SF legalizes parking in your own driveway (+ Maiden Lane reopens)
The committee recommended legalizing parking in your own driveway, banning home-based massage businesses, and updating Maiden Lane's 1973-era permit. The Central Subway extension hearing drew dozens of speakers.
San Fransisco
Land Use and Transportation Committee Meeting
January 26, 2026
TL;DR
- Parking up to two vehicles in your own driveway is now permitted citywide (committee recommendation; full Board vote next).
- Massage businesses can no longer operate as accessory uses inside homes.
- Maiden Lane activation rules updated — food, drinks, art installations, and events allowed; closure now ends at 8 p.m.
- "Stephen Tennis Way" added to the 200 block of Eddy Street, honoring decades of Tenderloin community work.
- Central Subway extension to North Beach and Fisherman's Wharf got a full hearing — no decision, but heavy public turnout.