Lurie and Mahmood paused their plan to cut the transfer tax on new buildings. In its place, they want to tax foreclosure sales instead.

Stephen Sherrill’s decisive District 2 win is another sign that anti-growth politics are losing in San Francisco. GrowSF’s polling has repeatedly found that voters, including in west-side neighborhoods, want more housing and are more likely to support candidates who embrace it.

All three leading Congressional candidates want more federal housing money. The real divide is whether San Francisco should also legalize and approve a lot more homes, faster.

Supervisor Bilal Mahmood plans to require landlords to disclose the full monthly cost of renting upfront, including recurring fees. The proposal would improve price transparency for renters, but San Francisco’s deeper affordability problem remains the shortage of housing.

Supervisors are lining up three more November charter measures: a major Housing Trust Fund expansion, a public-bank framework, and a commissions overhaul. GrowSF sees real value in the housing and governance proposals, but is skeptical of creating a city-run bank.

Supervisor Bilal Mahmood plans legislation to stop CEQA shadow appeals from stalling housing while keeping San Francisco's underlying park-shadow review in place.

San Francisco’s Controller now recommends a 0% inclusionary housing requirement because nearly every tested housing prototype is financially infeasible under current market conditions, reviving a long-running debate over whether City Hall treats feasibility limits as ceilings or starting points.

City Hall needs more flexible revenue and to stimulate building development, but some want to keep tax rates high and locked to a single purpose.

John Elberling’s death closes a major chapter in San Francisco land-use politics. He ran a large subsidized housing portfolio in SoMa, but he also became a leading anti-housing force who fought new development as the city grew less affordable.

Austin added housing at scale, paired it with affordable-housing subsidies, and rents came down. San Francisco should treat this as a case study in why supply, streamlined permitting, and simpler rules matter.

A former fire marshal helped write San Francisco’s high-rise sprinkler mandate and is now marketing consulting services around exemptions. We can’t call that corruption on the public facts alone, but it sure looks like revolving-door government — and it’s exactly the kind of thing that destroys trust in City Hall.

Economist-blogger Noah Smith says he donated $10,000 to GrowSF to support Alan Wong in the June 2 District 4 election — arguing that one seat could decide whether San Francisco keeps moving on safety, housing, and permitting reform.

A fully subsidized 199-home senior housing project planned for 1234 Great Highway is paused—not because it got tied up in local appeals, but because the funding stack depends on outside state and federal programs that have become less predictable.

Mayor Daniel Lurie and Supervisor Bilal Mahmood proposed halving San Francisco’s transfer tax on $10M+ property sales—arguing it would make stalled housing projects pencil again. A companion ballot measure would remove a foreclosure-related exemption to backfill revenue.

San Francisco supervisors are moving toward a five-year pause on a controversial high-rise condo sprinkler retrofit mandate that residents say could cost $200,000–$300,000 per unit. The delay would push the permit deadline from 2027 to 2032 while the city studies feasibility and possible exemptions.

California Democrats endorsed state Sen. Scott Wiener in the open race to replace Nancy Pelosi. With a June 2, 2026 top-two primary ahead, endorsements may shape momentum—but voters will decide who advances.

Planning Commissioner Kathrin Moore will pay a $12,000 ethics fine after voting on projects tied to an architecture firm that regularly paid her retirement income.

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan says he’s running for governor, arguing his “build capacity fast + enforce rules with accountability” approach on homelessness and public safety can scale statewide — and positioning himself as a blunt critic of Sacramento’s status quo.

The Westfield mall—downtown’s biggest shopping complex—will shut down on January 26, 2026 after years of decline. The closure creates an urgent opportunity to move fast on a flexible redevelopment that can bring activity back to Market Street.

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.

In his Jan. 15, 2026 State of the City, Mayor Daniel Lurie argued his first year delivered real momentum—and laid out a 2026 agenda to lock it in: affordability, faster permitting, and pro-housing reforms, as the city faces a major deficit and seeks durable progress on street conditions.

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.

City College trustee, and lifelong Sunset resident, Alan Wong was appointed to District 4 Supervisor.

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.

District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan, a prominent opponent of growth and housing, has launched a 2026 congressional bid to succeed Nancy Pelosi.

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.

Mayor Lurie combines two-hour parking limits with permits and $12.9M housing program for compassionate enforcement.

SF Chief Economist projects nearly $1B in added GDP, but meeting just 11% of state mandate.

Unanimous vote enables Related California’s innovative public-private partnership for Financial District recovery.

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

Supervisor Melgar cordons off three-unit rent-controlled buildings from upzoning.

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

The Board of Supervisors reduces housing development risk by deferring some fees until the building is completed.

This bill would have allowed San Francisco to spend up to 10% of state homeless funding on sober housing.

Study request would explore using property tax increases from new development to finance subsidized housing in SF western neighborhoods.

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

Supervisor Mahmood aims to ease financial risks of new home development by deferring impact fees until after construction is complete.

Mayor's latest PermitSF package eliminates driveway parking fines, streamlines ADUs, and cuts fees for major developments.

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

City leads nation with 11.5% annual increase as housing shortage drives landlord's market while national rents decline.

The Board of Supervisors unanimously rejected a challenge to a new subsidized supportive housing development at 16th and Mission.

Homeowners across California may see premium changes as regulators allow forward-looking catastrophe models and partial reinsurance pass-through under the Sustainable Insurance Strategy.

Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 130, exempting most urban homebuilding from CEQA reviews, a major reform to fix a long-broken rule that pushed new homes out of urban areas and into the countryside.

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.

The new San Francisco Planning Director, Sarah Dennis-Phillips, brings decades of planning and real estate experience to the Planning Department.

A new proposal would limit oversized vehicle parking to two hours, with outreach and buyouts for residents.

May data shows flat employment, stronger downtown activity, and mixed housing trends.

New homes at 2588 Mission finally get the green light nearly a decade after a deadly fire.

After nearly five years at the helm, Planning Director Rich Hillis will leave his post at the end of summer.

How has Mayor Lurie done in his first 100 days? Pretty well!

Supervisor Jackie Fielder wants San Francisco to extend family shelter stays from 90 days to one year.

New numbers from the SF City Controller show that housing permits are slowly rising, and downtown is starting to regain a lively rhythm. But it's not enough to solve our larger concerns with office vacancies and budget deficit.

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