Two recently released studies analyze the benefits of creating compact, efficient neighborhoods. "Bay Area Burden" highlights the importance of “location efficiency”—the proximity of housing to transportation hubs, employment, and retail centers—as a driver of both housing affordability and environmental sustainability. "Windfall for All" explains how switching from sprawl to building neighborhoods which place jobs, housing, and basic amenities closer together can help fight climate change and lower household transportation costs.
"Bay Area Burden"
"Windfall for All"
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Housing in the news
- February 8, 2010 - Streetsblog: EPA and HUD Make Big Investments in Sustainable Development
- January 29, 2010 - SF Business Times: S.F. may allow taller buildings on Cesar Chavez
- January 26, 2010 - SFGate: Myriad ideas to fill void of empty lots
- January 15, 2010 - SF Business Times: Fee break targets housing
- January 13, 2010 - Metropolis Mag: What's Next: The 1-5-10 Issue
- January 12, 2010 - SFGate: Design fantasies for obsolete Bay Bridge span
- January 8, 2010 - OnEarth: Redrawing the American City
- January 8, 2010 - SFGate: Affordable housing ruling a setback to cities
- January 8, 2010 - ReconnectinAmerica: TOD without the T
- January 3, 2010 - Citiwire.net: The World Bank and Cities: Dawn of A New Era
- December 22, 2009 - Streetsblog: Bay Area Advocates Unveil New VMT Reduction Incentive for Developers
- December 17, 2009 - The Boston Globe: Filling in the gaps in the city
- December 17, 2009 - SF Gate: City to get Treasure Island for $105 million
- December 17, 2009 - ReconnectingAmerica.org: Housing Affordability And Parking Management
- December 14, 2009 - Streetsblog: Making a Better Market Street in San Francisco
- December 10, 2009 - SF Gate: New life may be breathed into eviction-protection plan
- December 9, 2009 - Streetsblog: A Message from Copenhagen: Climate Plan Must Include Walkable Urbanism
- December 9, 2009 - SF Gate: S.F. tenants' victory likely to be short-lived
- December 8, 2009 - Grist: How Obama could use his jobs speech to win both domestically and internationally
- December 7, 2009 - SF Gate: Landlords could be locked out
- December 7, 2009 - Curbed SF: Old Presidio Military Hospital Slims Down, Readies for Apartments
- December 5, 2009 - SF Gate: Supe looks to add eviction protection
- December 5, 2009 - Citiwire.net: Toward Roads for People, Neighborhoods: The Dominos Start to Fall
- December 5, 2009 - Yahoo! News: Destroyed US town a model of eco-living as it rebuilds
- December 1, 2009 - SF Examiner: Developer fees to aid SF's transit
- November 29, 2009 - SF Gate: Shipyard developer stays course in bad economy
- November 23, 2009 - Hub of downtown S.F. shifting to Mission Street
- November 23, 2009 - SocketSite: The 1645 Pacific Project Latest Designs
- November 23, 2009 - Curbed SF: Nob Hill Does Away With an Auto Shop in Favor of 48 Condos
- November 21, 2009 - SF Examiner: San Francisco cracks down on vacant buildings
- November 20, 2009 - SF Gate: Towering plan for new S.F. skyline unveiled
- November 20, 2009 - SF Business Times: Hope SF to start work on 6,000 units of housing
- November 20, 2009 - Curbed SF: Balboa Park Area Begins Growth Spurt
- November 20, 2009 - SFTOD: Balboa Park Station Area Plan
- November 20, 2009 - USA Today: Housing bust halts growing suburbs
- November 19, 2009 - Streetsblog: New Study Quantifies High Personal Cost of Building CA Cities for Cars
- November 18, 2009 - California Construction: New Affordable Homes Open in San Francisco's Mission Bay Neighborhood
- November 18, 2009 - California Construction: Report: Combined Costs of Housing, Transportation Extract 'Heavy Toll' on Bay Area Workers
- November 18, 2009 - Curbed SF: The Best New Buildings of the Decade
- November 17, 2009 - SF Examiner: Land-swap arrangement up for approval
- November 16, 2009 - The Associated Press: Census: Small US cities lose luster in downturn
- November 16, 2009 - SocketSite: Affordable Housing Requirements For Rental Development Challenged
- November 13, 2009 - SFGate: Environmental review of Hunters Point project done
- November 12, 2009 - SFGate: Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard project at a milestone
- November 12, 2009 - SF Gate: Hunters Point redevelopment plan enters home stretch
- November 11, 2009 - Streetsblog: Some Bay Area Developers Ditch the Extra Parking Spaces for More Units
- November 11, 2009 - Curbed SF: A Guide to Success: The Embarcadero's Self-Help PowerPoint
- November 10, 2009 - Newson: support just-cause eviction law
- November 10, 2009 - SocketSite: 2255 Third Street: Moving Dirt And A Detail(ed) Recap
- November 8, 2009 - SF Gate: State exploring strategy for growth
- November 6, 2009 - SFAppeal: Affordable Housing Unveiled In Bayview
- November 4, 2009 - SF Gate: S.F. transportation costs lower than in suburbs
- November 3, 2009 - SF Examiner: Developers offered reason to build in SF
- November 3, 2009 - SF Gate: Vote today on granting shipyard developer delay
- November, 2009 - California Construction: Green Building Innovations
- October, 2009 - Post Carbon Institute: Empty houses in the desert
- October 30, 2009 - Curbed SF: The Bay Line, Condos on the Bay Bridge
- October 30, 2009 - SF Gate: Developer unveils Hunters Point plan
- October 26, 2009 - BeyondChron: Supreme Court Refuses to Protect Inclusionary Housing
- October 23, 2009 - Mission Loc@l: From Auto Repair Shop to New Housing
- October 21, 2009 - Golden Gate [X]press: Octavia Blvd. gets a gateway
- October 19, 2009 - Beyond Chron: Prop D and the Future of Mid-Market Street
- October 12, 2009 - SF Gate: Supe Chiu seeks to limit new garages in rentals
- October 8, 2009 - SF Gate: Panel OKs start of landmark process for 5 S.F. libraries
- September 29, 2009 - SF Gate: Can billboards spruce up Market Street?
