South of Market area
Named in the records1906–2021
201 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1906–2021: 71 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 130 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 1906–2021
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The 60 most telling of its 201 records, in date order: the ones an editor picked first, then the highest scored. The one-line summaries were written by a language model from the printed page; open the page to check the wording.
| When | What the record says | Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | 1906 earthquake · other: wood-frame buildings in South of Market and brick buildings downtown were especially heavily damaged | event | City report: Community safety : proposal for adoption : an element of the Master plan of the City and County of San Francisco scanned page ↗ |
| 1906 | 1906 earthquake damage in South of Market · finding: Wood-frame buildings in the South of Market area, and brick buildings downtown, were especially heavily damaged | finding | City report: Community safety : draft for citizen review : an element of the Master plan of the City and County of San Francisco scanned page ↗ |
| 1920 | Industrial and commercial buildings, South of Market area · built year: constructed for the most part since 1920 | building | City report: A preliminary plan for a project in the South of Market Redevelopment Area "D" : report to the City Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency scanned page ↗ |
| 1950 | South of Market Redevelopment Area D dwelling units · other: overcrowding three times the City average | finding | City report: A preliminary plan for a project in the South of Market Redevelopment Area "D" : report to the City Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency scanned page ↗ |
| 1950 | South of Market Redevelopment Area D dwelling units · other: 54.5% of dwelling units lacked private toilet and bathing facilities or were dilapidated | finding | City report: A preliminary plan for a project in the South of Market Redevelopment Area "D" : report to the City Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency scanned page ↗ |
| 1950 | South of Market Redevelopment Area D dwelling units · other: 17.6% of dwelling units lacked running water or were dilapidated | finding | City report: A preliminary plan for a project in the South of Market Redevelopment Area "D" : report to the City Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency scanned page ↗ |
| 1955-12-12 | Consideration of Redevelopment Area D, covering the South of Market area, was continued for two weeks. | continued | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1956 | South of Market Redevelopment Area D · finding: Earlier conditions of residential blight still exist in the South of Market Area | finding | City report: A preliminary plan for a project in the South of Market Redevelopment Area "D" : report to the City Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency scanned page ↗ |
| 1956-11-26 | Board adopted a measure redesignating the South of Market area as a blighted area for redevelopment. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1957 | South of Market Redevelopment Area D · finding: qualifies as eligible for Federal aid as a slum area and a deteriorated and deteriorating area | finding | City report: A preliminary plan for a project in the South of Market Redevelopment Area "D" : report to the City Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency scanned page ↗ |
| 1957 | South of Market Redevelopment Area D · other: Redevelopment Agency has no budget for planning in the South of Market Area | project | City report: A preliminary plan for a project in the South of Market Redevelopment Area "D" : report to the City Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency scanned page ↗ |
| 1957 | South of Market Redevelopment Area D · finding: contains a substantial number of slum, blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating dwellings; not appropriate for predominantly residential uses | finding | City report: A preliminary plan for a project in the South of Market Redevelopment Area "D" : report to the City Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency scanned page ↗ |
| 1957 | South of Market Redevelopment Area D · finding: elimination of blight which has produced dangerous and unhealthful living conditions and economic stagnation | finding | City report: A preliminary plan for a project in the South of Market Redevelopment Area "D" : report to the City Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency scanned page ↗ |
| 1957 | South of Market Redevelopment Area D · proposes: making available new sites for industrial and commercial purposes | action | City report: A preliminary plan for a project in the South of Market Redevelopment Area "D" : report to the City Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency scanned page ↗ |
| 1957 | South of Market Redevelopment Area D · other: more job opportunities, increased payrolls, reduced municipal expenditures and increased tax yield to the city | action | City report: A preliminary plan for a project in the South of Market Redevelopment Area "D" : report to the City Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency scanned page ↗ |
