by Bonnee Waldstein As part of its program to improve and preserve 200 blocks annually of SF city streets, SF Public Works will be “micro-surfacing” several blocks in Glen Park. Micro-surfacing involves applying a sealant to the street and takes only 2 days per block to complete. The tentative list of candidate blocks as of […]
Archives for March 2018
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee meets Monday, April 2, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The SFMTA Board of Directors meets Tuesday, April 3, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. See agenda here. (10.2) Approving a prohibition on vehicles over three tons on Miguel Street between Laidley Street […]
Fix-It Team is Coming to Glen Park!
Volunteers needed to help beautify Glen Park! On Saturday, April 21, the Mayor’s Fix-It Team is coming to Glen Park to work on the green space between Arlington Street and San Jose Avenue. Register at https://tinyurl.com/glenparkcleanup
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Why are there SFMTA traffic control officers at Diamond & Bosworth every night? Hint: the $2 million redesign of the intersection doesn’t seem to have done the job
To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. By Elizabeth Weise It took nine years of planning, three years of waiting, almost $2 million to fund, a major design snafu and 16 months of soul-destroying disruption to build the […]
DA Pitches Plan to Curb Auto Burglaries
By Bonnee Waldstein Auto break-ins are among the increasing litany of quality of life woes in San Francisco, and the Glen Park neighborhood is no exception. From March 1st to 20th, there were six reported auto burglaries in the Glen Park area. On Monday, March 19, DA George Gascon led a forum for local neighborhood […]
Politics in Glen Park
Missed the D8 debate at Upper Noe Neighbors? Listen to a recording of the evening’s answers from challenger Rafael Mandelman and incumbent Jeff Sheehy here. And you can catch mayoral candidate Amy Farah Weiss live on Tuesday, March 27, 7 p.m., at Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery Street. Click here for details. […]
Save the Date — Fix-It Team Coming to Glen Park!
Saturday, April 21, 9 AM – Noon Meet at Arlington & Roanoke Streets Join the Mayor’s Fix-It Team this Earth Day for a morning of cleaning weeding, graffiti removal and litter pickup with your Glen Park neighbors! Watch for the official flyer soon! info@glenparkassociation.org
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
There is no Board of Supervisor meetings, SFMTA meetings , Board of Appeals meeting for the spring break. The SF Planning Department Zoning Variance Hearing will be Wednesday, March 28, 9:30 a.m. in City Hall, room 408. See agenda here. The SF Planning Commission meets Thursday, March 29, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. See […]
Planning Dept’s 50-Year Vision
Forwarded from the SF Planning Dept The ConnectSF team is pleased to present a 50-year transportation vision for San Francisco. The vision emerged through discussions with residents and stakeholders in focus groups, online forums, pop-up events, our task force, and other targeted outreach. Guided by ConnectSF’s goals – equity; economic vitality; environmental sustainability; safety and […]
GPA Quarterly Meeting — April 19
Please come to the spring meeting of the Glen Park Association Thursday, April 19, 7 p.m., at the Glen Canyon Recreation Center. Agenda California State Senator Scott Wiener gives an update from Sacramento San Francisco Supervisor Jeff Sheehy gives a neighborhood update Kimberlee West, SFPUC, gives a presentation on the water and sewer rate increase A […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Ambassadors Don’t Do Politics, They Make Glen Park More Beautiful
To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. by Bonnee Waldstein Glen Park Ambassadors Evette Demings (l.), photo by Bonnee Waldstein and Quenise Young, photo courtesy of Mayor’s Office Glen Park is fortunate to have two people […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
Fun new geeky tool to look up permits across the city: https://sanfrancisco.buildingeye.com/ You can find Building, Planning or Fire permits here. (Menu in the upper right.) The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee meets Monday, March 19, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. Not GP, but item 6 is a proposal to require […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
Better Market Street Public Meetings happen March 10 to 14 at UC Hastings. See more here. The Land Use and Transportation Committee of the BOS meets Monday, March 12, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. 180191 [Planning Code – Public Parking Lot as a Permitted Use in the Glen Park Neighborhood Commercial Transit District […]
America’s Pedestrian Safety Crisis Isn’t Getting Any Better – SF, Take Notice
From Streetsblog USA: Pedestrian deaths have increased 25 percent over the last five years. Graph: GHSA America isn’t making progress on pedestrian safety, with people on foot accounting for a steadily rising share of overall traffic fatalities. In 2017, for the second year running, nearly 6,000 people were struck and killed while walking in the […]
Final Deadline: March 14 for Tree Requests!
We are EXTENDING the deadline for ONE MORE WEEK. This is the week to get those final requests in for our upcoming planting. Consider filling out the forms with your neighbors – look over a cellphone or fill out the paper form over a nice neighborly conversation! The Tree Request Deadline for your neighbors to request a […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
The Board of Supervisors Land Use and Transportation Committee meets Monday, March 5, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See full agenda here. 1. 180078 [Planning Code – Landmark Designation – Wall at the Intersection of Diamond Heights Boulevard and Clipper Street (aka Diamond Heights Safety Wall)] Sponsor: Sheehy Ordinance amending the Planning Code […]
D8 Supervisor Forum March 21
Upper Noe Neighbors will host a District 8 candidate debate between Supervisor Jeff Sheehy and City College Board Trustee Rafael Mandelman at its next meeting Wednesday, March 21, at 7 p.m., in the Upper Noe Recreation Center, 295 Day Street. http://uppernoeneighbors.com/