A state housing bill that has received pushback from San Francisco lawmakers seems likely to have at least a modest effect on The City’s zoning map, according to an analysis conducted by The Examiner.

The measure — Senate Bill 79 — marks the latest legislative attempt by state Sen. Scott Wiener , who represents San Francisco, to push California cities to add more housing density around high-traffic transit hubs as a means of both addressing affordability problems and also boosting transit ridership.

The proposed legislation, currently under consideration in the state Assembly , would preempt local zoning regulations around certain public-transit stops.

Under the measure’s tiered scheme, the greatest increases would be applied to the largest transit stops. For example, the bill set

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