| 1957 | South of Market Redevelopment Area relocation · recommendation: census of the population to be displaced | recommendation | City report: A preliminary plan for a project in the South of Market Redevelopment Area "D" : report to the City Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency scanned page ↗ |
| 1957 | South of Market Redevelopment Area D · finding: greater portion of the 112-block area upon filled land, the site of the old Mission swamp | finding | City report: A preliminary plan for a project in the South of Market Redevelopment Area "D" : report to the City Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency scanned page ↗ |
| 1957 | South of Market Redevelopment Area D · other: average density 300 persons per net residential acre in the blighted core | finding | City report: A preliminary plan for a project in the South of Market Redevelopment Area "D" : report to the City Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency scanned page ↗ |
| 1957 | South of Market Redevelopment Area D · other: density exceeds 360 persons per net residential acre in certain blocks | finding | City report: A preliminary plan for a project in the South of Market Redevelopment Area "D" : report to the City Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency scanned page ↗ |
| 1957 | South of Market Redevelopment Area D · other: residential coverage averages 89 per cent in typical blocks | finding | City report: A preliminary plan for a project in the South of Market Redevelopment Area "D" : report to the City Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency scanned page ↗ |
| 1957 | South of Market Redevelopment Area D residential lots · other: common lot size 25 x 80 feet (2000 sq ft) | finding | City report: A preliminary plan for a project in the South of Market Redevelopment Area "D" : report to the City Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency scanned page ↗ |
| 1957-08-26 | Board approved the Redevelopment Agency's surveys and plans for an urban renewal project in South of Market Area D. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1961-01-30 | Supervisor McMahon asked a committee to consider starting redevelopment studies in the South of Market area, which was referred. | referred | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1970 | South of Market housing stock · households displaced: approximately 1,980 housing units lost between 1970 and 1980 | finding | City report: South of Market rezoning study : housing, business activity, neighborhood livability, research findings scanned page ↗ |
| 1975 | Eastern South of Market food processing area · finding: eastern South of Market area particularly vulnerable to closing of food processing plants and sale of land for office construction | finding | City report: Commercial and industrial activity in San Francisco : present characteristics and future trends : report to San Francisco Department of City Planning scanned page ↗ |
| 1975 | Conversion of South of Market area · recommendation: Conversion best accomplished by gradual, selective redevelopment and phasing out of industrial use | recommendation | City report: Commercial and industrial activity in San Francisco : present characteristics and future trends : report to San Francisco Department of City Planning scanned page ↗ |
| 1977 | South of Market redevelopment land · other: land cleared for urban redevelopment covering entire city blocks not yet developed | site | City report: National urban recreation study, San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose scanned page ↗ |
| 1980 | South of Market housing stock · households displaced: further loss of over 200 housing units from 1980 to 1984 | finding | City report: South of Market rezoning study : housing, business activity, neighborhood livability, research findings scanned page ↗ |
| 1983 | Central South of Market Area · proposes: study potential rezoning as a special mixed-use district | recommendation | City report: The downtown plan : proposal for citizen review scanned page ↗ |
| 1984 | Central South of Market Area · proposes: Study rezoning as a special mixed-use district | recommendation | City report: Downtown : proposal as adopted by the City Planning Commission as a part of the master plan scanned page ↗ |
| 1986 | South of Market Interim Zoning Controls · proposes: rezoning of the South of Market area | measure | City report: South of Market : interim zoning controls : proposal for adoption scanned page ↗ |
| 1986 | South of Market Interim Zoning Controls · other: 18 month interim period | measure | City report: South of Market : interim zoning controls : proposal for adoption scanned page ↗ |
| 1986 | South of Market Interim Zoning Controls · other: seven use districts designated | measure | City report: South of Market : interim zoning controls : proposal for adoption scanned page ↗ |
| 1986 | South of Market Interim Zoning Controls · other: eight height and bulk districts designated | measure | City report: South of Market : interim zoning controls : proposal for adoption scanned page ↗ |
| 1986 | South of Market Interim Zoning Controls · height ft: 40-X forty foot height limit | measure | City report: South of Market : interim zoning controls : proposal for adoption scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-11-24 | The Board tabled a resolution disapproving interim zoning controls for the Central South of Market area, so the rezoning stands for now. | tabled | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1988 | South of Market plan, design professionals use category · recommendation: reclassify design professionals as business service industry so they are permitted throughout the area | recommendation | City report: South of Market plan scanned page ↗ |
