Mayor Lurie's Statement on Board of Supervisors Vote in Support of Family Zoning

SAN FRANCISCO – Mayor Daniel Lurie today released the following statement after the Board of Supervisors voted on first reading to advance his Family Zoning plan with seven votes in favor:

“Across our city, families are struggling to pay rent or hoping for an opportunity to buy a home where they can raise their kids. As elected leaders, we must do everything we can to help them, and the Board of Supervisors has taken an important step to do that today. Our Family Zoning plan will allow us to build more homes so that kids growing up here will one day be able to raise their own families in San Francisco.

“This city’s affordability crisis has left too many young people, workers, and seniors unsure if they’ll be able to stay in the place they love. With this plan, we will add affordable housing, support small businesses, and protect the character of the neighborhoods that make San Francisco so special.

“San Franciscans should decide what gets built in San Francisco—I don’t want to hand control to Sacramento, and the supervisors made it clear today that they agree. With today’s vote to advance the Family Zoning plan, we’re keeping control of what gets built in our city.

“It’s a testament to our partnership with Board President Rafael Mandelman and Supervisors Danny Sauter, Bilal Mahmood, Matt Dorsey, Stephen Sherrill, and Alan Wong, as well as the hard work of Land Use and Transportation Committee Chair Myrna Melgar. It also speaks to the broad support this plan has received from public safety leaders, small business owners, labor unions, and affordable housing builders. My administration will continue to work across city departments, with the Board of Supervisors, and alongside community partners to support families and workers, strengthen small businesses, and stand up for our neighborhoods.”