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February 9, 2012 · 10:33 am

Growing pains: what on earth are they doing to Mid Market and the 4th Street corridor?

Two teams of city family representatives will join us at next week’s meeting on Wednesday, February 15 at 6:00. Planning Department staff from what they call the “Central Corridor” project are making their second appearance at the SoMa Leadership Council as part of their public outreach efforts and representatives from the Department of Public Works would like to talk about the status of the Better Market Street project. Continue reading →

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February 8, 2012 · 4:57 am

180 unit residential project proposed for Twitterland

SmartSpace® Mission, a green infill projected located at 9th and Mission Streets, will provide 180 units of studios and suites.

Panoramic Interests of Berkeley has proposed an 11 story residential tower at 1321 Mission Street within a block of the new Twitter headquarters on Market Street. The 9th and Mission Street development will be discussed at the March 21 meeting of the SoMa Leadership Council. Continue reading →

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January 29, 2012 · 9:57 am

Entertainment and hate speech

This nasty dispute between neighbors and nightclubs over the question of establishing an entertainment zone on 11th Street has gotten a lot of people worked up.

“People who don’t want noise from people enjoying music and each other shouldn’t live in SOMA, or in the big city at all,” declared one of Entertainment Commissioner Glendon (Anna Conda) Hyde’s supporters.

The last time this idea surfaced, passions became so inflamed by the industry’s “Save the Music” campaign that a nearly completed 15 unit live/work building at the corner of 11th and Harrison Street burned to the ground. The fire was ruled arson but no one was ever prosecuted for the crime.

Maybe it’s time for folks on all sides of the issue to tone down their rhetoric a bit.

Jim Meko, chair
SoMa Leadership Council

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January 28, 2012 · 8:43 am

Market Street billboard promoter files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The much-hyped revival of Mid-Market didn’t come fast enough for David Addington and his company Fair Market Properties. J.K. Dineen reports in the San Francisco Business Times that Fair Market Properties, which bought 1028-1056 Market Street in 2004 for $6.4 million, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Jan. 18, according to public documents. Addington owes about $4 million to East West Bank.

Jim Meko, chair
SoMa Leadership Council

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January 28, 2012 · 8:27 am

SoMa-based architects honored for affordable housing design

Bob Herman and Susie Coliver, principals of Herman Coliver Locus Architecture, will be honored at Episcopal Community Services’ Annual Awards Luncheon for their work designing affordable housing which contributes to the health and humanity of our community. Continue reading →

EC commish targets 11th Street, tells Bay Area Reporter “it is time to be really loud and proud”

Matthew Bajko, the Bay Area Reporter’s political correspondent, covers the SoMa Leadership Council’s upcoming entertainment summit in his latest column. “I have absolutely endorsed an entertainment zone for 11th Street,” said gay Entertainment Commissioner Glendon Hyde, also known as drag queen Anna Conda. “It is time to really be loud and proud about our culture and make sure it doesn’t disappear for condos.”

click here to read his report

Jim Meko, chair
SoMa Leadership Council

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January 11, 2012 · 4:15 pm

St. Joseph’s renovation faces Historic Preservation hearing on February 1

Chris Foley and the Polaris Group will be going before the Historic Preservation Commission on February 1 to present their plans for the renovation and adaptive reuse of St. Joseph’s Church. The landmark South of Market structure at 10th and Howard Street has sat empty since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and Foley bought it from the Archdiocese for a dollar after assuming all the seismic obligations attached to the beautiful old building. Continue reading →

First draft of new D6 nixes Kim, Walker, Daly … and the poor

The first map released by the Redistricting Task Force cuts off the Hayes Valley and north Mission portions of District 6, which coincidentally includes the homes of Debra Walker, Chris Daly and our current Supervisor Jane Kim.

The Redistricting Task Force released their first draft of a redesigned District 6 last week. The newly drawn boundaries shed 29% of excess population by eliminating Hayes Valley and the north Mission. Continue reading →

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January 5, 2012 · 6:08 am

Job Fair January 26th at the Metreon

From Kimberly Ng, South of Market Employment Center: Mission Hiring Hall/South of Market Employment Center is holding a job fair on Thursday, January 26, 2012 in the City View Room at the Westfield Metreon. The job fair will run from 12:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. and will feature employers from the retail, hotel/hospitality, and security industries. This job fair is sponsored by Westfield. Continue reading →

soma leadership council

Growing pains: what on earth are they doing to Mid Market and the 4th Street corridor?

180 unit residential project proposed for Twitterland

Entertainment and hate speech

Market Street billboard promoter files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

SoMa-based architects honored for affordable housing design

EC commish targets 11th Street, tells Bay Area Reporter “it is time to be really loud and proud”

St. Joseph’s renovation faces Historic Preservation hearing on February 1

First draft of new D6 nixes Kim, Walker, Daly … and the poor

Job Fair January 26th at the Metreon

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