Amend SF nonresidential to residential conversion Legislation

Former Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Matt Dorsey proposed legislation that will reduce requirements for developers converting offices into housing. They propose to do this by removing impact fees. What are impact fees? These are the fees that developers are required to pay to support communities impacted by development. Impact fees pay for things like:

  • Affordable housing for low-income residents

  • Childcare centers that help parents go to work

This proposed legislation would eliminate impact fees for projects that convert office space to housing in the South of Market, Tenderloin, Chinatown, North Beach and surrounding neighborhoods. These projects are 100% market rate, with zero on-site affordable housing, zero funding for affordable housing impact fees and zero funding for childcare impact fees that goes towards childcare facilities. Areas vulnerable to displacement called Priority Equity Geographies, such as the South of Market, and the Tenderloin neighborhoods, and Cultural Districts, are among those that would be impacted. Developers would get financial breaks, meanwhile, neighborhoods would be left struggling without the resources they need.

The new legislation says it aims to “revitalize downtown’, but It goes beyond “downtown” and overlaps with low-income communities of color with high concentrations of families, children, seniors, people with disabilities, and renters. Click here: Link to Map of Legislation

To protect vulnerable communities in this new proposed policy, we demand that Priority Equity Geographies and Cultural Districts be exclude from this legislation and that this policy has a sunset date of 3 years.

This is our LAST CHANCE to amend this legislation before the Full Board of Supervisors votes to approve this policy on February 25, 2025.

ACT NOW!

Join us in demanding that developers pay their fair share! Tell our city leaders to support the revitalization of downtown without impacting SF communities!

  • Sign onto our letter which directly email Mayor Daniel Lurie and the Board of Supervisors before or by 2/24/25

  • Share this letter campaign on your social media

  • Join us at City Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 25 to show our representatives that we need to REVITALIZE FOR PEOPLE, NOT PROFIT!


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