Lurie’s ‘Family Zoning’ Plan Approved by Board of Supervisors, Handing Lurie Major Political Win

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/12/03/luries-family-zoning-approved-by-board-of-supervisors-handing-lurie-major-political-win/Mayor Lurie’s ambitious upzoning proposal known as the ‘family zoning’ plan passed the Board of Supervisors in a 7-4 vote Tuesday, jacking up building heights in the Sunset, Marina, and elsewhere. The last few months at SF City Hall have been a repeat of the wonky Housing Element debates of 2022 and 2023, where the state mandated that SF come up with a plan to build 82,000 new housing units by the year 2031. Now we’re facing the first deadline on that grand plan, as SF had to pass new zoning laws that would allow for this rush of new housing by January 31, or else lose tens of millions in state funding, and unleash a “builder’s remedy”