San Francisco Land Use and Transportation Committee Meeting – June 1, 2026
San Francisco Land Use and Transportation Committee Meeting – June 1, 2026
The Land Use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors met on June 1, 2026, to consider five agenda items. Chair Miranda Melgar presided, joined by Vice Chair Cheyenne Chen and Supervisor Bilal Mahmoud. The committee voted unanimously to advance resolutions supporting state tenant protection legislation and imposing interim zoning controls in the Tenderloin/South of Market area, approved routine amendments to the Balboa Reservoir development, accepted public infrastructure for an affordable housing project, and continued a housekeeping ordinance on street closures.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Item 1 (SB 436 resolution): Three speakers expressed strong support. A representative from the Anti-Displacement Coalition noted that evictions in San Francisco are at a 10-year high and that SB 436 provides a "common sense, no cost intervention." A speaker from the Race in Equity and On Planning Coalition urged passage to prevent displacement and homelessness. An organizer with the Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco described the difficulty tenants face in responding to three-day notices, especially monolingual tenants who need translation help.
- Item 5 (Convenience store interim zoning): Six speakers testified. Two residents opposed the measure, arguing it unfairly targets immigrant business owners and could reduce food access for late‑night workers. Four speakers supported the resolution: a representative from the Tenderloin Housing Clinic said the community wants control over store proliferation; the Executive Director of the Mid Market Business Association noted an "immediate proliferation" of stores that act negatively; a representative from TLCBD stated that bad actors sell drug paraphernalia and run illegal gambling; and a Hotel Workers Union member said hospitality workers deserve safe streets.
Discussion Items
Item 1 – Resolution supporting SB 436 (Keeping Californians House Act): Chair Melgar introduced the resolution to urge state officials to support state legislation extending the rent notice period from three to 14 days. She noted that San Francisco’s similar 2020 ordinance was preempted by state law, and that 30 other states already provide longer notice periods. Supervisors Chen and Mahmoud co‑sponsored and spoke in favor, citing the affordability crisis and the need for fairness to tenants. The committee voted unanimously to send the resolution to the full board as a committee report.
Item 2 – Balboa Reservoir Special Use District amendment: Chair Melgar presented the ordinance, which modifies design parameters to allow a connecting element between two buildings in Phase 1 of the Balboa Reservoir project (up to 1,100 units, 50% affordable). The Planning Commission approved the amendment on May 7, 2026. Supervisor Chen added herself as a co‑sponsor. No public comment was offered. The committee voted unanimously to recommend approval.
Item 3 – Acceptance of public infrastructure at 2340 San Jose Avenue (Capuso at the Upper Yard): Kira Geifman from the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development presented. The project, completed in 2021, provides 130 units of 100% affordable housing near transit (Muni, BART). The ordinance dedicates new street and sidewalk improvements for public maintenance. Supervisor Chen co‑sponsored. No public comment was offered. The committee voted unanimously to recommend approval.
Item 4 – Transportation Code housekeeping (ISCOT reorganization): Java Cronenberg from SFMTA explained that the amendments restructure Article 6 of the Transportation Code to improve readability, remove antiquated language, and align with recent governance changes. No policy or programmatic changes are included. The committee adopted amendments as presented and continued the item to June 8, 2026, for one week to allow additional public notice.
Item 5 – Interim zoning controls for new convenience stores in Tenderloin/SOMA public safety zone: Dominica Donovan, Chief of Staff to Supervisor Matt Dorsey, presented the resolution. It would require conditional use authorization for new convenience stores in the Tenderloin and South of Market for 18 months while the city studies long‑term land‑use regulations. More than 75 convenience stores already operate in the area, and the police have linked late‑night gatherings near these stores to drug activity. Supervisor Mahmoud, a co‑sponsor, added that the neighborhood lacks a grocery store, toy store, or ice cream shop for its 3,500 children. The resolution does not affect existing businesses. The committee voted unanimously to recommend approval to the full board.
Key Outcomes
- Item 1: Passed 3‑0 (Melgar, Chen, Mahmoud) as a committee report to the full board, with a recommendation for approval.
