"The 2022 EIR analyzed a very different project than the 2025 Upzone. The 2025 Upzone allows 4,000 additional residential units, building heights up to 350-feet taller than analyzed in the 2022 EIR, and development in new areas not included in the 2022 EIR, such as the historic-resource-rich areas of North Beach and Fisherman's Wharf, and development in formerly off-limits Priority Equity Geographies (lower-income areas)."
"The 2025 Upzone will result in the displacement of rent-controlled tenants and legacy businesses, by replacing rent-controlled and existing affordable units with luxury, high-rise condos, eliminating requirements for affordable housing, and allowing development in the areas within the Priority Equity Geographies Special Use District - something avoided in the 2022 Housing Element. The 2025 Upzone allows at least 20,564 two-unit rent-controlled units (10,282 parcels) to be demolished and replaced with luxury condos."
San Francisco's 2025 Upzone would permit about 4,000 additional units and building heights up to 350 feet taller than previously analyzed. The Upzone allows development in new neighborhoods including North Beach, Fisherman's Wharf, and Priority Equity Geographies that were off-limits. Plaintiffs allege the city approved the plan without required CEQA analysis and that the 2022 Housing Element EIR examined a materially different project. The Upzone could demolish at least 20,564 two-unit rent-controlled units (10,282 parcels), displacing tenants and legacy businesses and reducing affordable housing requirements. The dispute will be litigated in San Francisco and could reach the California Supreme Court.
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