City Hall has received many complaints by cyclists about the shortage of rack space as the number of e-scooters in use grows.
In many cases, the scooters are being locked to the racks early in the morning by e-scooter company employees.
San Francisco Supervisor Hillary Ronen, who represents the Mission, Bernal Heights and Portola neighborhoods, said that's not going to work long.
"If you're going to put scooters all over the place, and you know you're going to lock them to bike racks, then you need to pay for and create more bike rack space," she said.
There's already a rule in place that requires e-scooter companies to pay a $75-per-scooter fee to fund the installation of new bike racks.
Alex April, with the e-scooter company Spin, spoke with KCBS Radio about that fee last month.
"We've paid for the 500 we've deployed so far here in San Francisco," she said. "[It's> great first hand to see that the installation is happening."
E-scooters are widely used across San Francisco, and city officials this month approved the deployment of 750 additional scooters.
But Jamie Parks with the Metropolitan Transportation Agency admitted it's going to take awhile for the city to catch up with the growing supply.
"We're the only city in the country that has 100% of our fleet being required to lock to racks, meaning that it keeps the sidewalks clear and accessible, but that also means that we need more racks," he said.