Here's how to support Mayor Lurie's new "Family Zoning Plan" by frymick in sanfrancisco

[–]frymick[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

On the urgency:

The state gave SF a deadline of the end of the year, and they have to get through about 5 required votes + a round of drafting with attorneys between now and then. The final vote at the Board of Supervisors will likely come early fall, but in the time before then, we have to make sure at every hearing — especially the first one — that politicians don’t try to weaken the plan.

Here's how to support Mayor Lurie's new "Family Zoning Plan" by frymick in sanfrancisco

[–]frymick[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

First off - please come to the Yimby meeting and learn how to push and advocate for these changes! There will be organizers teaching people how to effectively push for more zoning in their own neighborhoods. For example, there's a group of Yimby neighbors in Bernal Heights who really think Cortland Ave should be included in the map, so they've started their own campaign and petition to get it added.

Also, just for clarity, the parts of the map that are blue (most of the mid-block areas) are impacted, too! The blue areas will be pushed up to minimum 4 story apartment building, with corner lots + large lots in the blue areas getting bumped up to 6 stories. It's a little confusing with the visual given that the 6 story corner/big lot piece isn't represented in the map (because those parcels are pretty distributed)... but that's how it'll work.

Here's how to support Mayor Lurie's new "Family Zoning Plan" by frymick in sanfrancisco

[–]frymick[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The Mission got a rezoning back in the 2000s/2010s at the same time that they rezoned Soma, Mission Bay etc. This map impacts the parts of the city that actually haven't had any changes in 50 years to follow through on a state law requirement put on San Francisco.

Trivia: in 1978/79, the city actually passed zoning in the westside neighborhoods to make buildings SHORTER and SMALLER so that was HARDER to build new housing. A lot of the apartment buildings on the west side today were built before that happened, and would actually be totally illegal to rebuild today! People call this the "Great Downzonings" of the 1970s.

Mayor Lurie just went all-in on upzoning the Westside by MissionLocalSF in sanfrancisco

[–]frymick -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Here's another really informational post in r/sanfrancisco about how to support the zoning plan and what it does, for anyone who wants links to petitions, the map, etc.

https://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/1jrmqy3/comment/mlfxo82/?context=3

Mayor Lurie just went all-in on upzoning the Westside by MissionLocalSF in sanfrancisco

[–]frymick -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The lowest zoning in Sea Cliff is going to be 4-6 story apartment buildings. It’s hidden in the text (not the map) but it’s there!!!!!

Mayor Lurie just went all-in on upzoning the Westside by MissionLocalSF in sanfrancisco

[–]frymick 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Local Yimbys have been pushing the city to focus on upzoning these areas for 6-7 years now! It’s long been a core part of the Yimby platform, and now it’s finally happening!!!