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What is the Family Zoning Plan?
The rezoning plan is a proposed set of changes to the city’s rules for building new housing in San Francisco. The plan aims to increase housing by legalizing the development of more and taller buildings, with a focus on the city’s western and northern neighborhoods that currently have restrictive development policies.
The new zoning rules would give housing developers more flexibility to build, but the plan itself does not include any housing developments or mandate new housing production.
Why is the city changing its zoning plan now?
California state law requires that San Francisco adopt an updated zoning plan by Jan. 31, 2026, in order to keep up with increasing population and demographic changes. The rezoning plan is also required under the city’s Housing Element, a set of policies aimed at guiding where and how the city’s future housing should be built.
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