The Mission District has a rich history of cultural diversity. Historically it has been home to the working class in low to middle income households, the Mission Action Plan looks to stabilize the lives of these individuals through maintaining socio-economic diversity while promoting community businesses, cultural resources, and strengthening educational pathways for residence. Some key organizations involved include the Mission Housing Development Corporation, San Francisco Planning, as well as the Cultural Action Network (CAN). The main challenges faced by this plan is the accelerating displacement of local residents, requiring a broad approach from those within the city and the community organizations to reverse this trend.

Begun in 2009 the Planning Commission adopted the Balboa Park Station Area Plan and BRCAC was established in 2015 to serve as a forum to receive community feedback. Some notable members include City College Trustee Brigitte Davila, SFPUC Mark Tang, and OMI Resident Maurice Rivers. The development plans for the addition of ~1,000 new housing units with %50 being affordable along with the protection of ~4 acres of new open space including Reservoir Park and other various spaces. Primary delay comes in the form of community hesitancy and resistance to change.

Market and Octavia are at a turning point. For the last 40 years there has been a disregard for the interrelated needs between housing, transportation, and land use, the result of which has provided a poor foundation for housing and services. The Market and Octavia Area Plan looks to consciously integrate the relationship between the aforementioned categories and construct a sustainable future. Some key districts include Neighborhood Commercial Transit (NCT) and Van Ness and Market Residential Special Use District (VNMR-SUD). Some obstacles include reworking of codes and policies to allow for such development to pass.

The San Francisco Environment Department published an article expressing the city’s initiatives towards becoming a smart city. In 2012 San Francisco was declared the greenest city in the US and Canada and was challenged to continue leading the way in sustainability for cities across North America. The article outlines utilizing technology towards recycling along, implementing incentive programs to promote sustainable energy use from its citizens, and the creation of infrastructure supporting Electric Vehicles (charge point) as well as programs to mitigate congestion (SFpark).

Salesforce Transit Center is an urban park skillfully integrated into the fabric of the city. Its development was headed by a need to connect citizens both to each other and to their environment. 5.4 acres of land currently serves 1.1 mil residents within a half mile radius and many times that in visitors from beyond both city residents and beyond. The park brings crucial biodiversity, water and air purification, and an ecosystem island within the concrete sea of San Francisco. The primary challenge of the project was integrating the transit system into the design without sacrificing the ecosystem they looked to construct, as it stands the train terminal is scheduled to be completed by 2030, the park only opened in 2019.

In recent years San Francisco has reduced emissions by 41%, six years ahead of its climate action goals. In July 2021 the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved legislation including the new goal of becoming net-zero emissions by 2040. A benchmark for this is a 61% reduction in emissions below 1990 levels. The legislation creates a framework for the implementation and development of the existing Climate Action Plan released later that year. Challenges this legislation strives to address primarily include dealing with existing infrastructure and making the investment to address the dead weight in the system. E.x. in the energy sector the goal is 100% renewable electricity by 2025 and 100% renewable energy by 2040, both these goals require drastic redevelopment of existing infrastructure to allow such a change to occur.