| 1988 | South of Market Plan Draft EIR · finding: Draft EIR fails to address the impact on existing businesses of being forced out of the Plan area due to rezoning | finding | City report: South of Market plan scanned page ↗ |
| 1989 | South of Market housing · households displaced: Nearly 500 of the area's housing units were lost in the earthquake | finding | City report: Community safety element : summary background report scanned page ↗ |
| 1990 | Smaller industrial buildings on mid-block alleys · finding: Industrial buildings with low-rent commercial activities at risk of demolition | finding | City report: Seismic retrofitting alternatives for San Francisco's unreinforced masonry buildings : socioeconomic and land use implications of alternative requirements scanned page ↗ |
| 1990 | South of Market Earthquake Recovery Project · adopted: redevelopment plan adopted by the City | project | City report: Housing element : an element of the San Francisco general plan scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Transbay Transit Terminal area traffic · finding: traffic volumes on surface streets increased in South of Market area, particularly near Transbay Terminal, after earthquake damage and freeway removal | finding | City report: Transbay area plan : background data report scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Transbay Transit Terminal · finding: post-earthquake freeway access to East Bay and Peninsula only provided through ramps in South of Market area | finding | City report: Transbay area plan : background data report scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | South of Market area, Essex to Hawthorne Street · rezoned: Service/Secondary Office (SSO) sub- district | site | City report: Transbay area plan : background data report scanned page ↗ |
| 1995-11-13 | Ordinance amending the Golden Gateway redevelopment plan to merge it with the South of Market area passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1995-11-20 | Embarcadero-Lower Market Golden Gateway redevelopment plan merged with the South of Market area, finally passed by the Board. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2005 | Recreation and Park Department authorized to accept and spend a $1,049,000 (≈ $1.8 million in 2026 dollars) state grant to develop South of Market Area Park. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2005-11-08 | Recreation and Park Department authorized to accept and spend a $1,049,000 (≈ $1.8 million in 2026 dollars) state grant for the South of Market Area Park. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2013-03-12 | General Plan amended to add the Western South of Market Area Plan; passed on first reading, Wiener opposed. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2013-03-12 | Planning Code rules to carry out the Western South of Market area plan passed first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2013-03-19 | Planning Code changes implementing the Western South of Market Area Plan were finally passed, sponsored by Supervisor Kim. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2013-03-19 | Western South of Market area plan passes first reading | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2014 | Proposed zoning map changes to use and height districts for parcels in the Western South of Market area passed first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2014-02-04 | Zoning map revised for parcels in the Western South of Market area, extending the Van Ness and Market residential special use district. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Women's outreach program, North of Market Senior Services · units: 3,192 units of outreach and recreation services to 75 women | project | City report: San Francisco's homeless problem : draft scanned page ↗ |
| 1957 | South of Market Redevelopment Area D · event: Federal planning funds may not be available until January 1, 1958 | event | City report: A preliminary plan for a project in the South of Market Redevelopment Area "D" : report to the City Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency scanned page ↗ |
| 1988 | South of Market Plan · event: Interim Zoning Controls first published | event | City report: South of Market plan scanned page ↗ |
| 1957 | South of Market area (Redevelopment Area D) · finding: found and determined to be a blighted area by Resolution No. 17269 (Series of 1939) | finding | City report: A preliminary plan for a project in the South of Market Redevelopment Area "D" : report to the City Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency scanned page ↗ |
| 1957 | South of Market Redevelopment Area D · event: Urban Renewal Administration curtailed capital grant commitments pending allocation of additional funds by the Congress | event | City report: A preliminary plan for a project in the South of Market Redevelopment Area "D" : report to the City Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency scanned page ↗ |
| 1986 | South of Market Interim Zoning Controls · adopted: permanent controls sometime in spring 1987 | measure | City report: South of Market : interim zoning controls : proposal for adoption scanned page ↗ |
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