Plan C releases TIC study

Plan C, "a grass-roots civic group focused on improving San Francisco’s quality of life," has commissioned a study called "TIC Ownership in San Francisco – Gateway for the Middle Class and LGBT Community."

The entire seven-page study can be found as a PDF file on their site as well.

Among the highlights:

• Most TICs are not located in San Francisco’s wealthier, more conservative
neighborhoods.

• TICs are concentrated in some of San Francisco’s most progressive neighborhoods.
Most TICs lie in D8 (Castro/Noe Valley), D5 (Haight/Western Addition), D9
(Mission/Bernal Heights), and D3 (North Beach, Chinatown and Telegraph Hill).

• In addition to the neighborhoods cited above, recent TICs can be found in middle
class neighborhoods such as the Richmond and Sunset, and are increasingly found
in the Excelsior, Bayview-Hunters Point and other parts of the southeast sector of
the City.

• By looking at TIC locations and data compiled from the U.S. census, we show that
TICs in San Francisco are being formed primarily in solidly middle class
neighborhoods.

• The data show striking concentrations of TICs in San Francisco’s gay and lesbian
neighborhoods — suggesting that TIC ownership is an important first step toward
homeownership for the LGBT community.

• TICs, and middle class San Franciscans, are continuing to spread into new middle
income neighborhoods throughout the City.

Thanks to Britton Jackson and Matt Fuller for the tip on this one.