# Board of Supervisors Minutes: December 9, 2025

- Meeting date: 2025-12-09
- Document type: minutes
- Source format: PDF
- Extracted pages: 39
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## Structured legislative records

### File 250966: General Plan Amendments - Family Zoning Plan

- Pages: 7-8
- Vote 1: final-passage, likely final
  - Action: ly Housing Zoning Program, including the Housing Choice-San Francisco Program, by adjusting guidelines regarding building heights, density, design, and other matters; amending the City’s Local Coastal Program to implement the Housing Choice-San Francisco Program and other associated changes in the City’s Coastal Zone, and directing the Planning Director to transmit the Ordinance to the Coastal Commission upon enactment; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and adopting findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 340. (Planning Commission) (Pursuant to Charter, Section 4.105, the Planning Commission recommends General Plan amendments to the Board of Supervisors for approval or rejection. If the Board fails to act within 90 days of receipt, the proposed General Plan amendment shall be deemed approved. Transmittal Date: September 22, 2025) (Supervisors Chan, Chen, Fielder, and Walton voted No on First Reading.) Ordinance No. 243-25 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill
  - Noes: Chan, Chen, Fielder, Walton
  - Excused: Wong

### File 250700: Zoning Map - Family Zoning Plan

- Pages: 8-9
- Sponsors: Mayor; Sauter, Mahmood and Dorsey
- Vote 1: final-passage, likely final
  - Action: istoric districts pursuant to Article 10; 2) change the height limits on certain lots in the R-4 Height and Bulk District; and 3) designating various parcels to be included in the Non-Contiguous San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Sites Special Use District (SFMTA SUD); amending the Local Coastal Program to: 1) reclassify all properties in the Coastal Zone to R-4 Height and Bulk District; 2) reclassify certain properties to RTO-C and Neighborhood Commercial District; 3) designate one parcel as part of the SFMTA SUD; and 4) directing the Planning Director to transmit the Ordinance to the Coastal Commission upon enactment; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302; making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and making findings under the City’s Local Coastal Program and the California Coastal Act of 1976. (Economic Impact) (Supervisors Chan, Chen, Fielder, and Walton voted No on First Reading.) Ordinance No. 244-25 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill
  - Noes: Chan, Chen, Fielder, Walton
  - Excused: Wong

### File 250701: Planning, Business and Tax Regulations Codes - Family Zoning Plan

- Pages: 9-10
- Sponsors: Mayor
- Vote 1: final-passage, likely final
  - Action: e conforming changes to zoning tables in various Districts, including the Neighborhood Commercial District and Mixed Use Districts, 12) prohibit Lot mergers on Lots with Historic Buildings, subject to certain preservation obligations, and 13) reduce usable open space and bicycle parking requirements for senior housing; amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code regarding the Board of Appeals’ review of permits in the Housing Choice Program Housing Sustainability District; also, amending the Local Coastal Program to implement the Housing Choice-San Francisco Program and other associated changes in the City’s Coastal Zone, and directing the Planning Director to transmit the Ordinance to the Coastal Commission upon enactment; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and making public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings under Planning Code, Section 302. (Economic Impact) (Supervisors Chan, Chen, Fielder, and Walton voted No on First Reading.) Ordinance No. 245-25 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill
  - Noes: Chan, Chen, Fielder, Walton
  - Excused: Wong

## Extracted text

### [Page 8](https://sfbos.info/documents/1128/2025-12-09-minutes#page-8)

Board of Supervisors                              Meeting Minutes                                                12/9/2025



