Case Studies
Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans - East SoMa, Mission, Showplace Square/Potrero Hill
The Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans are long-range plans to comprehensively guide development in the Mission, East SoMa and Showplace Square/Potrero Hill neighborhoods. The Area Plans focus on issues such as the location of buildings, affordable housing, support for existing businesses, open space, urban design, and transportation and circulation. In December 2007, SFDPH released a draft report "Impacts on Community Health of Area Plans for the Mission, East SoMa, and Potrero Hill / Showplace Square: An Application of the Healthy Development Measurement Tool." The draft report evaluated the draft December 2007 Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans using the HDMT.
The Planning Department released revised Area Plans for the Mission, East SoMa and Showplace Square/Potrero Hill in April 2008. In response to changes reflected in these revised Area Plans, SFDPH is releasing a revised version of the December 2007 evaluation with an “Addendum” updating the report to account for more recent activity. The "October 2008 Final Report" replaces the "Draft for Public Review" released in December 2007. Please note that the findings of the initial evaluation (as reflected in the December 2007 report) were not altered to reflect changes in revised Area Plan policies and implementing actions. Rather than revise our initial evaluation findings, we are publishing the Addendum to the initial report to describe how our initial findings were altered based on changes to the Area Plans.
The Addendum to the October 2008 Final Report highlights SFDPH participation in the Eastern Neighborhoods Planning Process since December, and describes significant ways in which revised Area Plans released in April affect the findings of our initial evaluation. The October 2008 Final Report includes an assessment of health-related existing conditions and needs in the Eastern Neighborhoods, a list of Area Plan policies and implementing actions that are supportive of community health, an assessment of the Area Plans against HDMT development targets, and additional recommendations for policies and implementing actions to improve the Area Plans with respect to community health.
Click here to download the October 2008 Final Report "Impacts on Community Health of Area Plans for the Mission, East SoMa, and Potrero Hill / Showplace Square: An Application of the Healthy Development Measurement Tool"
Executive Park Subarea Plan
With the release of the HDMT in March of 2007, priority was next placed on applying the HDMT to appropriate land use opportunities. The Executive Park Subarea Plan Health Impact Assessment summarizes the results from the first pilot application of San Francisco's Healthy Development Measurement Tool to a land use development plan.
Please click here to obtain the results of this pilot HDMT application. To walk through an application of one indicator on the Executive Park project, see the Tool Application Example #1.
Bernal Heights Community Health Assessment
At the request of the Bernal Heights Preschool Committee, SFDPH conducted a Community Health Assessment of the Bernal Heights neighborhood using indicators and data from the HDMT. This report is being used to inform decision-making related to the choice between three potential future locations of the Bernal Heights Preschool. Although the majority of data available in the HDMT is not geographically specific enough to differentiate between the three potential locations under consideration, the data point to a strong need for childcare, investment in schools and parks, valuing of community and social interactions, and retention of racially and socioeconomically diverse communities in the Bernal Heights neighborhood. Click here to download the Community Health Assessment: Bernal Heights Preschool.