"At his state of the city speech last month, Mayor Daniel Lurie made a big announcement for San Francisco's millennials: He would expand access to free and subsidized child care for the city's five-and-under. "This is going to relieve a huge burden for working parents," Lurie said at that Jan. 15 speech, tapping into a very popular "affordability" talking point in the national conversation."
"Lurie even took pot shots at Mamdani's promise: "We're not going to take four years to roll this out," he said, referencing the New York timeline. "We're going to be the first major city in the nation to actually get this done.""
"Breed subsidized up to half of childcare costs for families making less than 150 percent of the area median income at the time - about $225,000 for a family of four. Over the next year, only a middling 145 children took advantage of that program, according to the Department of Early Childhood. That was despite thousands of children being eligible at the time."
San Francisco announced an expansion of free and subsidized childcare for children five and under aimed at middle‑income families. The mayor positioned the plan as a rapid rollout compared with other cities and emphasized relief for working parents. A 2024 expansion targeted families earning below 150 percent of area median income and subsidized up to half of childcare costs; only 145 children enrolled despite thousands being eligible. The new plan would make another 12,610 children eligible, but if enrollment mirrors the prior uptake the expansion would reach only a few hundred children in a city of 830,000.
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