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== Description ==
Founded in 1776 by Spanish missionaries and colonists, '''San Francisco''' (Spanish for Saint Francis), officially the '''City and County of San Francisco''', population 870,000, is "the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California." (Wikipedia).
Located at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula, and at the "Golden Gate" or narrow mouth of San Francisco Bay, after which the city was named, San Francisco is about 48 square miles (124 km2) in area, the smallest county—and only consolidated city-county—in California.
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-- adapted from Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco San Francisco].
== Nicknames & Motto ==
*SF
*The City
*The City by the Bay
*The Golden City
*Fog City
*San Fran, Saint Frank, Frisco (all 3 locally disparaged)
*The City that Knows How (past);
*Baghdad by the Bay (past);
*The Paris of the West (archaic; 19thC)
Motto: ''Oro en Paz, Fierro en Guerra'' (Spanish); (English: "Gold in Peace, Iron in War").
== Issues ==
*High rent and home prices
*High rates of displacement and out-migration
*Limited housing supply
*Limited new development and redevelopment, especially of [[Affordable_housing|Affordable housing]]
*Transit system is considered fragmented, insufficient, underinvested, undermaintained, and overburdened
*High and rising economic inequality
*High rates of poverty and homelessness
*Many areas at high risk due to climate change
*Many areas at high risk of earthquake and wildfire
*Relatively scarce water supply
*Food deserts
== Economic Context: Growth and Diversification ==
[[File:Zynga HQ 0.jpg|left|300x212px|Zynga headquarters at 8th and Townsend Image Source: Zero Hedge http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2016/04/20/zynga%20HQ_0.jpg]]
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== Government ==
=== [[File:1200px-SFCityHall.png|left|328x214px|Image Source: Wikipedia https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/SFCityHall.png/1200px-SFCityHall.png]]
San Francisco (the City and County of San Francisco) has been in place as a consolidated city-county (the only such jurisdiction in California) since 1856 when it split from adjoining San Mateo County.
As a consolidated city-county of the Mayor of San Francisco is also the chief county executive and the County Board of Supervisors also fills the role of a City Council.
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Note that legislation in San Francisco is also made through a direct ballot initiative/referendum process.
=== State ===
San Francisco's California State Assembly Districts are the 17th and 19th.
=== Federal ===
The City of San Francisco constitutes the entirety of California's 12th Congressional District. The District is currently served by House Minority Leader (Democrat), Nancy Pelosi.
== Public and Governmental Resources ==
*San Francisco
*San Francisco Board of Supervisors [http://sfbos.org/ http://sfbos.org/]
*San Francisco Planning Department [http://www.sfplanning.org/ http://www.sfplanning.org/ ][https://twitter.com/sfplanning https://twitter.com/sfplanning]
*San Francisco Rent Board
*San Francisco Human Rights Commission
*San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency [http://www.sfmta.com/ http://www.sfmta.com/]
*Port of San Francisco [http://sfport.com/ http://sfport.com/]
== Neighborhoods and Internal Geographic Designations ==
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Bayview | Central | Ingleside | Mission | Northern | Park | Richmond | Southern | Taraval | Tenderloin
=== Neighborhood Associations, Sites, and Organizations ===
*Progress Noe Valley [http://www.progressnoe.com/ http://www.progressnoe.com/]
*Noe Valley site [http://www.noevalley.com/ http://www.noevalley.com/]
*Telegraph Hill Dwellers [http://www.thd.org/ http://www.thd.org/]
*Friends of Washington Square [http://www.friendsofwashingtonsquare.com/ http://www.friendsofwashingtonsquare.com/]
*Port of San Francisco Community Advisory Groups [http://sfport.com/community http://sfport.com/community]
*Duboe Triangle Neighborhood Association (DTNA - Neighborhood, bordered by Market St., Castro St., Divisidero St., Waller St., Webster St. and Duboce Avenue) [http://www.dtna.org/ http://www.dtna.org/]
*Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association (HVNA) [http://www.hayesvalleysf.org/ http://www.hayesvalleysf.org/]
*Castro/Eureka Valley Neighborhood Association (EVNA) [http://www.evna.org/ http://www.evna.org/] Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/EVNA415 https://www.facebook.com/EVNA415]
*Cow Hollow Association [http://www.cowhollowassociation.org/ http://www.cowhollowassociation.org/]
*Neighborhood Associations of Presidio Planning - Contact President William Shepard wshepard@aol.com
*Cole Valley Neighborhood site (archived) [http://colevalley.tripod.com/ http://colevalley.tripod.com/]
*Castro SF (portal) [http://www.castrosf.org/ http://www.castrosf.org/]
*Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center [http://www.bhnc.org/ http://www.bhnc.org/]
*Haight Street site [http://www.haightstreet.com/ http://www.haightstreet.com/]
*Miraloma Park Improvement Club (neighborhood defined by Mount Davidson) [http://www.miralomapark.org/ http://www.miralomapark.org/]
*Portrero Hill Boosters [http://potreroboosters.org/ http://potreroboosters.org/]
*Union Street website [http://www.unionstreet.com/ http://www.unionstreet.com/]
*Central Market (Neighborhoodland) [https://neighborland.com/centralmarket/about https://neighborland.com/centralmarket/6thstreet https://neighborland.com/centralmarket/about https://neighborland.com/centralmarket/6thstreet]
*San Francisco Chinatown portal [http://www.sanfranciscochinatown.com/ http://www.sanfranciscochinatown.com/]
*SF Beautiful - United Nations Plaza [https://neighborland.com/unplaza https://neighborland.com/unplaza]
*Russian Hill Neighbors [https://rhnsf.org/ https://rhnsf.org/]
*San Francisco History Association [http://sanfranciscohistory.org/ http://sanfranciscohistory.org/]
*Aquatic Park Neighbors [http://www.aquaticpark.org/ http://www.aquaticpark.org/%E2%80%8E]
*Barbary Coast Neighbors [http://www.bcnasf.org/ http://www.bcnasf.org/]
*FOGG Friends of Golden Gateway [http://fogg.us/ http://fogg.us/]
*Francisco Park Conservancy (project to turn a disused reservoir into a public park - Russian Hill and Aquatic Park neighborhoods) [https://www.franciscopark.org/ https://www.franciscopark.org/]
*Middle Polk Neighbors [https://middlepolk.org/ https://middlepolk.org/] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/Middle-Polk-Neighborhood-Association-146731006374/ https://www.facebook.com/Middle-Polk-Neighborhood-Association-146731006374/]
*Rincon Neighbors [http://www.rinconneighbors.com/ http://www.rinconneighbors.com/]
*Bayview Hills Neighborhood Association [https://www.bayviewhillsf.org/ https://www.bayviewhillsf.org/]
*Bayview Residents Improving their Environment (BRITE) [http://britesf.org/ http://britesf.org/]
*Buena Vista Neighborhood Association [http://bvnasf.org/ http://bvnasf.org/]
*Cathedral Hill Neighborhood Association [http://sfchna.org/ http://sfchna.org/]
*Fisherman's Wharf portal [http://www.fishermanswharf.org/ http://www.fishermanswharf.org/]
*Golden Gateway Tenants' Organization [http://goldengatewaytenants.org/ http://goldengatewaytenants.org/]
*Greater West Portal Neighborhood Association [http://www.gwpna.org/ http://www.gwpna.org/]
*Jackson Square Historic District Association [http://jacksonsquaresf.org/ http://jacksonsquaresf.org/]
*North of the Panhandle Neighborhood Association (NoPNA) [http://nopna.squarespace.com/ http://nopna.squarespace.com/]
*Pacific Heights Residents' Association [http://www.phra-sf.org/ http://www.phra-sf.org/]
== Publications and Blogs ==
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*Metro Observer Press
*San Francisco Magazine
*Castro/Eureka Valley Neighborhood Association Newsletter [https://evna.org/eureka/ https://evna.org/eureka/]
*Hoodline [http://hoodline.com/ http://hoodline.com/]
== Housing and Urbanist Organizations ==
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*Walk San Francisco [http://walksf.org/ http://walksf.org/]
*SF Do Something @SFDoSomething
*Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods [http://www.csfn.net/ http://www.csfn.net/]
*SF Beautiful [http://sfbeautiful.org/ http://sfbeautiful.org/]
*San Francisco Apartment Association [https://www.sfaa.org/public https://www.sfaa.org/public]<br/>
==
== Zoning & Planning ==
In 1978, much of San Francisco was rezoning to limit building heights and density of development.
