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The Western SoMa Citizens Planning Task Force is beginning to comb through a draft of what will become the final Proposal for Adoption when the EIR is adopted, a process that will begin in August. The final draft of the … Continue reading →

Following a hearing last Friday, the SFMTA agreed to lower the speed limit along Folsom and Howard Streets. The new limit will affect Howard Street from the Embarcadero to South Van Ness and Folsom Street from 13th Street to the … Continue reading →

Late night parties in an empty restaurant at the corner of 9th and Folsom Street have been keeping neighbors awake for the last few months. Last Wednesday a fed up neighbor unloaded a fusillade of eggs at the partygoers who … Continue reading →

Patrons were greeted with locked doors on Sunday as the Eagle Tavern finally shut down after months of drama. “Out on the back porch Saturday afternoon, the final-day crowd was in a nostalgic mood,” reported the San Francisco Examiner. “Final pictures … Continue reading →

The Rules Committee of the Board of Supervisors will take up the issue of appointing a new oversight body to ensure that Twitter and other digital media businesses that are lured to the Mid-Market area by new tax incentives live … Continue reading →

The San Francisco Fire Department called a fourth alarm shortly before 7:00 tonight as flames continued to burn out of control at the Park Hotel, a three story single room occupancy residential hotel on Folsom Street between 6th and 7th … Continue reading →

Supervisor Jane Kim introduced a Resolution at the Board of Supervisors yesterday affirming the Community Stabilization Policy that was adopted by the Western SoMa Citizens Planning Task Force last year. The Stabilization Policy evaluates the existing conditions and sets forth … Continue reading →

The San Francisco Fire Department called a fourth alarm shortly before 7:00 tonight as flames continued to burn out of control at the Park Hotel, a three story single room occupancy residential hotel on Folsom Street between 6th and 7th … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, April 20, 2011, the SoMa Leadership Council voted to support efforts to create an independent Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) to oversee the implementation of the Community Benefits Agreement that is required of Twitter and other high tech businesses … Continue reading →

There has been talk of Folsom Street becoming a boulevard for at least ten years. Early in his first term of office, Supervisor Chris Daly asked the San Francisco County Transportation Authority to do an initial study of possible options … Continue reading →