approve Mayor Daniel Lurie’s Family Zoning plan, upzoning much of the city’s north and west sides to allow more homes in more neighborhoods in order to meet state housing mandates.

Safeway’s Outer Richmond store at 850 La Playa will temporarily close so owner Safeway and developer Align Real Estate can replace the parking-lot supermarket with two eight-story buildings containing 526 rental homes and a larger grocery store, using by-right state density bonus rules rather than waiting on San Francisco’s new Family Zoning plan.

Supervisors pass Sauter plan 8-2, streamlining North Beach neighborhood commercial rules.

Committee hearing adds lots of amendments from both moderate and progressive supervisors as January deadline looms.

Senator Wiener's SB 79 allows more homes near transit stops.

Danny Sauter's legislation would simplify bureaucratic restrictions that have blocked entrepreneurs from opening neighborhood shops.

Modest upzoning passes Planning Commission with a 4-3 vote.

Former supervisor rallies labor groups against Mayor Lurie’s housing initiative, warning of a potential ballot fight in 2026.

The Board of Supervisors approved Supervisor Melgar's reforms to ease size controls on commercial spaces, but Castro merchants say no thanks.

Supervisor Bilal Mahmood will introduce legislation to replace the outdated "family" definition in the planning code with a more flexible "household" definition, allowing up to nine lease agreements for co-living arrangements.

Time to GrowSF! Mayor Lurie supports adding more homes to make San Francisco more affordable to thousands more.