Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed two major housing laws. The bill is designed to help alleviate the extreme housing shortage in California by increasing density across the country. One of the bills, SB9, will allow the division of land and duplex construction on most of the land designated for single family use. The other, SB10, will streamline the construction of buildings of up to 10 units near major transportation hubs.

Now that they’re in law, it’s worth looking at what the current Bay Area housing landscape is like, and how the bills could change that.

The American Housing Survey (AHS) collects data on the “housing mix” – the types of residential buildings in a city, such as semi-detached houses and single-family houses – in the 15 largest metropolitan areas in the USA. The Chronicle analyzed this data, collected in 2019, to see how the housing mix in the metropolitan area of ​​San Francisco compares to other major regions. (Greater San Francisco also covers much of the East Bay, including Oakland and Hayward.)

AHS data shows that the metropolitan area of ​​San Francisco has a relatively balanced mix of housing types compared to other cities. It has a smaller section of 2-4 units than any major metropolitan area except Boston; otherwise it is in the middle range of large cities for most building types.

At nearly 60% of all housing units, San Francisco has relatively fewer single-family homes (tied or free) in the housing stock than the average large subway, which is 66%. However, San Francisco is also the second largest metropolitan area in the country after New York – which had the lowest proportion of single-family homes of any metropolitan area in the survey.

Rich Hillis, director of the San Francisco Planning Department, said he believes SB 9 and 10 will help the city take some of these single-family homes, or at least their lots, and convert them into mid-range residential buildings – “the two” plexes, the three-plex, the fourplex buildings that are kind of the workhorse of the San Francisco housing stock, ”he said. Such buildings are commonly referred to as the “missing center” of urban housing; they add density to neighborhoods without building the high-rise towers that parishioners often object to.

Most of the units built in the past decade have been in such tall skyscrapers, especially in the east of the city, Hillis said. From 2011 to 2020, the number of new residential units in buildings with 20 or more units in the city rose by 31%, according to the planning office. In the same period, the number of residential units in buildings with 2-19 units increased by only 1.3%.

“I think [SB 9 and 10] will be effective, ”said Hillis. “That’s not the panacea either, but they add other tools to our toolbox to take account of the fact that we have not created enough housing over the past thirty years, particularly in the west of the city.”

Hillis said SB 10 in particular could help streamline the approvals of laws proposed by Supervisor Rafael Mandelman that would allow up to four residential units on any property designated for residential use in the city.

Hillis noted that SB9 alone is unlikely to seriously affect San Francisco’s housing shortage because so many of the city’s single-family lots are either too small or lacking enough front-facing land or “facade”. , split up. A recent study by the UC Berkeley Terner Center confirms it. The study found that SB9 could only add about 8,500 units, or just 2%, to San Francisco housing supply.

However, SB9 could actually have a significant impact across the Bay Area, enabling nearly 170,000 new housing units in the nine-county area, according to the Terner Center report.

Susie Neilson is a contributor to the San Francisco Chronicle. Email: susie.neilson@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @susieneilson

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After the earthquake and fire of 1906, thousands of auxiliary houses were built. At least 30 are still home to Bay Area residents today

By Peter Hartlaub | April 16, 2021 | Updated: April 16, 2021, 4:35 p.m.

Where did all the earthquake huts from 1906 go?

Most of the 5,610 relief houses built in San Francisco parks have been demolished, but there are still a surprising number in the San Francisco Bay Area – at least 30 and maybe many more. The residents who live in them swear that the sturdy redwood frames, built in one day, could last another 115 years.

We’ve compiled a list of all San Francisco cabins that have been “certified” by local conservationists, as well as some that are more widely believed to be earthquake huts for refugees as well. Bernal Heights has the highest concentration, but the dainty homes are scattered around the area and beyond.

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The Earthquake Hut Preservation movement began with this hut in the Sunset District after Jane Cryan rented the site in 1982. There are actually four huts – three in the front, one free in the back yard. With Cryan’s help, this cabin became the first a tenant lived in to receive historic status. It’s San Francisco Landmark # 171.

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The little blue house between two larger buildings on the main street of Bernal Heights has a strong “up” house feel. It is one of the larger “Type B” cabins in the front with two bedrooms in the back. Despite the additions, the floor plan is only 600 square meters.

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This wood-sided earthquake house in the Sunset District looks more out of place than most in a neighborhood filled with pastel post-war housing. It has added a bay window, but the sloping roof gives it away as a larger “Type B” cabin.

