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Planning Department briefs commissioners on Cultural Districts program and CHESS strategy
Summary
Planning staff and the mayor’s office described the Cultural Districts program, funded by Proposition E, and the CHESS reports that communities will develop to guide cultural preservation, housing, and economic strategies; commissioners pressed staff on land‑use tools and capacity building.
San Francisco planning staff and the mayor’s office presented an informational briefing on July 20 describing the Cultural Districts program, its goals to stabilize cultural communities, and the CHESS (Cultural History, Housing and Economic Sustainability Strategies) planning process.
Grace Lee, Cultural Districts Program Manager at the Mayor’s Office of Community Development, said the program was established by the Board of Supervisors in 2018 and funded by hotel tax revenues from Proposition E. Lee said the districts are designed to preserve, strengthen and promote neighborhoods that…
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