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Board advances Chinese Hospital replacement project with zoning and general-plan updates
Summary
Supervisors passed two ordinances on first reading to create a Special Use District and amend the Chinatown Area Plan and general plan to facilitate construction of a new eight‑story Chinese Hospital building, citing seismic retrofit requirements and community healthcare needs.
The Board of Supervisors approved two related ordinances on first reading to support the Chinese Hospital Replacement Project in Chinatown: one to create a Special Use District on properties at 835 and 845 Jackson Street, and a second to amend the general plan and the Chinatown Area Plan map.
Supervisor Hsu (addressing the chamber as the item’s sponsor) said the Chinese Hospital, an institution dating to 1899, is the only independent community hospital in the city and needs to comply with state seismic retrofit requirements for acute-care hospitals. The proposed project would build an eight‑story replacement facility to meet seismic standards and modernize services, the supervisor said, and he thanked the Land Use Committee for unanimous support.
Why it matters: City officials said the replacement aims to preserve community-based acute-care services serving Chinatown and nearby neighborhoods. The board took the ordinances up on first reading and passed both on first reading "without objection." Further approvals and subsequent readings will finalize zoning and plan amendments.
Action: Two ordinances (items 10 and 11) were passed on their first reading by unanimous consent.
