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'SoMa Filipinas' progress report: planners outline community‑driven strategy and next steps to sustain Filipino cultural district
Summary
Planning staff and community leaders reported broad outreach and early milestones for SoMa Filipinas, a proposed Filipino Cultural Heritage District: 400+ surveys, 17 stakeholder interviews, 4 community meetings, a working group, and a list of ~70 community concerns; staff outlined next steps to develop an implementation plan and partner with city agencies.
Preservation staff presented a progress report on the SoMa Filipinas (also called Soma Filipinas) cultural heritage district at the Preservation Commission's Oct. 19 meeting, describing community outreach, goals and an initial roadmap for implementation.
Shelly of Preservation Staff said the designation concept is new for San Francisco and that, so far, the working group had conducted more than 17 stakeholder interviews, over 400 surveys and four large community meetings. She noted the Board of Supervisors previously passed a resolution directing staff to work with a community…
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