250700 [Zoning Map - Family Zoning Plan]
            Sponsors: Mayor; Sauter, Mahmood and Dorsey
            Ordinance amending the Zoning Map to implement the Family Zoning Plan by: amending the Zoning
            Use District Maps to: 1) reclassify certain properties currently zoned as various types of Residential
            to Residential Transit Oriented - Commercial (RTO-C); 2) reclassify properties currently zoned
            Residential Transit Oriented (RTO) to Residential Transit Oriented - 1 (RTO-1); 3) reclassify certain
            properties from Residential districts other than RTO to RTO-1; 4) reclassify certain properties
            currently zoned Neighborhood Commercial (NC) or Public (P) to Community Business (C-2); and 5)
            reclassify certain properties from Public to Mixed-Use or Neighborhood Commercial Districts;
            amending the Height and Bulk Map to: 1) reclassify properties in the Family Zoning Plan to R-4
            Height and Bulk District, except for properties with structures designated as landmarks or
            contributors to historic districts pursuant to Article 10; 2) change the height limits on certain lots in
            the R-4 Height and Bulk District; and 3) designating various parcels to be included in the
            Non-Contiguous San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Sites Special Use District (SFMTA
            SUD); amending the Local Coastal Program to: 1) reclassify all properties in the Coastal Zone to R-4
            Height and Bulk District; 2) reclassify certain properties to RTO-C and Neighborhood Commercial
            District; 3) designate one parcel as part of the SFMTA SUD; and 4) directing the Planning Director to
            transmit the Ordinance to the Coastal Commission upon enactment; affirming the Planning
            Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of public
            necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302; making findings of
            consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1;
            and making findings under the City’s Local Coastal Program and the California Coastal Act of 1976.
            (Economic Impact)

            (Supervisors Chan, Chen, Fielder, and Walton voted No on First Reading.)
            Ordinance No. 244-25
            FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 6 - Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill
                 Noes: 4 - Chan, Chen, Fielder, Walton
                 Excused: 1 - Wong




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### [Page 9](https://sfbos.info/documents/1128/2025-12-09-minutes#page-9)

Board of Supervisors                             Meeting Minutes                                                12/9/2025



250701 [Planning, Business and Tax Regulations Codes - Family Zoning Plan]
            Sponsor: Mayor
            Ordinance amending the Planning Code to: 1) create the Housing Choice-San Francisco Program to
            incent housing development through a local bonus program and by adopting a Housing Sustainability
            District, 2) modify height and bulk limits to provide for additional capacity in well-resourced
            neighborhoods, and to allow additional height and bulk for projects using the local bonus program, 3)
            require only buildings taller than 85 feet in certain Districts to reduce ground level wind currents, 4)
            make conforming changes to the RH (Residential, House), RM (Residential, Mixed), and RC
            (Residential-Commercial) District zoning tables to reflect the changes to density controls, and
            parking requirements made in this Ordinance, 5) create the RTO-C (Residential Transit
            Oriented-Commercial) District, 6) implement the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s
            Transit-Oriented Communities Policy by making changes to parking requirements, minimum
            residential densities, and minimum office intensities, and requiring maximum dwelling unit sizes, 7)
            revise off-street parking and curb cut obligations citywide, 8) create the Non-contiguous San
            Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Sites Special Use District, 9) permit businesses
            displaced by new construction to relocate without a conditional use authorization and waive
            development impact fees for those businesses, 10) make technical amendments to the Code to
            implement the above changes, 11) make conforming changes to zoning tables in various Districts,
            including the Neighborhood Commercial District and Mixed Use Districts, 12) prohibit Lot mergers on
            Lots with Historic Buildings, subject to certain preservation obligations, and 13) reduce usable open
            space and bicycle parking requirements for senior housing; amending the Business and Tax
            Regulations Code regarding the Board of Appeals’ review of permits in the Housing Choice Program
            Housing Sustainability District; also, amending the Local Coastal Program to implement the Housing
            Choice-San Francisco Program and other associated changes in the City’s Coastal Zone, and
            directing the Planning Director to transmit the Ordinance to the Coastal Commission upon
            enactment; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental
            Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of
            Planning Code, Section 101.1; and making public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings under
            Planning Code, Section 302.
            (Economic Impact)

            (Supervisors Chan, Chen, Fielder, and Walton voted No on First Reading.)
            Ordinance No. 245-25
            FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 6 - Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill
                 Noes: 4 - Chan, Chen, Fielder, Walton
                 Excused: 1 - Wong




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