Grow The Richmond

"The projects have earned nods from YIMBY, or “Yes in my backyard,” advocates across the city, who have for years bemoaned Safeway’s sprawling lots as San Francisco’s housing shortage worsened.

“Why does a large parking lot deserve a view of the water, and not people instead?” said Juliana Lamm-Perez, an organizer for Grow The Richmond, one of the city’s YIMBY groups."

The Grocery Store at the Center of San Francisco’s Latest Housing Battle A savvy developer has big plans for putting housing on top of an iconic Safeway supermarket in the ritzy Marina district and at other aging Safeway sites across the city.

We are beyond excited to see that Safeway is working with Align Real Estate to propose a new apartment building and expanded grocery store in the Outer Richmond!

Exclusive: Safeway near S.F.’s Ocean Beach faces short-term closure; developer plans housing complex The Safeway would temporarily close so the project could bring 526 new homes spread across a pair of eight-story buildings to a neighborhood that has seen little new housing in recent decades.

Join us on Wednesday September 24th at 5pm where a bunch of Grow The Richmond members will be attending a forum that Supervisor Connie Chan and San Francisco Planning are organizing to push forward proposed landmarking of several properties in the neighborhood:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/make-sure-historical-designations-dont-slow-down-housing-in-the-richmond/

We've seen far too many recent examples of SF NIMBYs working overtime to abuse historic designation to ensure that absolutely no housing gets built anywhere in the city.

Please come with questions about how these properties were selected and what the tradeoffs involved are for the future of our city and our neighborhood.

actionnetwork.org

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors needs to reign in the abuse and misuse of "historic designations"

SF NIMBY's want to misuse historic preservation to block new housing. The board should beat them at their own game. Shaking things up

Good news! The Family Zoning Plan has passed the San Francisco Planning Commission!

City Planning Passes Massive Rezoning Plan, SF YIMBY Celebrates Milestone in Unlocking Tens of Thousands of Homes Across the City The San Francisco rezoning plan represents a truly historic moment for the city, marking the first major upzoning effort since the 1978 downzoning that has contributed to decades of housing scarcity and resulting unaffordability. To meet community needs and state minimums, the city must allow a mini...

We got a snazzy new webpage. Check it out to stay up to date on all the latest events, like the upcoming Breakfast with Brian on Sept 29th! https://growtherichmond.com/

Our own Brian Quan is back with another Breakfast with Brian. Swing by Velo Rouge on Saturday, May 20 at 9 am to discuss Arguello, Geary, and all the other goings on in the neighborhood over a nice coffee. See you there!

Breakfast with Brian Join Grow the Richmond lead Brian Quan for a casual neighborhood breakfast and chat about what's going on in the neighborhood

Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Joel
Engardio are tackling the challenging of speeding up our sclerotic housing process. Will we finally see some more homes on the Westside? https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/mayor-breed-introduces-legislation-speed-s-f-s-17904201.ph

Mayor Breed introduces legislation to speed up S.F.’s housing production, by reducing planning meetings The bill, co-sponsored by Supervisor Joel Engardio, takes aim at the conditional use...

It's been too long! Join Grow the Richmond lead Brian Quan for Breakfast with Brian, a casual neighborhood breakfast and chat about what's going on in the neighborhood. We'll be getting together at 8 am on March 11 at Velo Rouge Cafe. Can't wait to see you there, RSVP today

Breakfast with Brian Join Grow the Richmond lead Brian Quan for a casual neighborhood breakfast and chat about what's going on in the neighborhood

We're teaming up with our friends at Streets for People for an outreach meeting about the Golden Gate Park Access & Safety Program (about possibly making permanent) SFMTA | San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and San Francisco Recreation and Park Department next Thu, Oct 14, at 5 pm. Sign up here and share with anyone you know who is interested!

Golden Gate Park Access & Safety Program - Outreach Meeting Join Grow the Richmond and Streets for People as we welcome SFMTA to tell us more about the Golden Gate Park Access & Safety Program to discuss proposed changes to JFK and the surrounding streets in and around Golden Gate Park: https://www.sfmta.com/projects/golden-gate-park-access-and-safety-pr...

Massive thank you to Governor Gavin Newsom for signing these critical pieces of legislation!

Additionally, big thanks go to Senate Pro Tem Toni G. Atkins and Senator Scott Wiener for pushing forward to get SB9 and SB10 passed in the CA Legislature, and as always, thanks to all of you that called, emailed, and reached out to your representatives to urge them to pass these critical bills making it faster and easier to build more homes!

Newsom signs long-awaited bills to increase housing density in California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a pair of bills that promote what supporters call a “light...

"Previous public policies such as redlining — the systemic discriminatory tactic used to deny financial services in communities of color — still reverberate today.

As do current land use policies deterring the building of denser housing and apartments. Both are contributing factors to the increasing divide in neighborhoods and cities along racial and ethnic lines."

Bay Area segregation is worsening. Housing policy is partially to blame, UC study finds Conducted by the university’s Othering and Belonging Institute, the study found that...