Planning Commission passes Lurie plan over strong community opposition
September 12, 2025
By Serena Finney and Tim Redmon, 48 Hills
The Planning Commission sent to the Board of Supes Thursday night a measure that will change the city forever, against broad community opposition.
Quintin Mecke, director of the Council of Community Housing Organizations, made the central political point: “This city has been having such a bizarre conversation, focusing on zoning and not production.” He said that tens of thousands of units have already been approved, but aren’t getting built, and yet “we continue to image that zoning will solve all these problems. … We are handing the reins of the most important issue in San Francisco to private developers.” He also noted that the plan allows the transfer of public land to private interests, undermining affordable housing.
