What's Happening:
All cities need growth and revitalization. How much, how and where these activities occur bring more complicated questions with vastly varying opinions. San Francisco is currently engaged in a very rare planning scenario where decisions will be made that will impact the character of San Francisco going forward.
Due to requirements from the state, our local elected officials are proposing a citywide upzoning plan that would allow 6-14-story buildings along swaths of commercial corridors throughout the northern and western portions of the city, including in long-established and highly dense areas. This is part of the city's efforts to meet a state mandate requiring zoning capacity for 82,000 new units (which could house over 200,000 new residents) by 2031. We have been following this work and analyzing the map, but we want to hear from you: the people who live and work here.
Do you support the proposed changes? How do you think it will impact our quality of life, traffic, schools, and neighborhood culture? Will it add vibrancy? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.
為了配合加州的要求，舊金山的民選官員正在推動一項全市範圍的加建劃區（upzoning）計劃。這項提案將允許在城市北區與西區的大型商業街道興建6到14層高的大樓，甚至包括一些已經相當密集且歷史悠久的社區。這是舊金山市為了配合州政府所要求的住房目標所做出的改變——州政府要求2031年前，舊金山必須釋出足夠的土地使用容量，以容納82,000個新住宅單位，也就是超過20萬名新增居民. 我們想聽聽您——在地華人社區的聲音： 您贊成這項改變嗎？這對我們的生活品質、交通、學校與社區文化會有什麼影響？歡迎留言分享您的想法。
For more context:
許多主張興建住房的倡議者對這項計劃表示讚賞，但不少居民與小商家卻提出了嚴重疑慮：
- San Francisco currently has zoned capacity for over 141,000 units, with an additional 70,000 units already approved in the pipeline, and legislation enabling even more (ADUs, 4-plexes, and 6-plexes).
- 舊金山目前的劃區容量已足夠容納超過14.1萬個住宅單位， 另有7萬個已獲批准、尚未興建的單位正排隊中， 加上近期通過的法案還允許更多單位（如附屬住宅ADU、 四戶與六戶住宅等)。
- The required housing targets are based on outdated 2019 projections that do not accurately reflect current economic and population trends. The state Department of Finance recently projected flat to modest growth over the next couple of decades.
- 州府所設的住房目標，是根據2019年過時的人口與經濟預測制定的，並不反映當前的實際趨勢。加州財政廳近期才預估，未來二十年人口成長趨勢將趨於平緩。
- This plan will likely increase speculation, leading to the demolition, displacement, and gentrification of neighborhoods - which can be both positive and negative.
- 這項計劃將加劇地產炒作，引發社區房屋遭拆除、居民被迫搬遷與社區貴族化（gentrification）的風險。
- The plan could create zoning capacity for up to 800,000 units — even though only 36,000 are required.
- 該計劃可能開發高達80萬戶的劃區容量—— 但實際上我們只需要3.6萬戶。
- There is no new state funding for infrastructure or for San Francisco's $19 billion affordable housing component of the mandate.
- 州政府並未提供任何基礎建設經費，也沒有為舊金山190億美元的可負擔住房需求提供任何財政支持。
- This plan is an irreversible change to how and where we build in the city, including in dense, established neighborhoods.
- 這不只是一項短期住房策略，而是一個無法回頭的重大改變——它將全面影響我們未來如何、在哪裡興建住宅，包括那些已經密集發展、歷史悠久的旅遊社區。
Friends and neighbors, this isn't just about policy details — it's about the future of our entire community. Your voice matters!
華人社區朋友們，我們正在面對的不只是政策細節， 而是我們社區未來的樣貌。您的聲音很重要！
We'd like your thoughts.
我們想聽聽您的想法與聲音.