Grow The Richmond

01/19/2026

"The projects have earned nods from YIMBY, or “Yes in my backyard,” advocates across the city, who have for years bemoaned Safeway’s sprawling lots as San Francisco’s housing shortage worsened.

“Why does a large parking lot deserve a view of the water, and not people instead?” said Juliana Lamm-Perez, an organizer for Grow The Richmond, one of the city’s YIMBY groups."

A savvy developer has big plans for putting housing on top of an iconic Safeway supermarket in the ritzy Marina district and at other aging Safeway sites across the city.

12/06/2025

We are beyond excited to see that Safeway is working with Align Real Estate to propose a new apartment building and expanded grocery store in the Outer Richmond!

The Safeway would temporarily close so the project could bring 526 new homes spread across a pair of eight-story buildings to a neighborhood that has seen little new housing in recent decades.

09/23/2025

Join us on Wednesday September 24th at 5pm where a bunch of Grow The Richmond members will be attending a forum that Supervisor Connie Chan and San Francisco Planning are organizing to push forward proposed landmarking of several properties in the neighborhood:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/make-sure-historical-designations-dont-slow-down-housing-in-the-richmond/

We've seen far too many recent examples of SF NIMBYs working overtime to abuse historic designation to ensure that absolutely no housing gets built anywhere in the city.

Please come with questions about how these properties were selected and what the tradeoffs involved are for the future of our city and our neighborhood.

09/17/2025

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors needs to reign in the abuse and misuse of "historic designations"

Shaking things up

09/13/2025

Good news! The Family Zoning Plan has passed the San Francisco Planning Commission!

The San Francisco rezoning plan represents a truly historic moment for the city, marking the first major upzoning effort since the 1978 downzoning that has contributed to decades of housing scarcity and resulting unaffordability. To meet community needs and state minimums, the city must allow a mini...

09/13/2023

We got a snazzy new webpage. Check it out to stay up to date on all the latest events, like the upcoming Breakfast with Brian on Sept 29th! https://growtherichmond.com/

05/17/2023

Our own Brian Quan is back with another Breakfast with Brian. Swing by Velo Rouge on Saturday, May 20 at 9 am to discuss Arguello, Geary, and all the other goings on in the neighborhood over a nice coffee. See you there!

Join Grow the Richmond lead Brian Quan for a casual neighborhood breakfast and chat about what's going on in the neighborhood

04/18/2023

Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Joel
Engardio are tackling the challenging of speeding up our sclerotic housing process. Will we finally see some more homes on the Westside? https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/mayor-breed-introduces-legislation-speed-s-f-s-17904201.ph

The bill, co-sponsored by Supervisor Joel Engardio, takes aim at the conditional use...

03/02/2023

It's been too long! Join Grow the Richmond lead Brian Quan for Breakfast with Brian, a casual neighborhood breakfast and chat about what's going on in the neighborhood. We'll be getting together at 8 am on March 11 at Velo Rouge Cafe. Can't wait to see you there, RSVP today

Join Grow the Richmond lead Brian Quan for a casual neighborhood breakfast and chat about what's going on in the neighborhood

10/07/2021

We're teaming up with our friends at Streets for People for an outreach meeting about the Golden Gate Park Access & Safety Program (about possibly making permanent) SFMTA | San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and San Francisco Recreation and Park Department next Thu, Oct 14, at 5 pm. Sign up here and share with anyone you know who is interested!

Join Grow the Richmond and Streets for People as we welcome SFMTA to tell us more about the Golden Gate Park Access & Safety Program to discuss proposed changes to JFK and the surrounding streets in and around Golden Gate Park: https://www.sfmta.com/projects/golden-gate-park-access-and-safety-pr...

09/17/2021

Massive thank you to Governor Gavin Newsom for signing these critical pieces of legislation!

Additionally, big thanks go to Senate Pro Tem Toni G. Atkins and Senator Scott Wiener for pushing forward to get SB9 and SB10 passed in the CA Legislature, and as always, thanks to all of you that called, emailed, and reached out to your representatives to urge them to pass these critical bills making it faster and easier to build more homes!

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a pair of bills that promote what supporters call a “light...

06/25/2021

"Previous public policies such as redlining — the systemic discriminatory tactic used to deny financial services in communities of color — still reverberate today.

As do current land use policies deterring the building of denser housing and apartments. Both are contributing factors to the increasing divide in neighborhoods and cities along racial and ethnic lines."

Conducted by the university’s Othering and Belonging Institute, the study found that...