Town Hall explores taller local buildings
NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS from Pacific Heights, Cow Hollow and the Marina are joining forces to host a Town Hall discussion of upzoning plans that would allow taller and bigger buildings on local streets. It’s set for Tuesday, June 24, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Marina Theater at 2149 Chestnut Street.
The idea of relaxing height and density limits in the city’s neighborhoods is intended to provide more housing. Mandated by the Legislature and first developed in the Planning Department during former mayor London Breed’s administration, upzoning has sparked resistance and concern from many residential groups. Critics thought they were gaining an ally when Daniel Lurie succeeded Breed. Instead, Lurie has renamed the upzoning plan the Family Zoning Plan and enthusiastically embraced it.
The neighborhood Town Hall will include a presentation on the plan by staffers from the Planning Department, followed by a discussion on local impacts. The Pacific Heights Residents Association has questioned whether upzoning “will actually provide the mixed income housing San Francisco so desperately needs” and whether it “will ensure sufficient housing for households making less than $200,000 per year.”
Critics have also said the plan will displace small neighborhood-serving businesses and long-term renters. “This is not an upzoning map — it is a demolition map,” the Cow Hollow Association claims. “Nothing gets built unless something is bulldozed.”
Register for the Town Hall here.
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- Margaret H.December 28, 1969
Wonderful piece. I remember when the jazz clubs on Fillmore stayed open past two — this brought it all back. Thank you for keeping the memory of the neighborhood alive.
- David K.December 23, 1969
We've lived on Pine near Steiner for thirty-one years and it still surprises us how much this paper notices. Please keep going.
- Yuki T.December 15, 1969
A small correction — the mochi shop on Post opened in 1982, not 1985. My grandfather was there for the ribbon cutting. Love the coverage otherwise.
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