The EIR (Environmental Impact Report) predicted cost increases, displacement, and increased pollution from long commutes. <br/> [https://archive.org/details/finalenvironment2719sanf. https://archive.org/details/finalenvironment2719sanf. ]
Dowall, David E. (1982). "The Suburban Squeeze: Land-Use Policies in the San Francisco Bay Area." Cato Journal, Vol 2, No 3 (Winter 1982). <br/> https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/1983/1/cj2n3-4.pdf
"A suburban land squeeze has hit the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. Extensive post-warland development, increasing use of growth management controls, more restrictive land-use and environmental regulations, and a 'go-slow' development posture created by the passage of Proposition 4 and [[Proposition 13]] have combined to reduce land conversion opportunities in the region considerably."<br/>
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*Christine Johnson - San Francisco Planning Commissioner; SPUR, San Francisco Director
*Angela Hockabout @knitluck
*Brian Hanlon
*Annie Fryman
*Matthew Yglesias
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*Skylar Taylor - YIMBY Action
*Daniel Camp
== References ==
See section in [http://www.yimby.wiki/wiki/Reading_List#San_Francisco_.2F_Bay_Area_history_and_issues Reading List: San Francisco / Bay Area history and issues], the contents of which should also be included below.
=== Articles/papers/studies ===
*Chapple, Karen, John V. Thomas, Dena Belzer and Gerald Autler. "Fueling the Fire: Information Technology and Housing Price Appreciation in the San Francisco Bay Area." <br/> ''Housing Policy Debate'' 15(2): 347-383. (2004)<br/> [http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2004.9521505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2004.9521505. ]<br/>
*City and County of San Francisco.
**San Francisco Analysis Neighborhoods<br/> [https://data.sfgov.org/Geographic-Locations-and-Boundaries/Analysis-Neighborhoods/p5b7-5n3h/data https://data.sfgov.org/Geographic-Locations-and-Boundaries/Analysis-Neighborhoods/p5b7-5n3h/data].
**San Francisco Indicator Project Geographic Boundaries<br/> [http://sfgov.maps.arcgis.com/apps/OnePane/basicviewer/index.html?appid=e4927a261ae044959ec4d4932b047ff8 http://sfgov.maps.arcgis.com/apps/OnePane/basicviewer/index.html?appid=e4927a261ae044959ec4d4932b047ff8].
**San Francisco Planning Department. Centennial Celebration Brochure, 2018. <br/> [http://default.sfplanning.org/publications_reports/SF_Planning_Centennial_Brochure.pdf http://default.sfplanning.org/publications_reports/SF_Planning_Centennial_Brochure.pdf]
*City and County of San Francisco, City Office of the Controller – Office of Economic Analysis. "[http://sfcontroller.org/sites/default/files/FileCenter/Documents/6742-mission_moratorium_final.pdf Potential Effects of Limiting Market-Rate Housing in the Mission]." September 10, 2015.<br/> [http://sfcontroller.org/sites/default/files/FileCenter/Documents/6742-mission_moratorium_final.pdf http://sfcontroller.org/sites/default/files/FileCenter/Documents/6742-mission_moratorium_final.pdf].<br/>
*City and County of San Francisco, Department of Planning. "[https://archive.org/details/finalenvironment2719sanf Final environmental impact report for the proposed amendments to the text of the City planning code and to the zoning map relating to residential districts and development]." 1978.<br/> [https://archive.org/details/finalenvironment2719sanf. https://archive.org/details/finalenvironment2719sanf. ]<br/>
*Cutler, Kim-Mai. [https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/14/sf-housing/ "How Burrowing Owls Lead To Vomiting Anarchists (Or SF’s Housing Crisis Explained)."] ''TechCrunch.'' 2014-04-14.<br/>
*Domhoff, William G. "[http://www2.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/local/san_francisco.html Why San Francisco Is (or Used to Be) Different: Progressive Activists and Neighborhoods Had a Big Impact.]" ''Who Rules America'', November 2011. [http://www2.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/local/san_francisco.html http://www2.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/local/san_francisco.html].<br/>
