Habitable Room Ceiling Height Reduction

At a glance

• What: Housing Code ordinance lowering the minimum ceiling height for habitable rooms in existing buildings to seven feet, and for other rooms to six feet eight inches.
• Where it stands: Passed on first reading October 20, 2026, 9-0 with two excused.
• Next: Second reading and final passage; not yet recorded in the minutes read.

Details

• File No. 260623; Land Use and Transportation Committee recommendation.
• Sponsors: Wong; Dorsey, Sherrill, Sauter, Melgar, Mahmood, Chen and Mandelman.
• First reading October 20: Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong; excused: Chen, Melgar.

Sources

• Board of Supervisors minutes (draft), October 20, 2026: https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1456063&GUID=0A30E5F1-D311-43A1-853E-C5E13B727FFB

Log

2026-10-20 - Board of Supervisors

Land Use recommendation; PASSED ON FIRST READING, 9-0.

2026-10-27 - Board of Supervisors

FINALLY PASSED, 11-0 (file 260623).

2026-10-05 - Land Use and Transportation Committee

• Amended to apply only to existing buildings; recommended 3-0.