How San Francisco boards vote on land use
Every vote below is quoted verbatim from the official meeting recording’s transcript. Use it as research toward the official record, not as the official minutes.
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Parsed from the official meeting recording. Verify against the official minutes.
This board approves nearly everything, but not quietly. Walton and Chan dissent regularly. Outcomes hold, but the record names who objected.
Walton 30 no votes · Chan 18
Every read is drawn from the rows below. Descriptive, not predictive. Verify against the official minutes.
Approval odds below are computed from the key decisions across 71 Board of Supervisors meetings on record, Dec 16, 2025 to Sep 2, 2026.
| Request type | Decisions (n) | Approved | Denied | Continued | With conditions | Contested (n) | Contested approved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non land use | 297 | 92% | 0% | 8% | 4% | 19 | 95% |
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| Member | District | Votes recorded | Dissents | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Dorsey | D6 | 348 | 3 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Danny Sauter | D3 | 338 | 3 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Connie Chan | D1 | 258 | 18 | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Chyanne Chen | D11 | 214 | 10 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Myrna MelgarLand Use Committee Chair | D7 | 199 | 7 | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Rafael MandelmanBoard President | D8 | 193 | 6 | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Stephen Sherrill | D2 | 186 | 4 | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Shamann Walton | D10 | 182 | 30 | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Bilal Mahmood | D5 | 164 | 2 | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Alan Wong | D4 | 158 | 8 | Jul 28, 2026 |
| Jackie Fielder | D9 | 80 | 18 | Sep 1, 2026 |
San Francisco Planning Commission
Parsed from the official meeting recording. Verify against the official minutes.
Write your presentation for Williams and Moore. They cast most of this period's recorded dissents.
Williams 10 no votes · Moore 7
Approval odds below are computed from the key decisions across 19 Planning Commission meetings on record, Dec 18, 2025 to Jul 30, 2026.
| Request type | Decisions (n) | Approved | Denied | Continued | With conditions | Contested (n) | Contested approved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conditional use | 25 | 80% | 4% | 16% | 45% | 2 | 50% |
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| Member | Votes recorded | Dissents | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amy CampbellPresident (from ~2026-01) | 78 | 0 | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Sean McGarry | 72 | 0 | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Derek Braun | 71 | 0 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Gilbert Williams | 65 | 10 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Kathrin MooreVice President | 61 | 7 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Theresa Imperial | 58 | 6 | May 7, 2026 |
| Lydia SoPresident (through Late 2025) | 48 | 0 | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Joel Koppel | 10 | 0 | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Mike Chen | 9 | 0 | Jul 30, 2026 |
San Francisco Board of Appeals
Parsed from the official meeting recording. Verify against the official minutes.
Budget a delay cycle. 50% of non land uses were continued at least once before a final vote.
50% continued
Approval odds below are computed from the key decisions across 18 Board of Appeals meetings on record, Dec 17, 2025 to Sep 2, 2026.
| Request type | Decisions (n) | Approved | Denied | Continued | With conditions | Contested (n) | Contested approved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non land use | 6Small sample | 50% | 0% | 50% | 33% | 0 | No data |
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| Member | Votes recorded | Dissents | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Lopez | 18 | 1 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| John TrasvinaPresident | 17 | 0 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Rebecca SaroyanVice President | 17 | 0 | Aug 26, 2026 |
| Robin Abad Ocubillo | 17 | 0 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Lily Wong | 16 | 0 | Sep 2, 2026 |