Japantown Documents and Links
Community Meetings
A community meeting was held on February 26th 2013 to discuss the Draft Japantown Cultural Heritage and Economic Sustainability Strategy (JCHESS). Download materials from the meeting below:
In addition to the community meeting held on February 26th, 2013, we've met with over 25 stakeholder groups within Japantown about the JCHESS. Click here to see the comments we received, both at the community meeting and the stakeholder meetings, and our responses, including how we've edited the JCHESS based on the input received.
Links to Affiliated Projects
- Office of Economic and Workforce Development's Invest in Neighborhoods Program
- Geary Bus Rapid Transit Project
- SFMTA Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP)
Relevant Documents
- Final JCHESS (October 2013)
- Initial Draft of the JCHESS (February 12, 2013)
- Revised Draft to the JCHESS (July 10, 2013)
- Historic Preservation Commission Resolution in support of the JCHESS
- Planning Commission Resolution in support of the JCHESS
- Board of Supervisors Commission Resolution in support of the JCHESS
- Case Report for the adoption hearing at the Planning Commission - Sept 19, 2013
- Case Report for the adoption hearing at the Historic Preservation Commission - Sept 18, 2013
- Case Report for the adoption hearing at the Planning Commission - July 18, 2013
- Case Report for the adoption hearing at the Historic Preservation Commission - July 17, 2013
- Draft Japantown NCD Ordinance with Proposed Revisions and Comparison with NC-2 and NC-3
- Economic Tools for Preserving Social Heritage in Japantown (January 2013, Seifel, Inc.)
- Japantown Social Heritage Program (Draft Methodology)
- Japantown Social Heritage Database
- Completed Social Heritage Inventory Forms
- Invest in Neighborhoods Draft Toolkit
- Invest in Neighborhoods Profile of Japantown
- California State Bill 307 (2001): California Japantown Preservation Pilot Project
- Japantown Special Use District (section 249.31 of the Planning Code)
- Japantown Historic Context Statement (revised 2011)
- 2009 Draft Japantown Better Neighborhood Plan
- Project Status Update, October 2012