that San Francisco, based on Burke's tweet, appeared on track to miss the deadline to adopt its Housing Element.
Hillis said HCD has been aware of San Francisco’s May 31 timeline for adoption for at least the last two years. Burke’s story echoes that of many grassroots Bay Area housing advocates: He began paying attention to the region's housing crisis as he watched friend after friend move out of Contra Costa County, where he grew up, because of the high cost of living. As a board member at East Bay for Everyone, he’s spent the last few years engaging with cities like Walnut Creek and Danville as they handle their own housing elements.
“For the first time, the housing element is consequential,” Smith said. “Not doing things the right way, not doing what state law requires, is consequential.”