The indefatigable San Francisco bureaucracy hasn’t beat Carlos Muela and his family yet. “We’ve hit quite a few hurdles but have decided to continue,” he said today. The latest rendering of the “SoMa StrEAT Food Park” shows a village-like cluster of eleven food truck vendor stalls on the U-Haul parking lot at 428 11th Street, Continue reading
Category Archives: planning
11th “StrEAT” gourmet food court proposal isn’t quite dead yet
Filed under planning, quality of life
Alley improvements coming to Minna, Natoma and Ringold
Transportation Authority staff will be conducting a door-to-door survey of residents and business owners on Ringold Alley this week to help complete the Western SoMa Neighborhood Transportation Plan. They’ll also be posting storefront displays at seven locations around the neighborhood describing the Minna and Natoma and mid-block crossing improvements. Continue reading
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The limits of “Live Performance”
Supervisor Jane Kim has backed off from her earlier enthusiasm for opening up the entire South of Market to live entertainment permits and has proposed an extension of Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi’s legislation that will only impact South Park and the Sixth Street corridor for the time being. If the Western SoMa Community Plan is adopted as currently written, the legislation will also encompass the Folsom Street Neighborhood Commercial District, the area south of Harrison Street and possibly 9th and 10th Streets, Continue reading
Filed under entertainment, planning, politics
Planners seek input on public realm improvements for Rincon Hill
After the Rincon Hill Plan was adopted in 2005, the Planning Department drafted a streetscape plan to implement public improvements in the neighborhood. The MTA Board approved all of the street changes in 2006, but the Master Plan document itself was never finalized or adopted by the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors. Continue reading
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soma leadership council 