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Matt Dorsey

Supervisor, District 6, San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Raised homelessness at 11 meetings, more than any other official we can identify. Named Treasure Island most often: 12 times.

32 of 37transcribed meetings with their voice identified
5.9min a meeting at the Board of Supervisors, at least
2questions at the Board of Supervisors
19 of 19present at roll calls through Apr 14, 2026, from the clerk

Chairs the Budget and Finance Committee; sits on 5 more other bodies

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Family zoning and upzoningMatt DorseySupervisor · Board of Supervisors · Dec 2, 2025 · 1:45:05Colleagues, I’m a strong believer in this map and this legislation. In my view, the Family Zoning Plan is the linchpin of housing affordability strategy that San Francisco needs to survive into the 21st century.Open the meeting at 1:45:05
Homelessness“I don’t know if there would be possible to accelerate that or get sort of a mid-year check-in on where we are with 1174. I will say for, you know, there’s sometimes I represent— this is a part of my district that has really been traumatized by the shelter-in-place hotels.”Matt DorseyMember · Budget and Appropriations Committee · Apr 29, 2026 · 1:25:09Family zoning and upzoning“I see this plan as the minimum we need to do to right the wrongs of decades of stifled housing production. Our existing zoning is not the only barrier, of course, but it is a significant barrier that we must address to meet the needs of our city and to comply with state law.”Matt DorseyMember · Land Use and Transportation Committee · Nov 3, 2025 · 2:28:16“I’m just wondering, is there work that we can be doing with our Medi-Cal beneficiaries on meeting work— satisfying work requirements or re-upping, supporting people to re-up every 6 months so that we can just do a little more, a little extra work that would be penny-wise to keep people on benefits?”Matt DorseyMember · Budget and Appropriations Committee · Apr 8, 2026 · 24:26“Likewise, many advocates from the recovery community I’ve spoken with are comfortable with it. It’s my understanding that SFMMS is also comfortable with it and is prepared to withdraw its opposition to the legislation. All that being said, the final, final wordsmithing is still being done with our city attorney, the mayor’s office, and HSH.”Matt DorseySupervisor · Board of Supervisors · May 12, 2026 · 14:40“…you elaborate any more on what kind of monthly passes and discounts might be available to passengers, or is that something we’re still just working out with Bay Ferry?”Matt DorseyMember · Treasure Island Development Authority · Jun 16, 2026 · 31:07“…we want to have tradespeople who may need to have, you know, trucks for carpentry or locksmiths or painting. Is there going to be accommodations for those folks as well?”Matt DorseyMember · Treasure Island Development Authority · Oct 28, 2025 · 18:09

Officials only. Public speakers are counted, never named.

Issues Dorsey raised, by number of meetings

We count who raised an issue, not which side they took.

Where Dorsey sits

District 6 on the current Board of Supervisors map

Click a district to open its member’s page.

District 1: Connie ChanDistrict 2: Stephen SherrillDistrict 3: Danny SauterDistrict 4: Alan WongDistrict 5: Bilal MahmoodDistrict 6: Matt DorseyDistrict 7: Myrna MelgarDistrict 8: Rafael MandelmanDistrict 9: Jackie FielderDistrict 10: Shamann WaltonDistrict 11: Chyanne ChenCity HallConnie Chan · District 1Stephen Sherrill · District 2Danny Sauter · District 3Alan Wong · District 4Bilal Mahmood · District 5Matt Dorsey · District 6Myrna Melgar · District 7Rafael Mandelman · District 8Jackie Fielder · District 9Shamann Walton · District 10Chyanne Chen · District 11
Matt Dorsey sits for District 6. Click a district to open its member’s page.District lines: DataSF, Supervisor Districts (2022), f2zs-jevy, fetched 2026-10-30.
Every roll call, and Dorsey’s other bodies

Present at 19 of 19 roll calls at the Board of Supervisors, roll call through Apr 14, 2026

From the clerk’s own record. We don’t compare members on it.

PresentExcusedAbsentOldest first, 1 square per roll call

Absent 0. Oct 28, 2025 to Apr 14, 2026. The clerk’s record covers 19 of the 39 meetings we hold, through Apr 14, 2026.

Official roll call, from the clerk →
What they talk about

Commendations, ceremonies and memorials took the largest share of Dorsey’s speech with a checked topic: 24%

By the agenda item on the floor when they spoke, at the Board of Supervisors and its committees (clerk’s agenda times). 389 of 503 minutes of their speech have a checked topic. How much they talk about it, not which side they take.

Commendations, ceremonies and memorials24%
Health and behavioral health10%
Development and land use6.7%
Housing and tenants4.1%
Streets, traffic and parking2.0%
Questions

Dorsey asked two questions at the 32 Board of Supervisors meetings where we identified them

At least this many: direct questions only.

Of Dorsey’s 3 questions to city departments at the Treasure Island Development Authority, 3 went to transportation and transit.

Who they question: 4 questions to a department, 2 bodies · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 8, 2026.