*Dowall, David E. (1982). "[https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/1983/1/cj2n3-4.pdf The Suburban Squeeze: Land-Use Policies in the San Francisco Bay Area]." ''Cato Journal'', Vol 2, No 3 (Winter 1982). [https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/1983/1/cj2n3-4.pdf https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/1983/1/cj2n3-4.pdf]<br/> <br/> ''"A suburban land squeeze has hit the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. Extensive post-warland development, increasing use of growth management controls, more restrictive land-use and environmental regulations, and a 'go-slow' development posture created by the passage of Proposition 4 and [[Proposition_13|Proposition 13]] have combined to reduce land conversion opportunities in the region considerably."''<br/>
*Hogan, Mark. "[https://boomcalifornia.com/2014/06/25/living-in-a-fools-paradise/ Living in a Fool’s Paradise: San Francisco must change.]" ''Boom California''. June 25, 2014. [https://boomcalifornia.com/2014/06/25/living-in-a-fools-paradise/ https://boomcalifornia.com/2014/06/25/living-in-a-fools-paradise/. ]<br/>
*King, Steve. “[https://shelterforce.org/2017/04/25/thoughts-unnatural-occurrence-cheap-housing/ Thoughts on the Unnatural Occurrence of Cheap Housing].” Shelterforce, April 25, 2017. [https://shelterforce.org/2017/04/25/thoughts-unnatural-occurrence-cheap-housing/ https://shelterforce.org/2017/04/25/thoughts-unnatural-occurrence-cheap-housing/].<br/> ''"CDCs [Community Development Corporations[ and affordable housing developers have an opportunity to prevent displacement, preserve affordability, and improve the habitability of neglected housing."''<br/>
*LeSar, Jennifer, and Cecilia V. Estolano. “[https://mtc.ca.gov/sites/default/files/CASA%20-%20Literature%20Review%20-%20Housing-focused%20Publications%20in%20the%20San%20Francisco%20Bay%20Area.pdf Housing-focused Publications in the San Francisco Bay Area: a Literature Review.]” (lit review done for MTC MTCcasa initiative).<br/> https://mtc.ca.gov/sites/default/files/CASA%20-%20Literature%20Review%20-%20Housing-focused%20Publications%20in%20the%20San%20Francisco%20Bay%20Area.pdf.<br/> ''"This literature review was prepared by Estolano LeSar Perez (ELP) Advisors on behalf of MTC and CASA: the Committee to House the Bay Area. The goals of the literature review were to:<br/> • Establish a baseline of information about regional housing trends and the impacts and concerns identified by diverse constituencies;<br/> • Accelerate the CASA discussion by building on policy work done by stakeholders to date;<br/> • Create a reservoir of good ideas to draw upon throughout the CASA process; and<br/> • Distill thousands of pages of documents of relevant material into a concise and consistent format." ''<br/> <br/>
*Rosen, Marcia, and Wendy Sullivan. “[http://www.prrac.org/pdf/SanFranAffHsing.pdf From Urban Renewal and Displacement to Economic Inclusion: San Francisco Affordable Housing Policy 1978-2012].” Poverty and Race Research Action Council, November 2012. <br/> [http://www.prrac.org/pdf/SanFranAffHsing.pdf http://www.prrac.org/pdf/SanFranAffHsing.pdf].<br/>
*Wikipedia.
**"List of City Nicknames in the United States" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_nicknames_in_the_United_States#California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_nicknames_in_the_United_States#California]
**"San Francisco" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco]
*Zuk, Miriam, and Karen Chapple. “[http://www.urbandisplacement.org/sites/default/files/images/udp_research_brief_052316.pdf Housing Production, Filtering and Displacement: Untangling the Relationships].” Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, May 2016. [http://www.urbandisplacement.org/sites/default/files/images/udp_research_brief_052316.pdf http://www.urbandisplacement.org/sites/default/files/images/udp_research_brief_052316.pdf].
=== Books ===
*Bagwell, Beth. ''Oakland The Story of a City'' (1982; 2nd edition 2012). <br/>
*Brechin, Gray. ''Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin'' (2001). <br/>
*DeLeon, Richard. ''Left coast city: progressive politics in San Francisco, 1975-1991'' (1992).<br/>
*Hartman, Chester. [https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0520914902 ''City for Sale: The Transformation of San Francisco''] (2002). <br/>
*Margolin, Malcolm. ''The Ohlone Way: Indian life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area''.(1978; Berkeley: Heyday Books; 25th Anniversary Ed. with a new Afterword, 2002).<br/>
*Polledri, Paolo. ''Visionary San Francisco'' (1990).<br/>
*Self, Robert O. ''American Babylon: Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland''. (Princeton University Press, 2003). <br/>
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