San Francisco
Menu

San Francisco issues

Each issue's share of the 762 meetings transcribed, counting a meeting where an identified official raised it · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 8, 2026

Officials raised homelessness at 58 meetings, more than any other issue we track.

The issues San Francisco officials raised, by share of meetings

Homelessness7.6%of meetings where an official raised it58 meetings · 13 boards and committeesHomelessness Oversight Commission90%Our City Our Home Oversight87%General Obligation Bond Oversight50%Each body's share · top 3 of 13Homelessness Oversight Commission: 10 of 11 transcribed meetings; Our City Our Home Oversight Committee: 7 of 8 transcribed meetings; General Obligation Bond Oversight Committee: 3 of 6 transcribed meetingsSee all 58 meetings
Family zoning and upzoning3.5%of meetings where an official raised it27 meetings · 5 boards and committeesPlanning Commission36%Land Use and Transportation21%Historic Preservation Commission15%Each body's share · top 3 of 5Planning Commission: 11 of 30 transcribed meetings; Land Use and Transportation Committee: 7 of 32 transcribed meetings; Historic Preservation Commission: 3 of 19 transcribed meetingsSee all 27 meetings
Muni budget and service3.0%of meetings where an official raised it23 meetings · 5 boards and committeesSFMTA Board of Directors60%San Francisco County Transportation Authority Board35%Budget and Appropriations11%Each body's share · top 3 of 5SFMTA Board of Directors: 12 of 20 transcribed meetings; San Francisco County Transportation Authority Board: 7 of 20 transcribed meetings; Budget and Appropriations Committee: 2 of 18 transcribed meetingsSee all 23 meetings
Waymo and robotaxis1.8%of meetings where an official raised it14 meetings · 5 boards and committeesSan Francisco County Transportation Authority Board20%Board of Supervisors13%Budget and Appropriations11%Each body's share · top 3 of 5San Francisco County Transportation Authority Board: 4 of 20 transcribed meetings; Board of Supervisors: 5 of 37 transcribed meetings; Budget and Appropriations Committee: 2 of 18 transcribed meetingsSee all 14 meetings
Artificial intelligence0.9%of meetings where an official raised it7 meetings · 4 boards and committeesBoard of Supervisors10%Public Safety and Neighborhood Services6%Health Commission5%Each body's share · top 3 of 4Board of Supervisors: 4 of 37 transcribed meetings; Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee: 1 of 15 transcribed meetings; Health Commission: 1 of 20 transcribed meetingsSee all 7 meetings
How we count

Two AI models read each issue mention; a third checks a sample. A meeting counts when an identified official raised the issue. Shares are at least this high; shares within about a point of each other are a tie. More on how we know

San Francisco officials on the issues

1:11:22
HomelessnessWhen I think about a Good Neighbor Program, I’m actually thinking about the people whose minds and hearts have changed because they’ve connected or understood better all the challenges that go into addressing homelessness in this incredibly expensive city that is hard to do.Bevan DuftyCommissioner · Homelessness Oversight Commission · Sep 3, 2026Open the meeting at 1:11:22
  • 1:05:57
    HomelessnessIt’s just demoralizing watching you doing the work because for every families that you place for permanent home, 2, 3, 4, and more families became homeless during the very same period of time.Connie ChanSupervisor · Board of Supervisors · Jun 9, 2026Open the meeting at 1:05:57
  • 2:15:27
    Family zoning and upzoningI will conclude with my own thought process here is that this project really do comply with our new family zoning plan and our new design guideline, the design standards, and it does comply with the setback that is required, and I’ve seen it’s pretty clear, 20— actually, 27 feet.Lydia SoCommissioner · Planning Commission · Sep 17, 2026Open the meeting at 2:15:27
  • Family zoning and upzoningI mean, I think this is quite a fascinating project because I think when the family zoning plan came about, I think there was some question, I think, from housing advocates about whether I think there were some questions about whether the family zoning plan was so restrictive that developers would just choose to keep using the state density bonus.Mike ChenCommissioner · Planning Commission · Sep 3, 2026 3:28:19Open the meeting at 3:28:19
How we count

Officials only. Public speakers are counted, never named. More on how we know

Policing and public safety: 207 local news articles in 12 months, and at least 71 meetings that took it up.

Articles we found in San Francisco's local outlets, Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 23, 2026 · meetings transcribed through Oct 8, 2026, where an official raised the issue, or where the topic was on the agenda · counts of articles we found, not all coverage

Policing and public safetyTopic207at least 71
Development and land useTopic174at least 135
Budget and spendingTopic136at least 209
HomelessnessIssue10658
Muni budget and serviceIssue5423
Family zoning and upzoningIssue4427
Waymo and robotaxisIssue2114
Artificial intelligenceIssue107

* At least: Counted at the bodies whose agenda items the clerk indexes; not counted: Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, Civil Service Commission, Library Commission, Entertainment Commission, Youth Commission, Film Commission and 3 more (128 meetings).

How we count

We searched each city's local outlets month by month for each issue and topic. An article counts when two AI readers agree it is about that issue in the city's government, and a third read a sample of what they kept. Paywalled outlets and some papers show fewer pages, so these are the articles we found. More on how we know