- September 29, 2009 - SF Gate: Funds to fix public housing
- September 23, 2009 - SF Bay Guardian: Crunch Time
- September 17, 2009 - SF Gate: Supes OK Condos over Market Street Union opposition
- September 10, 2009: Inhabitat: Treasure Island Reveals New Sustainable Development Plan
- September 9, 2009 - Streetsblog: UC Planners Envision "Bay Line" Park on the Old Bay Bridge Span
- September 9, 2009 - USA Today: Study: Denser development may cut pollution
- September 9, 2009 - SF Bay Guardian: Lawns to highrises
- September 2009 - California Construction: Urban Infill Senior residence in San Francisco houses Institute of Aging
- November 12, 2008 - SF Gate: Bank, designer team up for Tenderloin makeover
- October 31, 2008 - SF Gate: S.F. Fed chief wants more done on housing
- October 28, 2008 - SF Gate: Home prices still falling amid gloomy forecast
- Oct 27, 2008-SF Gate Op-ED: Yes on Prop B Housing for us all
- October 15, 2008-SF Gate: A Voice for affordable housing for middle class
- September 29, 2008-SF Gate Op-Ed: Eastern Neighborhoods Plan needs no revision
- September 22, 2008-SF Gate Op-ED: Old and New Uses of Eastern Neighborhoods
- September 22, 2008- SF Gate Op-Ed: Creating new San Francisco neighborhoods
- August 8, 2008 - SF Gate: Tinkering ahead on big S.F. rezoning
- August 7, 2008 - USA Today: 'Green' building codes sprout up across USA
- August 7, 2008 - SF Gate: SF'S long-awaited 4-neighborhood plan on tap
- August 5, 2008 - SF Examiner: Mayor signs mandate for green building
- August 5, 2008 - SF Gate: Newsom signs strict green building codes into law
- July, 31 2009 - SF Business Times: S.F. seeks a 'super dorm'
- July 12, 2008 - NY Times: Can't Find a Parking Spot? Check Smartphone
- July 8, 2008 - SF Gate: Place: S.F. College Chinatown proposal
- July 8, 2008 - SF Examiner: The City's hopspital bill: $887.4 million
- July 3, 2008 - SF Gate: City housing should work for middle class, too
- June 23, 2008 - SF Examiner: Fourth Street's future lined with tall stories
- June 18, 2008 - SFBG Editorial: Avoiding a Lennar meltdown
- June 17, 2008 - SF Examiner: Niners still set on Santa Clara
- June 11, 2008 - SF Examiner: Daly drops bill for housing on Treasure Island
- June 9, 2008 - SF Examiner: Home is where the houses are
- June 9, 2008 - SF Gate: Presidio redevelopment plan heads into a fight
- June 6, 2008 - SF Gate: Visionaries thinking hotel on Alcatraz
- June 5, 2008 - SF Examiner: Plans could bring life to Alcatraz
- June 5, 2008 - SF Examiner: Officials considering improvements to Alcatraz Island
- June 5, 2008 - SF Gate: Now comes hard part for Prop. G
- June 2, 2008 - SJ Mercury News: Killion: Prop. G includes plan for 49ers stadium
- June 1, 2008 - SF Gate: Props. F, G split longtime Bayview residents
Links
San Francisco's Eastern Neighborhoods Program
After several years of analysis and community outreach, the Eastern Neighborhoods Program is now entering the adoption phase. During this phase the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors will hold public hearings to consider the various aspects of the Area Plans, Planning Code, and Zoning Map, and decide whether to approve, change or reject the proposals.
Important links:
About the Eastern Neighborhoods
Proposed Area Plans, Zoning and Heights Limits Maps
SFHAC Mission
The San Francisco Housing Action Coalition advocates for the creation of well-designed, well-located housing, at ALL levels of affordability, to meet the needs of San Franciscans, present and future.
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