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SoMa Filipinas progress report filed after wide community backing at committee hearing

Land Use and Transportation Committee · October 31, 2016
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Summary

Planning staff and community leaders reported progress on SoMa Filipinas, a proposed Filipino cultural heritage district in South of Market; the working group outlined draft goals, extensive outreach, and next steps and the committee voted to file the progress report.

The committee received a progress report on SoMa Filipinas, the planning effort to form a Filipino cultural heritage district in the South of Market area, and filed the item after extensive community testimony.

Supervisor Kim opened the item, describing the district as a multi-faceted effort to recognize and sustain Filipino cultural assets — restaurants, theaters, markets, festivals and service organizations — in an area the planning department mapped from Second Street through Eleventh Street and Market to…

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