by JIM MEKO
The Eastern Neighborhoods Community Advisory Committee (ENCAC) holds the pursestrings for all the money collected from new developments in the various plan areas of the Eastern Neighborhoods. Continue reading
Purple building looks like toast
by JIM MEKO
An early morning fire this past Sunday did to the so-called purple building on 11th Street what years of controversy failed to do.
Once the target of anti-residential zeal, the entertainment lobby convinced Supervisor Jane Kim to change the zoning along 11th Street from WMUG (friendly to residential development) to WMUO (mixed-use office), which precludes housing. Entertainment advocates had pushed for a down-zoning to service and industrial uses but Kim and the Planning Commission chose instead to create a different sort of up-zoning. The residential project proposed for the site has since been changed to an office development.
Filed under art, economics, entertainment, planning
SF Eagle hopes to bring 5,000 Halloween revelers to neighborhood
by JIM MEKO
A couple dozen patrons and neighbors gathered in the patio of the SF Eagle bar last Tuesday night to hear about plans for a Halloween street party outside the doors of the much-loved SoMa gay leather institution. Halloween is Thursday, October 31 this year. Continue reading
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Celebrate the life of Jazzie Collins
Please join us in celebrating the life of our beloved community leader and tireless advocate for social and economic justice, Jazzie Collins, who passed away on July 11.
Jazzie fought for the rights of tenants, seniors, the disabled, the homeless, the LGBT community, those without healthcare among many others. She worked with us at Senior and Disability Action, was an organizer of the annual Trans March, Co-Chair of the city’s LGBT Aging Policy Task Force, among many other activities.
Memorial to celebrate her life:
Thursday August 1, from 5:30-8:00 PM
Mission High School
3750 18th St. (at Church St.)
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MUNI changes coming
The Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP) is an effort, begun in 2005, to update the routes and levels of service for the MUNI system. The study is in its final stage and time to have any impact on these changes is quickly running out. The Planning Department released the Draft Environmental Impact Report earlier this month and the public comment period will end on August 26th, 2013. Continue reading
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Defenestration’s days are numbered
A hearing at the Planning Commission is set for August 1, 2013 to clear the way forward for a 9-story housing project that contains 67 permanently affordable units at the corner of 6th and Howard Streets. The site is currently home to Brian Goggin’s multi-disciplinary sculptural mural titled “Defenestration.” Continue reading
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Jazzie Collins, Rest in Peace
Jazzie Collins, Activist
1958-2013
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Noteworthy environmental specialist suspended by new DPH Director
Dr. Rajiv Bhatia, San Francisco’s top environmental health official, returned from vacation two weeks ago only to find that he’s been put on administrative leave.
Bhatia is well-respected among urban planners as an advocate of “health impact analyses” and a key developer of the “Healthy Development Measurement Tool.” The HDMT provides a range of policy and design strategies that can advance health conditions and resources via the development process. Every policy included in the Western SoMa Community Plan was examined from this perspective. Continue reading
Filed under planning, public safety, quality of life
First signs of a building boom in Western Soma beginning to sprout
by JIM MEKO
The sea of construction cranes along Market Street can be attributed to the rezoning included in the Market/Octavia Plan, which was signed into law in 2007, and the improving economy. In Western SoMa, the first signs of a similar boom are beginning to appear. Continue reading
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Celebrate!
After yesterday’s Supreme Court rulings striking down DOMA and bringing marriage equality back to California, my friend h. brown sends along a link to what he calls “the gayest song in the world!” Click on the pic:
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soma leadership council 