State Senate Bill Aims to Revitalize Downtown San Francisco

A state Senate bill aims to create a revitalized downtown San Francisco with less empty space and more foot traffic by easing tax and regulatory burdens on developers. Senate Bill 1227, authored by Sen. Scott Wiener, would target a specified area downtown “to speed the conversion and remodeling of outdated buildings into vibrant new uses,” according to a Feb. 16 press release by the San Francisco Democrat. “Downtown San Francisco matters to our city’s future, and it’s struggling—to bring people back, we need to make big changes and have open minds,” he stated in the press release. “That starts with remodeling, converting, or even replacing buildings that may have become outdated and that simply aren’t going to succeed going forward.”...