Sunset Forward

In 2018, the District 4 Youth and Families Network advocated for a comprehensive community needs assessment to elevate the needs of low- and middle-income families, youth, seniors, tenants, monolingual immigrant households, and other underrepresented groups in the Sunset District.

In April 2020, The Planning Department, the District 4 Youth and Families Network, and the District 4 Supervisor’s Office launched Sunset Forward, a community planning and capacity building effort with a mission to stabilize low- and moderate-income families and seniors in the Sunset.

The Community Needs Assessment found that many Sunset residents are struggling to afford and secure housing that meets their current and future needs, have limited access to critical neighborhood services, and have seen a continual decline in the health of their neighborhood small businesses and commercial corridors through the years.

The Sunset Forward Strategies were established to address the needs and priorities identified through the Needs Assessment:

• Housing strategies aim to increase housing affordability, build new housing of varying types and sizes to meet changing needs, encourage more middle-income and family-friendly housing, provide housing that meets the needs of an aging senior population, and expand access to renter support services and homeownership opportunities.
• Small business and commercial corridor strategies focus on easing burdens on small business owners by changing zoning and improving the permitting process, strengthen coordination and activation along the commercial corridors, and enhance streets, sidewalks, and public spaces.
• Neighborhood services strategies aim to increase community connection, expand access to parks and open spaces and improve cleanliness and safety, provide access to affordable health and nutrition programs, and expand programs that serve low-income families, transitional aged young adults, seniors, tenants, monolingual immigrant households, and other marginalized groups in the Sunset.

A more detailed overview is available in the Sunset Forward Strategies Report.

Sunset Forward 的第一階段是社區需求評估，這是一項廣泛的外展工作，收集了在日落區工作、生活、娛樂、學習和參加宗教服務的人們的反饋。

從 2020 年 4 月到 2021 年 1 月，Sunset 社區成員參加了在線聆聽會議、在線會議和焦點小組、Sunset Forward 的社區需求評估調查（調查），並通過 Sunset Forward 的網站提供了意見。 我們聽取了 2,000 多名社區成員的意見，其中約 1,600 人參加了各種在線活動，共有 757 人回復了調查。

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• 報告摘要

作為需求評估的結果，我們制定了 Sunset Forward 戰略，總結了社區對戰略草案的反饋，以解決第 4 區住房、小型企業和商業走廊以及鄰里服務方面的需求。

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• 社區需求評估報告摘要

感謝日落區居民、小企業主、非營利組織、宗教機構、學生和工人參與需求評估外展活動。 我們重視您的時間和反饋。

Over 2,500 community members participated in two phases of outreach from April 2020 until January 2022:

Phase 1 – Community Needs Assessment: The Community Needs Assessment was an extensive outreach effort that gathered feedback from those who work, live, play, study, and worship in the Sunset. From April 2020 through January 2021, the project team held virtual meetings, town halls, focus groups, and listening sessions as well as launched the Sunset Forward Needs Assessment Survey. 

Phase 2 – Draft Strategies: The results of the Community Needs Assessment informed the draft strategies and that were further refined by community through an iterative process. From October 2021 through January 2022, community members participated through virtual and in-person focus groups, surveys, and community events, including the Sunset Community Festival, the Outer Sunset Farmers Market, and merchant walks along the Sunset’s neighborhood commercial corridors.

SF Planning continues to work with the District 4 Youth and Families Network to build the voice of the Sunset community, particularly elevating the concerns and needs of low- and middle-income families, seniors, renters, non-English speaking immigrant households, small businesses, and service providers in the neighborhood.

THANK YOU to all the residents, small business owners, nonprofit organizations, faith-based institutions, students, and workers in the Sunset for your participation in Sunset Forward:

District 4 Youth and Families Network

• 19th Avenue Baptist Church  
• Community Youth Center of San Francisco  
• Edgewood Center for Children and Families  
• Faith in Action Bay Area  
• Gum Moon Women’s Resource Center (D4YFN Steering Committee)  
• Housing Rights Committee (D4YFN Steering Committee)  
• Little Schools  
• Northeast Medical Services   
• Parents for Public Schools  
• Safe & Sound  
• Self Help for the Elderly  
• SF-Marin Food Bank  
• Stonestown Families YMCA   
• Sunset Beacon – Bay Area Community Resources (D4YFN Steering Committee)  
• Sunset Family Resource Center  
• Sunset Youth Services (D4YFN Steering Committee)  
• Wah Mei School (D4YFN Steering Committee)  

Sunset Community Leaders and Groups

• Ben Wong, Wah Mei School  
• Cody Friesenborg, Wah Mei School  
• Dawn Stueckle, Sunset Youth Services  
• Erica Zweig, D4ward  
• Gloria Tan, Gum Moon Women’s Resource Center  
• Jeffrey Rigo, D4ward  
• Jessica Nguyen Cruz, Wah Mei School  
• Joseph Smooke, Westside Community Coalition  
• Ken Rackow, D4ward  
• Kenyatta Scott, D4ward  
• Lily Wong, Wah Mei School  
• Margaret Graf, Senior Power  
• Matt Pemberton, Sunset Beacon – Bay Area Community Resources   
• Paloma Hernandez, Westside Community Coalition  
• Ralph Lane, D4ward  
• Shirley Yuan, Wah Mei School  

Small Businesses

• Black Bird Books  
• Case for Making Art Store  
• Earthfire Arts Studio  
• Henry’s House of Coffee  
• Hook Fish Co.  
• Judahlicious  
• Outerlands Restaurant  
• SF Hole in the Wall Pizza  
• Sunset Mercantile  
• Underdog’s Tres and Underdog’s Too  
• Woods Outbounds  

April 2020 – January 2021

• Outreach phase 1: gather input for Community Needs Assessment 

February – May 2021 

• Analyze input and draft needs assessment report

April – September 2021

• Release Community Needs Assessment report
• Develop Sunset Forward strategies

October 2021 – January 2022  

• Outreach phase 2: gather input on draft strategies

February – May 2022 

• Analyze community input and refine strategies
• Release phase 2 report and Sunset Forward strategies

October 2022 

• Sunset Forward Strategies Report endorsed by the Planning Commission