San Francisco · 2026-10-07
San Francisco limits shade as grounds to delay housing
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A city planner said shadows were not the primary reason in 14 of 18 appealed projects mentioning shade.
San Francisco supervisors passed Supervisor Bilal Mahmood's SHADE Act 10-1 on Tuesday, removing the city's own shadow review from its state environmental review process. Mahmood said shade-related appeals slowed more than 2,000 housing units in a dozen projects since 2017. The law also halves the time allowed for certain appeals.
Developers must still present a shadow analysis for any building that casts a shadow on a city park, Mahmood said. It is not clear how much shadows alone hold up development.
Sources and notes
- Out of the shadows: S.F. limits when shade can be used to block housing construction · Mission Local
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