San Francisco Cultural Districts are neighborhoods of San Francisco, California, United States that are officially designated by the City and County of San Francisco government. The Cultural Districts Program oversees the designations and support for the neighborhoods. These neighborhoods receive special funding and support for community programs and preservation from the Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development.Cultural district definition SF Cultural Districts
Official designations began in 2013 with Japantown. Later an official program was created. After the program to support the neighborhoods was created by the Mayor and Board of Supervisors in May 2018, city voters also passed Proposition E in November 2018 in support of the program. A goal of the designations and corresponding program are to prevent gentrification.
List of Neighborhoods The following are the neighborhoods and years that they received the designation: Japantown Cultural District, 2013 Calle 24 Latino Cultural District within the Mission District, 2014 SoMa Philipinas District, 2016 The Transgender District, 2017 Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District, 2018 The African American Arts and Cultural District, which consists of Bayview-Hunters Point, San Francisco and some surrounding areas, 2018 Castro LGBTQ Cultural District, 2019 American Indian Cultural District, within the Mission District and some nearby areas, 2020 Sunset Chinese Cultural District, within the Sunset District, 2021 Pacific Islander Cultural District, within the Visitacion Valley, 2022
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