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Genentech — one of Lighthouse Public Affairs’ original clients — operates a 24-hour biotech manufacturing campus in South San Francisco that produces life-saving medicines and sustains thousands of skilled, middle-income jobs. In 2017, a foreign developer proposed a new residential development directly across the street, a land use fundamentally incompatible with a facility that moves chemicals, runs heavy equipment, and receives freight deliveries around the clock. Genentech’s concern was clear: the new proposal would fundamentally impede their industrial operations and hinder the future growth of both their facilities and the region’s broader life-science cluster.
Lighthouse built a broad coalition of business, labor, and community voices to focus the discussion on land-use compatibility and the impact it could have on middle-income jobs in the region. We provided city leaders with data on the campus’ economic impact, organized tours to illustrate operational realities, and reframed the debate around protecting a specialized industrial asset critical to Bay Area innovation.
Ultimately the development proposal was withdrawn before a final vote, and the City reaffirmed its commitment to preserving industrial capacity at Oyster Point. By steering the dialogue toward balanced planning, Lighthouse safeguarded thousands of life-science jobs and protected a cornerstone of California’s biotech ecosystem.
