Board President Aaron Peskin, who represents North Beach (D3), is about to be termed out of office in November. But he's not done trying to prevent one of San Francisco's iconic neighborhoods from growing and thriving.

He's introduced an amendment to the SF Planning Code to add numerical density limits and maximum density ratios where none exist, on our waterfront. In layman's terms: we already have a bunch of rules preventing buildings that are too tall or bulky from being built there, but he wants to add more.

Under current code, if you wanted to divide an existing mansion into 10 small apartments, or if you wanted to build small residences within the existing already-allowed zoning, that would be fine.

President Peskin's not happy about that, and he's trying to make it so that only sufficiently large and luxurious homes (that meet maximum "density ratios" per square foot of lot area) can be built near the North Beach waterfront.

Not only is this bad policy that would exacerbate our housing shortage, but it's possibly illegal: San Francisco's Supervisors are already in hot water for flagrantly breaking various state housing laws over the past decades.

Tell President Peskin and the Supervisors: Stop wasting our time (and annoying California HCD Staff, who have spent months cracking down on SF for breaking the law) with these illegal downzonings, and focus on implementing the housing element you passed in 2023!

This parking lot (and the blocks around it) should be homes for people! (Embarcadero & Green is in the covered area)