Supervisors Override Breed’s Veto of Peskin’s Density Limit Legislation, In Big Win for Peskin

Supervisors Override Breed’s Veto of Peskin’s Density Limit Legislation, In Big Win for Peskin

With two supervisors likely running for mayor, the SF Board of Supervisors flexed a supermajority and shot down Mayor Breed’s veto of their measure to limit large towers along parts of the city’s northern waterfront. As downtown SF struggles with vacancies, seemingly everyone at City Hall was behind a 2023 effort by Mayor Breed and Supervisor Aaron Peskin to allow more housing production downtown. Yet Peskin decided he wanted a carve-out for thr…

SF Supervisors to Vote on Overturning Breed Veto of Peskin’s Housing Density Law

Mayor London Breed’s veto of legislation introduced by Supervisor Aaron Peskin, which impacts the height of buildings in the Jackson Square Historic District and nearby neighborhoods, reveals a clash between the two over the future of housing development in San Francisco.