Board of Supervisors, October 20, 2026
Votes on Commercial-to-residential adaptive reuse program expansion drafting request
How this board votes
The Board of Supervisors approved 90% of 420 recorded land-use decisions this period. Most frequent dissent: Shamann Walton (31 of 205 recorded votes).
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See the full board record, member by memberWhat happened
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors finally passed an ordinance (Item 4) streamlining local CEQA procedures, including removing shadow analysis as a specific impact type and cutting the CEQA appeal window from 30 to 15 days, on an 8-1 roll call with Supervisor Chan voting no.
- Jurisdiction
- San Francisco, CA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- October 20, 2026
- Decisions
- 16 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Voted
Free sample: decision 1 of 16
SFPUC revenue bonds for 525 Golden Gate Avenue headquarters
Ordinance finally passed authorizing the PUC to issue $492.8M in water revenue bonds, $24.5M in wastewater revenue bonds and $12.6M in power revenue bonds to prepay base rental under the headquarters project lease. A two-thirds vote was required.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors finally passed an ordinance (Item 4) streamlining local CEQA procedures, including removing shadow analysis as a specific impact type and cutting the CEQA appeal window from 30 to 15 days, on an 8-1 roll call with Supervisor Chan voting no.
Key Decisions (16)
SFPUC revenue bonds for 525 Golden Gate Avenue headquarters
CEQA procedures streamlining ordinance
Gross receipts tax credit for small hardware retailers
DPH Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure grant
DPH leases at 1290 Fillmore Street and 1533 Eddy Street
Tax collector sale of defaulted property at 250 32nd Avenue
Port lease L-17432 at Pier 96 with NorCal Rental Group
Treasure Island master lease 51st amendment
Housing code minimum ceiling height reduction
Rental total-cost disclosure ordinance
Planning code mezzanine story threshold
Eviction limit for unpaid rent below HUD fair market rent
Assessor-recorder property filing notification system
Freedom West 2.0 development agreement and special use district introduced
Formula retail streamlining for grocery stores and pharmacies introduced
Commercial-to-residential adaptive reuse program expansion drafting request
Development Activity (5)
Freedom West 2.0
Mixed-Use
Adaptive reuse conversion at 2300 Stockton
Residential
Adaptive reuse conversion at 575 Sutter
Residential
Market Signals (4)
Housing Demand
The four adaptive reuse projects are converting vacant commercial space…
Sentiment
San Francisco is easing entitlement friction: CEQA appeal windows are…
Housing Demand
New tenant protections, including total-cost rent disclosure and an eviction…
Commercial Demand
The Port's real estate portfolio was described as 'hotter than…
Who Spoke (20)
On the record: the chair, the mayor, 4 councilmembers, and 6 members of the public.
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