- Item 2: Passed 3‑0 to recommend the ordinance to the full board.
- Item 3: Passed 3‑0 to recommend the ordinance to the full board.
- Item 4: Amended as presented and continued to the June 8, 2026 committee meeting (3‑0).
- Item 5: Passed 3‑0 to recommend the resolution to the full board.
Items acted upon are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors’ agenda of June 9, 2026 (unless otherwise noted). The committee’s next regular meeting is scheduled for June 8, 2026.
Meeting Transcript
Okay, good afternoon, everyone. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the June 1st, 2026 regular meeting of the Land Use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. I'm Supervisor Miranda Melgar, chair of the committee, joined by Vice Chair Cheyenne Chen and Supervisor Bilal Mahmoud. The committee clerk today is John Carroll. And I would also like to acknowledge Haime Echeverie at SFGov TV for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements? Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. Please ensure that you've silenced your cell phones and other electronic devices you've brought with you into the chamber today. If you have any documents to be included as part of any of today's files, you can submit them directly to me. Public comment will be taken on each item on today's agenda. When your item of interest comes up in public comment is called, please line up to speak along your right hand side of this room. Alternatively, you may submit public comment in writing in either of the following ways. First, you may email your comments to me at J O H N period C-A-R-R-O-L-L at SFGOV.org. Or you may send your written comments via U.S. Postal Service to our office in City Hall, and the address is one, Dr. Carlton B. Goodlake Place, room 244, San Francisco, California, 94102. If you submit public comment in writing, it will be forwarded to the members of this committee, and I will also include your comments as part of the official file on which you are commenting. Items acted upon today are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors' agenda of June 9th, 2026, unless otherwise stated. Okay, thank you so much. Please call item number one. Agenda item number one is a resolution urging state officials to support California State Senate bill number 436, the keeping Californians House Act, which seeks to prevent displacement by extending the notice period for renters to pay or vacate from three days to fourteen days, bringing California in line with other states. This item is on our agenda as a potential committee report, and it may be sent for consideration by the Board of Supervisors tomorrow during their meeting on June 2nd, 2026. Thank you. Uh Mr. Clerk. Colleagues, uh this is a resolution in support of legislation authored by State Senator Aisha Wahhab. The bill would extend the notice period for renters to pay late rent from three days to 14 days. A three-day period uh makes it difficult for some renters who fall behind on rent to access emergency rental assistance, uh such as we have in San Francisco, to get help from family or even to pay when they have already have the money in hand. Um sometimes late rent is due to problems with your Social Security or with Section 8 uh or with some other bureaucracy that also moves slowly. Um back in 22, our Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a similar ordinance to extend it to 10 days. However, the court determined that the local ordinance was preempted by the state, and in order to change that, that would require a change in state law. So therefore, SB 436 is that state law. State tenant advocates along with the anti-displacement coalition have asked our office to draft this resolution so that San Francisco will be on the record in support. Assembly members um Catherine Stephanie and Matt Haney were on the Board of Supervisors in 22 when we supported that ordinance. Um they will have another chance to support it now that they are up in Sacramento when this version comes to them. California has one of the most conservative notice periods in the country. Thirty other states allow more than those three days. Uh, thank you to my fellow committee members uh for their consideration of support. Um, and if there's no uh oh, okay, so I see uh supervisor Mahmoud go ahead. Uh thank you, Chair Melgar, for bringing this item to us and writing legislation. Um, I'm proud to co-sponsor as well because affordability is a major crisis in our city and our state, especially for renters. And while the underlying market forces can be difficult to manage legislatively, we can require openness and transparency from landlords towards their tenants. Three days, as I think all of us can attest is nowhere near enough to respond to a notice of termination of tenancy, and it's not a fair setup today when a landlord can initiate eviction procedures after waiting just 72 hours for their tenants to respond. Finding funds, bringing on legal representation, and making backup plans in the case of eviction, all take time and all take a toll on renters who are in precarious situations, which I know all of our offices have had to deal with as we support our own tenants going through eviction procedures. So I'm proud to support and hope this bill makes it through the legislature. And uh thank you, Chair Melgar again for introducing us. Thank you.
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