Treasure Island Development Authority3 questions to city departments
Treasure Island Development Authority: questions by department
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Transportation and transit3
Board of Supervisors1 question to a city department
Board of Supervisors: questions by department
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Police1
Neighborhoods Dorsey named

7 places Dorsey named in meetings

Lines where Dorsey named the place, read by two AI readers that both agree it means that place. Each dot plays the newest one; brighter means named more often.

San Francisco
  • Treasure Island 12 times
  • South of Market 8 times, the most of any official
  • Mission Bay 6 times, the most of any official
  • Presidio 2 times
  • Tenderloin 2 times
  • Financial District/South Beach 1 time
  • Mission 1 time

Places are drawn at the centre of their own boundary in the city’s Analysis Neighborhoods file (DataSF (City and County of San Francisco)). A dot says the place was named, not where Dorsey was or what was said about it.

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Dorsey’s voice

93, newest first. The date opens the meeting; the time plays the video at Dorsey’s first remark.

  1. Oct 7, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeHealth and behavioral health · Budget and spending17.9 minVideo
  2. Oct 6, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials9.3 min1:31:17
  3. Oct 5, 2026Land Use and Transportation CommitteeDevelopment and land use · Housing and tenants7.4 min32:25
  4. Sep 30, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeBudget and spending · Health and behavioral health11.7 min16:20
  5. Sep 29, 2026Board of Supervisors4.7 min26:58
  6. Sep 28, 2026Land Use and Transportation CommitteeDevelopment and land use3.6 min5:07
  7. Sep 23, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteePolicing and public safety · Housing and tenants13.9 min0:06
  8. Sep 22, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials12.2 min22:50
  9. Sep 21, 2026Land Use and Transportation Committee0.6 min40:36
  10. Sep 16, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeCity workforce and labor · Health and behavioral health15.4 minVideo
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  1. Sep 15, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials · Budget and spending20.9 min27:54
  2. Sep 15, 2026San Francisco County Transportation Authority BoardPublic transit2.5 min30:28
  3. Sep 14, 2026Land Use and Transportation CommitteeDevelopment and land use7.7 min3:49
  4. Sep 2, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeHousing and tenants · Health and behavioral health25.2 minVideo
  5. Jul 28, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials11.7 min12:01
  6. Jul 22, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeHealth and behavioral health · Parks and recreation13.2 minVideo
  7. Jul 21, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials8.9 min44:32
  8. Jul 15, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeHomelessness · Housing and tenants7.2 min6:26
  9. Jul 14, 2026Board of SupervisorsHomelessness · Housing and tenants12.6 min1:47:10
  10. Jul 8, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeHealth and behavioral health · City workforce and labor6.3 min40:57
  11. Jul 7, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials1.7 min41:01
  12. Jun 30, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials4.0 min45:28
  13. Jun 25, 2026Budget and Appropriations Committee2.3 min7:56:18
  14. Jun 23, 2026Treasure Island Development Authority4.4 minVideo
  15. Jun 22, 2026Budget and Appropriations CommitteeCity workforce and labor7.8 min16:16
  16. Jun 18, 2026Budget and Appropriations CommitteeCity workforce and labor8.1 min34:27
  17. Jun 17, 2026Budget and Appropriations Committee3.1 min28:56
  18. Jun 16, 2026Treasure Island Development AuthorityBudget and spending · Public transit4.4 minVideo
  19. Jun 12, 2026Budget and Appropriations CommitteeCity workforce and labor10.9 min1:49:56
  20. Jun 11, 2026Budget and Appropriations CommitteeCity workforce and labor2.7 min15:33
  21. Jun 10, 2026Budget and Appropriations CommitteeCity workforce and labor · Budget and spending8.1 min52:53
  22. Jun 9, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials6.1 min28:24
  23. Jun 3, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeAlcohol, cannabis and business permits · Business and economic development5.3 min40:16
  24. Jun 2, 2026Board of SupervisorsPolicing and public safety · Commendations, ceremonies and memorials3.6 min19:30
  25. May 27, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteePolicing and public safety · Health and behavioral health8.0 min9:20
  26. May 20, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeHealth and behavioral health1.1 min44:03
  27. May 20, 2026Budget and Appropriations CommitteeSchools and youth0.6 min4:26:11
  28. May 19, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials · Policing and public safety10.4 min15:47
  29. May 13, 2026Budget and Finance Committee2.4 min29:10
  30. May 13, 2026Budget and Appropriations CommitteeCity workforce and labor5.2 min17:59
  31. May 12, 2026Board of SupervisorsHomelessness · Commendations, ceremonies and memorials7.4 min14:14
  32. May 6, 2026Budget and Finance Committee0.2 min2:32:25
  33. May 5, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials · Homelessness7.9 min12:44
