AXIS Supports and Attends the Housing Action Coalition’s Spring Symposium

August 23, 2025

Earlier this summer, members of AXIS’ San Francisco office were proud to sponsor and attend the Housing Action Coalition’s Annual Symposium. As one of the most impactful non-profits responding to California’s housing affordability crisis, HAC’s annual Symposium is a key annual event for California-based multi-family residential developers.

This year, the keynote panel – including Head of Planning at California Forever Gabe Metcalf, Chief of Infrastructure for Climate and Mobility at the City and County of San Francisco Alicia John-Baptiste, Executive Director at Abundant Housing LA Azeen Khanmalek, and KQED housing reporter Adhiti Bandlamudi as moderator – was particularly keen to examine and applaud the recent initiatives undertaken by San Francisco’s new Mayor, Daniel Lurie. With issues of homelessness, community safety, and stifling bureaucracy impacting the accessibility of affordable housing in the Bay Area, Mayor Lurie’s profound initiatives to make safe and revitalize San Francisco’s downtown core, his commitment to increase funding for services to stabilize vulnerable members of the community through his “Breaking the Cycle” initiative, and his commitment to expedite the creation of much-needed affordable housing through streamlined permitting by way of his “Family Zoning Plan”, were each debated with hopeful anticipation. Indeed, Mayor Lurie’s first six months in office have yielded some encouraging results.

As active members of HAC, and as avid supporters of its mandate and efforts to address housing affordability in California, we’re pleased to support HAC’s endorsement of Mayor Lurie’s recent efforts. With progressive and ambitious effort, California’s housing crisis does not need to be inevitable – it can be addressed.

To read a summary of HAC’s legislative strategy, including its analysis of Mayor Lurie’s policy initiatives, visit the HAC blog: https://housingactioncoalition.org/news/2025-legislative-strategy

Photos courtesy of Scott Chernis Photography.

This article appeared in the Summer 2025 edition of the Praxis newsletter.