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Planning Department launches citywide study of formula retail; stakeholders press for neighborhood‑level analysis
Summary
Staff unveiled a targeted study on San Francisco’s formula retail controls and preliminary findings that about 11% of retail establishments are part of chains. Business groups, neighborhood advocates and other stakeholders urged neighborhood corridor case studies, employment analysis and scrutiny of definition thresholds.
The Planning Department on Thursday launched a targeted study of formula retail controls, presenting preliminary, citywide maps and data and asking the Planning Commission for guidance on four focused issue briefs.
Anne Marie Rogers and Sophie Hayward describedPhase 1 as a citywide analysis using Dun & Bradstreet data and related studies; preliminary results suggest about 1,200 formula retail establishments — roughly 11 percent of all retail…
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