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673 Moultrie in Bernal Heights, one of the most picturesque earthquake cottages, always has a light color scheme (currently brown clapboard with yellow and light green borders). And while other huts are often hidden, this one is flush with the sidewalk and looks small between two apartment buildings. The structure is actually made up of two of the larger “Type B” cottages stacked together, making the space about 500 square feet.

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The cabin on Bocana Street is one of the most famous earthquake huts included on every refugee hut tour in Bernal Heights. For years it was the home of Shack Tivist Vicky Walker. The house impresses with its stained glass window and its larger size. The cabin at 164 Bocana is one of the few surviving “Type C” cabins with a luxurious living area of ​​400 square meters.

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211 and 217 Mullen Ave.

These two cottages are separate residences, but a clear pair in Bernal Heights. The white “Type B” cabins are offset from the street, one near the sidewalk and one behind a gate, but they are similar in design.

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While most of the surviving huts are in Bernal Heights, this little gem is a prominent landmark in San Francisco’s Oceanview District, where there are four surviving huts. It looks like a shed next to two much larger houses (including a new one with a similar color scheme). The 233 Broad House is a “Type A”, the smallest type of earthquake hut.

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This “Type B” is one of several Oceanview cabins and is far from the sidewalk so it looks even smaller. Oceanview is third in the San Francisco Refugee Home Census, after Bernal Heights and the Sunset District.

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Many of the surviving earthquake huts were raised on hills and offer wonderful views. Former cabin dweller Lisa Ruth Elliott talks about how she would start her day at 14 Elsie Street, looking south to the San Bruno Mountains. The house is a simple blue refugee home and has possibly the best hilltop views overlooking the city and the Sutro Tower.

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The 3653 Folsom Cabin is located between two larger houses and is characterized by a matching garage (built after moving out of a park in 1906) and lack of space. The “Type B” hut has no front garden and shares the walls with both neighbors.

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One block from Bernal Heights Park is this larger “Type B” cabin on a hill and well camouflaged with a fence and bush wall.

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This quaint home in Bernal Heights is one of the quieter cottages with lots of additional construction, woodwork, and landscaping. Two larger “Type B” huts form the core of the house.

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This Bernal Heights earthquake shack mash-up looks almost like a normal home, with two adjacent shacks and a connecting structure built in between. Further away from the road, the cabins are larger “Type B” structures.

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This is no longer a residence – it’s a garage. But it’s definitely an earthquake lodge next to a newer house in Bernal Heights.

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A small and delightful “Type A” cabin, clad in wood shingles and located near the street in Bernal Heights, looks tiny between two two-story apartments from the 1950s. A larger structure with a similar pointed roof is attached to the rear.

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The Presidio “Goldie Shacks”

Shack activist Jane Cryan was part of the group that saved these two 34th Avenue cabins and restored the two smaller “Type A” cabins for display in the Presidio behind the Old Post Hospital. Without a ticket, they’re two of the most accessible cabins in San Francisco.

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This Eureka Valley / Castro earthquake hut, one of the hidden gems, can be seen on the right as you climb the steps of Saturn Street.

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810 San Antonio, San Bruno

In addition to the Bernal Heights, Sunset and Oceanview districts of San Francisco, Daly City and San Bruno were popular places for relocated earthquake huts. This audited house includes two smaller cottages and some additional constructions.

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A triumph of conservation, this cabin was the beginning of the nonprofit history group of the Western Neighborhoods Project. Keepers, including David Gallagher and Woody LaBounty, rescued four cottages on Kirkham Avenue, moved three to a room near Jack London Square, and saved a fourth (including the authentic color park green) for public display. After being exhibited on Market Street in 2005, it was brought around town in a pickup truck and now has a home in the San Francisco Zoo Conservation Corner.

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One of the rare earthquake huts in the Noe Valley. Two cottages have been put together, with additional construction and lots of landscaping, making this house look like a more conventional home to the untrained eye.

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3 Fifth Ave., Oakland

When the Western Neighborhoods Project worked with conservationists to save the cottages on Kirkham Avenue, three of them went to the Fifth Avenue Institute, a bohemian collection of buildings a few blocks south of Jack London Square.

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330 Ninth Avenue, Santa Cruz

Amazingly, someone dragged two earthquake huts and built a house in three counties 75 miles away in Santa Cruz. The two small “Type A” huts are next to each other, with a third, newer structure in between.

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