San Francisco Planning Department
SFPUC Moves to Extend Islais Creek Wastewater Bypass 25 Years
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is retooling a “temporary” wastewater pipeline across Islais Creek into a 25-year fixture, opting for a leaner...
Embarcadero Plaza’s $40MM Waterfront Park Overhaul Clears Final Environmental Hurdle in San Francisco
San Francisco's $40MM Embarcadero Plaza and Sue Bierman Park overhaul won final approval and a CEQA exemption, clearing the path to construction.
San Francisco Ordinance Would Scrap Prop M Office Cap Review, Housing Balance Reports in 362 Pages of Code Cleanup
A sweeping code-cleanup ordinance now before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors would delete ten sections of the Planning Code outright, repeal the...
San Francisco Warns Developers: Build Stalled Office Projects or Forfeit Prop M Allocations
San Francisco’s planning chief has moved to reclaim dormant office development rights from developers sitting on long-stalled downtown projects, threatening to strip their...
San Francisco Commission Advances Mayor Lurie’s $28.5MM OpenGov Permitting Deal Despite Favoritism Claims
San Francisco’s Civil Service Commission cleared Mayor Daniel Lurie’s no-bid OpenGov contract on a 4-1 vote, unblocking a $28.5 million permitting overhaul that...
Lurie’s $16.85B San Francisco Budget Bets on Zoning, Permitting and Downtown to Reignite CRE
Mayor’s FY27-FY28 spending plan closes a $642MM deficit while pouring resources into City Planning, PermitSF, affordable housing and street capital — signals the...
Friendship House to Break Ground on Six-Story, $84MM Native American Housing Project in San Francisco’s Mission
The Village SF, a transitional housing and cultural hub at 80 Julian Ave., closes in on its capital target after a $31.4MM state...
Align Doubles Down on Outer Richmond Safeway Play, Files Formal Application for 766,000 SQFT Mixed-Use Tower
Developer boosts affordable housing count 60 percent and expands retail footprint as it advances a six-property Bay Area grocery-to-housing pipeline Align Real Estate...
Strada Files SB 423 Application for 568-Unit Waterfront Tower at 555 Beale, Testing Prop B Height Limits
Developer trims unit count, locks in ministerial review path with $200MM application as Embarcadero project advances toward 2028 construction start Strada Investment Group...
City Controller: San Francisco Economy Has Reached an Inflection Point
Q1 2026 indicators show tech hiring rebound, office vacancy retreating, and downtown foot traffic climbing as city hits economic inflection point San Francisco’s...
Mercy Housing Advances 159-Unit Affordable Senior Project at Laguna Honda Hospital
The nonprofit developer pivots from an assisted living model to deeply affordable rentals, banking on state streamlining to clear a project two decades...
Schools of the Sacred Heart Unveils Design for 66,000 SQFT Wellness Center on Geary Boulevard
TEF Design’s four-story aquatics, athletics and education facility advances a long-planned bet by one of San Francisco’s oldest independent schools to anchor wellness...
