
Implementing our Community Plans
Over the past several years, the Planning Department, in collaboration with community stakeholders, has developed and adopted several Area Plans to guide neighborhood growth and change, and imagine community improvements and programs 20 years into the future through the Interagency Plan Implementation Committee (IPIC).
The Interagency Plan Implementation Committee Annual Report for January 2021 has been released - see Monitoring Plan Success tab.
The Planning Department’s Implementation Group helps to turn the visions from these recently-adopted Area Plans into on-the-ground improvements, working with community members, development project sponsors, and City agencies.
Plan Implementation Highlights
- City awarded $2.6 million grant to build new 17th and Folsom park in the Mission District
- City awarded $1.5 million to plan transportation improvements in the Eastern Neighborhoods through EN Trips
- Potrero Kids Pre-School opened in the Central Waterfront - built by a private developer through an Eastern Neighborhoods in-kind agreement
- New street and pedestrian access built as part of a new development on Ocean Avenue - created through a Balboa Park in-kind agreement
- Hayes Street in Hayes Valley converted from a one-way to a two-way street, using Market and Octavia impact fee revenue (Fall 2011)
- Over $4 million in grants awarded to Mission District streetscape improvements, including plaza and pedestrian improvements at the 24th Street/Mission BART station and streetscape/transit improvements on Folsom Street
- Planning Department and agency partners completed EN Trips report, Mission District Streetscape Plan and Showplace Square Open Space Plan, which identify and design specific streetscape and transportation improvements in the Eastern Neighborhoods
- Planning Department received CalTrans Community-Based Transportation Planning grant to plan for a living alleyway and pedestrian network in the Market and Octavia area – Coming Soon!
- Department of Building Inspection – Development Impact Fee Register
- Planning Code Article 4 – Development Impact Fees
- Administrative Code Section 36 – Interagency Plan Implementation Committee
- San Francisco's 10-Year Capital Plan
Citywide Nexus Study
The Citywide Nexus study presents the nexus analysis findings of new growth’s connection (nexus) to facilities for recreation and open space, childcare, streetscape and pedestrian infrastructure, and bicycle infrastructure.
- San Francisco Citywide Nexus Analysis (December 2021)
- San Francisco Infrastructure Level of Service Analysis (December 2021)
As the Area Plan neighborhoods gain new residents and workers, there is an accompanying need for improved public infrastructure and amenities, such as parks, street improvements, transit, childcare centers, and libraries. These infrastructure improvements (also known as capital projects) are essential to fulfilling the Area Plans’ visions for complete neighborhoods.
Most recently-adopted Area Plans include fees on new development (called “impact fees”), which would partially fund the physical changes necessary to support new residents. The Implementation Group works with other City agencies and Community Advisory Committees (CACs) to help decide how to spend these revenues towards specific infrastructure projects.
What is a Capital Project?
A capital project is a project that constructs new or improved city infrastructure, such as sewers, transit lines, parks, and libraries. Capital projects are distinguished from funding for routine maintenance such as street cleaning or graffiti removal, and from programs and operations, such as providing transit service or economic assistance programs. Capital planning is the process of programming expected funds for capital improvements over a particular time horizon, such as 5 or 10 years.
In-kind Agreements
In some cases, developers can get credit for part of all of their development impact fees by building ‘in-kind’ improvements. Find out more about In-Kind Agreements
The following reports provide snapshots of the success of certain Area Plans, assessing development patterns, impact fee projections, and capital projects.
Annual Reports
Interagency Plan Implementation Committee (IPIC) Annual Report
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- January 2016
- January 2017
- January 2018
- January 2019
- January 2020
- January 2021
- January 2022
- January 2023
Annual Development Impact Fee Report – Controller’s Office
San Francisco Capital Plan
Monitoring Reports for Individual Plan Areas
Market and Octavia
- 2020 Five-Year Plan Monitoring Report (for period covering 2015-2019)
- 2015 Five-Year Plan Monitoring Report (for period covering 2010-2014)
- 2010 Five-year Plan Monitoring Report (for period covering 2005-2009)
Eastern Neighborhoods
- Eastern Neighborhoods (2011-2015) | Full Report 33MB
- Executive Summary
- Mission Plan Monitoring Report 2011-2015
- Central Waterfront Plan Monitoring Report 2011-2015
- East SoMa Plan Monitoring Report 2011-2015
- Western SoMa Plan Monitoring Report 2011-2015
- Showplace Square / Potrero Hill Plan Monitoring Report 2011-2015
- Appendices
- Monitoring Report Appendix M – Implementation Matrix
- EN Citizens Advisory Committee Response to Monitoring Report (2011-2015)
Eastern Neighborhoods (2006-2010)
- Central Waterfront Plan Monitoring Report 2006-2010
- East SoMa Plan Monitoring Report 2006-2010
- Mission Plan Monitoring Report 2006-2010
- Showplace Square/Potrero Hill Plan Monitoring Report 2006-2010
Citywide Data and Analysis Reports
The Planning Department also publishes annual reports which cover annual housing production, commerce and industry, and downtown trends – see Data and Analysis Reports.
Community and Economic Development Programs
In addition to the infrastructure improvements envisioned in the Area Plans, there is a corresponding need for community and economic development to help realize complete neighborhoods and support the local community as it responds to land use changes and new development. The Area Plans identify a number of programs to strengthen economic development, social capital, and cultural vibrancy.
Related Plans and Projects
- Mission District Streetscape Plan
- Showplace Square Open Space Plan
- EN Trips (SFMTA)
- Balboa Park Station Transportation Projects (SFMTA)
- 17th and Folsom Park
- 24th Street/Mission BART Station plaza improvements
- Daggett Park
- Haight/Market/Gough transit and pedestrian improvements