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Planning Department presents draft Chinese American historic context statement to HPC
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Planning staff presented a draft Chinese American historic context statement that chronicles Chinese American history in San Francisco, identifies potential landmark properties and recommends outreach and interpretive programming; staff emphasized community engagement and translation work.
Planning Department staff presented a draft Chinese American historic context statement to the Historic Preservation Commission on Dec. 4, describing a multi‑year effort to document and contextualize Chinese American history across San Francisco neighborhoods.
Frances McMillan, planning staff, said the draft (initial completion 2021; translation to Chinese in 2024) was initiated in 2017 in collaboration with the Chinese Historical Society of America and…
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