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Planning Commission acknowledges draft Japantown plan, asks for funding and stronger protections for merchants
Summary
After months of hearings and extensive public testimony, the Planning Commission voted to acknowledge the Japantown Better Neighborhood Plan with modifications: add cultural‑preservation language, strike 'in the malls' from merchant-retention text, request funding from the mayor and supervisors, and direct staff to work with economic development on a merchant-retention strategy.
The Planning Commission voted to acknowledge the draft Japantown Better Neighborhood Plan while directing additional work on implementation, funding and cultural preservation.
Staff described the public‑realm and transportation chapters and presented a major concept — a three‑block Webster Street linear park — along with intersection and pedestrian-safety recommendations and coordination with the Geary Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) EIR process. Transportation Authority project manager Zabe Bentz said the BRT alternatives would be narrowed after more engineering and cost analysis; options include bringing traffic to the surface, filling in the underpass to create more room for sidewalks and plazas,…
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