  34. Apr 29, 2026Budget and Appropriations CommitteeHomelessness6.3 min1:21:29
  35. Apr 28, 2026Board of SupervisorsDevelopment and land use · Commendations, ceremonies and memorials7.5 min3:36
  36. Apr 28, 2026Treasure Island Development AuthorityBudget and spending5.9 minVideo
  37. Apr 22, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeCity workforce and labor · Policing and public safety12.5 minVideo
  38. Apr 21, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials6.9 min50:29
  39. Apr 20, 2026Land Use and Transportation CommitteeDevelopment and land use4.2 min21:30
  40. Apr 15, 2026Budget and Finance Committee0.9 min9:16
  41. Apr 14, 2026Board of SupervisorsPolicing and public safety · Commendations, ceremonies and memorials3.4 min33:58
  42. Apr 14, 2026Treasure Island Development AuthorityBudget and spending9.8 minVideo
  43. Apr 14, 2026San Francisco County Transportation Authority Board2.3 min22:46
  44. Apr 8, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeHealth and behavioral health · Policing and public safety5.5 min19:08
  45. Apr 8, 2026Budget and Appropriations CommitteeBudget and spending2.9 min24:08
  46. Apr 7, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials6.3 min1:13:15
  47. Mar 25, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeHealth and behavioral health1.2 min54:50
  48. Mar 25, 2026Budget and Appropriations CommitteeBudget and spending4.3 min27:19
  49. Mar 24, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials3.2 min27:02
  50. Mar 18, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteePublic transit2.5 min58:30
  51. Mar 18, 2026Budget and Appropriations CommitteeBudget and spending1.4 min13:55
  52. Mar 17, 2026Board of Supervisors0.8 min2:16:34
  53. Mar 16, 2026Land Use and Transportation CommitteeAlcohol, cannabis and business permits · Development and land use5.6 min11:58
  54. Mar 12, 2026Health Service Board0.6 min1:24:17
  55. Mar 11, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeHousing and tenants1.6 min31:41
  56. Mar 10, 2026Board of Supervisors5.4 min1:29:54
  57. Mar 3, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials3.5 min47:59
  58. Feb 25, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeBudget and spending · Housing and tenants5.9 min5:26
  59. Feb 25, 2026Budget and Appropriations Committee0.2 min2:46
  60. Feb 24, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials7.9 min22:12
  61. Feb 11, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeBudget and spending5.4 min5:37
  62. Feb 10, 2026Board of SupervisorsBusiness and economic development6.7 min21:31
  63. Feb 4, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeBusiness and economic development8.7 min3:19:03
  64. Jan 28, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeBusiness and economic development · Health and behavioral health5.7 min16:42
  65. Jan 27, 2026Board of SupervisorsDevelopment and land use · Commendations, ceremonies and memorials7.9 min39:11
  66. Jan 27, 2026Treasure Island Development Authority7.5 min0:05
  67. Jan 14, 2026Budget and Finance Committee3.0 min29:08
  68. Jan 13, 2026Board of Supervisors4.7 min55:35
  69. Jan 8, 2026Health Service Board2.1 min19:17
  70. Jan 7, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeHealth and behavioral health · Homelessness11.5 min29:54
  71. Jan 6, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials6.5 min24:32
  72. Dec 16, 2025Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials8.0 min1:10:09
  73. Dec 9, 2025San Francisco County Transportation Authority Board0.3 min53:11
  74. Dec 2, 2025Board of SupervisorsAppointments to boards and commissions · Development and land use7.6 min32:30
  75. Nov 18, 2025Board of SupervisorsAppointments to boards and commissions4.6 min14:52
  76. Nov 18, 2025San Francisco County Transportation Authority Board0.9 min40:24
  77. Nov 12, 2025Budget and Finance Committee1.0 min13:08
  78. Nov 5, 2025Budget and Finance CommitteePolicing and public safety · Housing and tenants6.2 min9:40
  79. Nov 4, 2025Board of SupervisorsAppointments to boards and commissions · Commendations, ceremonies and memorials5.7 min23:22
  80. Nov 3, 2025Land Use and Transportation CommitteeDevelopment and land use3.2 min2:28:04
  81. Oct 29, 2025Budget and Finance CommitteePolicing and public safety1.4 min51:03
  82. Oct 28, 2025Board of Supervisors0.7 min2:42:28
  83. Oct 28, 2025Treasure Island Development Authority3.9 min0:05
How we identify who is speaking · blind check, pooled across five cities: of 410 council lines drawn, 352 right, 0 wrong, 1 unclear, 57 couldn’t be judged

We identified Dorsey’s voice at 93 meetings across eight bodies. A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Dorsey was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Matt Dorsey’s name only when both agree and a code check finds the name said on, or just before, their turn. Voices our transcripts merge with someone else’s are never attributed, so every count here undercounts what Dorsey said. For councils and their committees, of 410 lines drawn, 352 were right, 0 wrong and 1 unclear, and the checkers couldn’t judge 57. We have since removed the voices behind 110 of those lines (0 wrong, 1 unclear, the rest we had already held for other reasons). Of the 300 lines we still publish, the checkers could judge 268: all 268 right (90% lower bound 0.99). They couldn’t judge the other 32. The check is one sample pooled across the five cities, not of Dorsey or of San Francisco alone.