South San Francisco

In August 2022, South San Francisco (SSF) recruited a diverse group of city staff, elected leaders, community stakeholder organization representatives and residents who were interested in the well-being of older residents to serve on SSF’s first ever Age Friendly Community (AFC) Task Force.  With support and guidance from the Center for Age Friendly Excellence, they met regularly to discuss how their community could look at ways to improve the livability of their communities for their older adult residents and the process involved in planning, developing and launching a new and effective AFC initiative.  This was done through conducting focus groups with a diverse range of older adult SSF residents to learn from them what they considered SSF’s livability challenges as well as strengths of their community.  After an extensive review of this information and discussion among task force members, the task force chose several inaugural age friendly projects for the City of SSF to consider developing and implementing either directly or in collaboration with community stake holder organizations over the next two plus years.  

Age-Friendly Certification Status:

Achieved AARP/World Health Organization (WHO) age-friendly community designation in June 2023.

Project Status:

The inaugural Age Friendly Community projects currently under consideration by South San Francisco include:

    Domain: Transportation

Age-Friendly Cities: Transportation
  • The City of SSF will consider an expansion of their free shuttle route.

    Domain: Housing

Age-Friendly Cities: Housing
  • South San Francisco’s Rotary Club’s will build a 104 unit affordable senior housing apartment complex development for low-income older adults.

    Domain: Outdoor Spaces/Buildings

Age-Friendly Cities: Outdoor Spaces and Buildings
  • The City of SSF will consider conducting a walk audit to assess sidewalk and crosswalk safety in their community.

    Domain: Respect and Inclusion / Outdoor Spaces and Buildings

  • The City of SSF will facilitate the set-up of temporary rest areas at large festivals and community events for use by participants of all ages.

    Domain: Communication and Information

Age-Friendly Cities: Communication and Information
  • The City of SSF will consider improved communications for and with SSF’s older adult residents and their social network about local/regional support services and opportunities.

    Domain: Community Support and Health Services

Age-Friendly Cities: Community Support and Health Services
  • The SSF Fire Department will consider updating their emergency preparedness plans and strategies for older adult residents.

    Domain: All Domains

Age-Friendly Cities: Eight Domains
  • The City of SSF will considering adopting a standard practice of using an “age friendly lens” on all community projects/ events/ services as a standard procedure for each city department and to recommend this practice be used by the community’s stakeholder organizations.
  • The City of South San Francisco will consider issuing a community wide Request for Age Friendly Community (AFC) Proposals (i.e. a local “AFC RFP”) that invites a variety of community stakeholders to submit Age Friendly Project ideas that can be implemented within a one year time frame. 
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