Sen. Adam Schiff announces his Housing BOOM Act from the rooftop of the Sophie Maxwell Building in San Francisco, Calif., on Dec. 5, 2025, touting the plan as a major federal push to build more affordable and middle-income homes statewide and nationwide. (Sen. Adam Schiff/Instagram via Bay City News)

U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, stood on the rooftop of an affordable housing development in San Francisco to introduce new legislation aimed at boosting construction. 

“We need to be building a lot more housing all throughout California — housing that is affordable, housing that meets the needs of families up and down the state of California, and indeed, all over the country,” he said in a speech on Friday.

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.