San Francisco supervisors restrict DoorDash from delivery drone testing within city limits

by Alise Maripuu, Bay City News December 17, 2025December 17, 2025

DoorDash, the food delivery giant, will now face barriers in being able to test out its delivery drones in San Francisco’s Mission District after the city’s Board of Supervisors unanimously passed legislation Tuesday requiring prior approval for outdoor laboratory operations in the area.

Supervisor Jackie Fielder said she sponsored the legislation in part to limit DoorDash’s ability to “do what they want, when they want,” particularly regarding its testing of drones at its 1960 Folsom St. office and warehouse in the city’s Production, Distribution, and Repair District, or PDR District.

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Alise Maripuu, Bay City News

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.

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