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Board advances 950 Market project and accepts commitment to support Compton’s transgender cultural district
Summary
After negotiations with neighborhood groups and SRO tenant representatives, the board approved item 43 related to the 950 Market Street project and agreed to dedicate funds and neighborhood benefits, including a pledge to create a Compton’s Transgender Cultural District and $300,000 for job development.
San Francisco — The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt the motion approving the mitigated negative declaration for the proposed project at 950–974 Market Street and to move forward with negotiated community benefits, including a contribution toward a Compton’s transgender cultural district.
The project sponsor, Group I, and tenant and neighborhood coalitions presented a negotiated package of mitigations and benefits that several Tenant and SRO groups said addressed longstanding concerns in the Tenderloin. Public speakers representing the Central City SRO Collaborative, the Q Foundation and others told the board that tenants had worked for more than a year with community and sponsor representatives to produce a community benefits package.
What the package includes: Speakers and Supervisor Jane Kim’s office described several elements negotiated with the developer: approximately $300,000 for job development targeted at neighborhood residents to increase access to union jobs at the hotel, a land dedication and funding to support affordable housing located near the Tenderloin, commitments for training of frontline hotel staff in de-escalation and cultural sensitivity, and a contribution to establish a Compton’s Transgender Cultural District and a transgender-focused community facility in the Tenderloin.
Supervisor Kim said the contribution would seed a newly created Compton’s District TLGB Fund that will support the cultural district, the community facility and additional storefronts and programming that serve the neighborhood’s transgender and gender-nonconforming residents. She thanked community groups and the project sponsor for the negotiated agreement and noted that the appellants to the project had withdrawn their appeal after the mitigation commitments were made.
Supervisor Jane Kim told the board the project will also create about 60 units of ‘‘step-up’’ housing for current SRO residents and that the mayor’s office and planning staff will coordinate to preserve historic resources associated with the Tenderloin’s transgender community. The board adopted item 43 (the project CEQA action) and tabled related items 44 and 45 for follow-up.
Board action: The motion to approve item 43 and table items 44 and 45 was moved, seconded and adopted unanimously. Supervisors praised tenant organizers and the developer for the negotiated community benefits, and several said the agreement could serve as a model for future projects.
Ending note
Supervisors said they will continue to monitor implementation of the community benefits agreement and asked staff to coordinate on protecting historic resources in the Tenderloin while advancing the project.
