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City’s OEWD outlines Southern Bayfront strategy aiming for 20,000 units and neighborhood benefits
Summary
OEWD presented a negotiation framework for the Southern Bayfront to coordinate multiple proposed projects and secure public benefits: an estimated 20,000 housing units (about 6,700 affordable), 35,000 jobs and roughly 500+ acres of open space, with emphasis on neighborhood preference, sea‑level‑rise planning and workforce commitments.
The Office of Economic and Workforce Development presented a workshop on a Southern Bayfront strategy intended to coordinate investment, public benefits and infrastructure across a stretch of San Francisco’s waterfront from Mission Creek south to Candlestick Point.
Ken Rich of OEWD said the area is likely to see the most change on the city’s waterfront and estimated at least 20,000 new housing units, about 6,700 of which would be affordable, an expected 35,000 new jobs and roughly 500–520 acres of new or renovated open space across the projects discussed. He urged negotiating public benefits comprehensively so decision makers consider the suite of projects together rather than one‑off deals.
Lee Lutenski (OEWD) outlined public‑benefit categories to be coordinated across projects: affordable housing (an OEWD target of roughly 33 percent average affordability across projects and a neighborhood preference mechanism that would set aside 40 percent of affordable units for surrounding residents), sea‑level‑rise collaboration and district‑scale adaptation funding, three tiers of transportation investment (localized streetscape, transit operations, and long‑range planning), a connected open‑space network and workforce development commitments including local‑hire goals and CityBuild coordination.
During public comment and Q&A, community members urged that hazardous‑materials cleanup (Yosemite Slough, E2) be completed before development, that homeless families and seniors be prioritized for new housing, that neighborhood outreach be improved so certificate‑of‑preference holders and existing residents know about opportunities, and that local hiring and longer‑term career pathways be emphasized rather than one‑off training. OEWD said it is coordinating with CityBuild, other city agencies and community partners, and that entitlement approvals for major projects are expected to cluster in 2017–2018 with build‑out through the 2020s.
No formal action was taken; the workshop provided strategy direction and requested further coordination with OCII and other agencies.
