 have to approve so many new housing units per year or the state will take over the permitting process. Well, San Francisco is one of the most leftist places in the state, which is saying something. So San Francisco obviously didn't hit their building permitting quotas this year. Quote, California had required San Francisco to authorize 82,000 new housing units between 2023 and 2021, though the city only approved 3,039 units in the past 18 months, according to the Chronicle.