Policy and Program Inventory Summaries
This web site provides City of San Francisco agencies, decision-makers, and the public with summaries of the City’s existing policies and programs to prevent displacement and corresponding potential ideas for consideration for enhancement as well as some additional new ideas for consideration. The document is a resource to make strategic decisions to stabilize our vulnerable populations as the city changes.
The ideas for future consideration that have the potential to increase community stability in San Francisco are described in the categories below. They provide a starting point for agencies, decision-makers, and community members to explore stabilization efforts and identify critical pathways forward. Based on preliminary information, staff is qualifying these ideas according to the type of task, scale of resources and level of complexity. These are not City commitments or recommendations, rather informed ideas that will require careful vetting and analysis as to their potential reach, resource needs, feasibility, unintended consequences, legal implications, and racial and social equity considerations in order to pursue them.
The Inventory includes 22 policy and program summaries, organized in the following categories:
Tenant Protection and Housing Stabilization
Includes rent stabilization and eviction protection; tenant protection services; lottery preference programs; homeownership stabilization and opportunity; single resident occupancy hotel protections; short-term rental regulations; condominium conversion restrictions; stemming the loss of unauthorized units (UDUs); and the small site program.
Affordable Housing Production and Preservation
Includes 100 percent affordable housing development; public housing preservation; Section 8 housing; inclusionary housing program; HOMESF; development agreements; accessory dwelling units (ADUs); and homelessness prevention and supportive housing.
Cultural Stabilization
Includes arts and culture protection and the cultural district program.
Economic Development
Includes business retention and stabilization; commercial district planning and management; and, workforce development.
Each summary includes:
- Background – a description of the program or policy
- Key Trends – data gathered on the program or policy, such as cost or demographics of people served, and identified issues
- For Future Consideration – initial identified ideas to enhance the purpose and reach of the program or policy and to introduce new tools
- Resources – information to learn more about the program or policy
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Each idea for consideration is accompanied by the following information in effort to provide context and to better compare the idea:
Type of Response
Urgent/immediate: crisis response services
Early intervention: services and programs that respond in early phases of potential displacement
Mitigation: policies and programs that mitigate displacement and help stabilize communities
Prevention: policies and programs that help prevent displacement
Type of Task
Funding: grants or contracts
Service: direct service for the public
Data: data research and analysis
Regulation: new rule or legislative structure
Policy implementation: plan and policy implementation
Complexity
Less Complex: generally no or limited legislation and/or an existing program, and one agency involved
Medium: generally some legislation and/or some change of an existing program, and two to three agencies involved
Complex: generally major legislation, and/or new program required, and more than three agencies involved
More information required
Resource (implementation needs)
• Generally only staff time would be required
•• Generally only staff time and some program funding would be required
••• Extensive funding (the kind typically required for capital investments) and staff time would be required
More information required
Timing
Short Term: 1 year or under
Medium Term: 1 to 5 years
Long Term: More than 5 years
Geographic scale
Neighborhood: applies to specific neighborhoods or at the neighborhood level
Citywide: applies citywide
Statewide: applies statewide
