1. Chinatown’s Affordable Housing Stock Chinatown Community Development Center

2. San Francisco’s Chinatown Chinatown – Our Assets and Liabilities

3. San Francisco’s Chinatown Demographics 15,000 - 18,000 Residents 61,000 per square mile 80% residents are Low-Income Seniors and working families 70% walk or bus to work 80% do not own cars

4. Cultural Capital

5. Community Serving Retail and Jobs

6. Donaldina Cameron House Youth and Family Support Services Social Service Hub

7. Core Chinatown – SRO’s

8. Core Chinatown – Ping Yuen Ping Yuen Public Housing – Country’s First Rent Strike

9. 2000 都板街 1355 號住客受到艾利斯逼遷. Tenants at 1355 Grant Avenue faced Ellis Act eviction. “Outer” Chinatown – Small Sites

10. De Facto Affordable Housing Stock Rent Controlled Long Term Renters Long Term Owners But....

11. Aging / Dilapidating Housing Stock Deteriorating habitability conditions Overcrowding Not disability accessible BUT safe “bones” due to city seismic safety program

12. Displacement via Gentrification SF zip code at highest risk of gentrification Displacement of 1,000 low- income tenant households over past 10 years Driven by conversion of rental units into condos/TIC’s

13. San Francisco’s Chinatown “Sustainable Communities”.... “We are at the end of a 60 year cycle in land use planning. White flight is at an end. Reverse white flight back into urban areas has already begun.....” -- Carl Anthony, Professor and Land Use Activist

14. Looking toward the Future Chinatown infrastructure inadequate for growth....

15. What do we do now?

16. Rehab vs. New Construction

17. Chinatown Plan - 1986 Anti-Demolition 4 Story Height Limit Restrictive Floor Area Ratio Should we rezone??

18. Upzoning and Rebuilding Means Demolition –Which means displacement Which means relocation –Which means nobody moves back.... Carbon Footprint –SIGNIFICANT

19. Upzoning and Rebuilding Means Mixed Income and Mixed Use Projects Replace affordable 1 for 1 and add market rate Market Rate will Subsidize “Affordable” Increased Density....

20. Upzoning and Rebuilding Means Higher Construction Costs Inclusionary at 120% AMI Fundamental shift in neighborhood composition Development TypePer Unit/2 Bdrm Cost in SF Acquisition/Rehab$260,000 - $300,000 Low-rise / wood frame (pre- acquisition) $310,000 - $350,000 Mid-rise / High Rise (pre- acquisition) $350,000 - $430,000

21. Rehab and Preserve Rehab and preserve Ensures retention of “community assets” People focused Sustainable / lower carbon footprint No mismatch between density and infrastructure

22. Acquisition / Rehab Target small sites Land banking Scattered site Resident participation in management Policy Advocacy Partnerships with tenant advocates

23. Technical Assistance Programs Rehab TA Program Property and asset management TA programs Family association and property owner outreach program Policy Advocacy

24. What haven’t we covered What about new construction projects? What to do about Ping Yuen?

25. Contact Information Malcolm Yeung Public Policy Manager Chinatown Community Development Center 1525 Grant Avenue San Francisco, California 94133 (v) 415.984.2749 (e) myeung@chinatowncdc.orgmyeung@chinatowncdc.org http://www.chinatowncdc.org