How SF's New Mayor Is COMPLETELY CHANGING How Homes are Built in San Francisco

San Francisco's mayor just proposed an initiative that will be absolutely game-changing for anyone looking to build homes in the city. San Francisco is well known for an unpredictable, time-consuming, and super expensive permitting process, and at a time when increasing the city's housing supply is more important than ever, Mayor Daniel Lurie is working hard to reduce the timelines for getting new homes to market. His proposal, called PermitSF, calls for implementation of a shot clock that sets a deadline for the city to review permits, with the goal of preventing permits from sitting idly on the city's books for years on end. This will involve moving the permit process entirely online, centralizing the permit application process across departments, increasing the amount of time the Department of Building Inspection actually works, and potentially consolidating permit review duties into a single department. This isn't the first time the city's mayors have tried to overhaul the permit process, so we'll see if it actually works, but I've got high hopes and appreciate the effort Mayor Lorie is putting into this really important issue. Let me know what you think in the comments and follow me for more Bay Area real estate.