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Archives for May 2019

City Agency Hearings

May 31, 2019 by Heather World

The BOS Rules Committee will meet Monday, June 3, 10:00 a.m., in City Hall, room 263. Agenda The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, June 3, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. Agenda The SFMTA Bond Oversight Committee will meet Tuesday, June 4, 10 a.m., at 1 S. Van Ness Ave., […]

Filed Under: City Agency Hearings

Sunnyside’s Detroit Street steps got spruced up on June 8

May 31, 2019 by Murray Schneider

The Detroit Street steps in Sunnyside are getting a spruce up and local residents can take part on June 8, when Sunnyside volunteers are scheduling a “Cleanup and Celebration Day.” During the event, neighbors will have an opportunity to work alongside DPW’s Green and Clean Team, weeding the upper and lower steps. It’s the start […]

Filed Under: Featured, Sunnyside, Uncategorized

Public Land and Private Profit

May 28, 2019 by Heather World

Fenced off and closed to the public earlier this year, the re-graded Kern Street parking lot behind Pebbles Café on Diamond Street includes about 1,700-square feet of city land, giving the family that controls the lot 27 percent more space to charge tenants for parking. That changed Tuesday in response to three months of inquires […]

Filed Under: Jeff Sheehy, Kern Alley, Parking, SF Planning Department, SFPW, Uncategorized

San Francisco and Glen Park under the microscope

May 27, 2019 by Bonnee Waldstein

  Recently, a spate of findings and ratings has been released by the San Francisco Controller’s Office and the Trust for Public Land, measuring the performance of city departments and quality of life issues. SF Controller’s Office 2019 City Survey Report  This month, the Controller’s Office came out with its biennial (2019) City Survey Report […]

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Library, Neighborhood, Recreation and Parks Department, Transit, Trees, Uncategorized

City Agency Hearings – Holiday Edition

May 24, 2019 by Heather World

The SFMTA Policy and Governance Committee will meet Tuesday, May 28, 10 a.m., at 1 S. Van Ness Ave., 7th floor. Agenda and supporting materials here. The Strategic Planning Progress Report is full of interesting information. The SFMTA Engineering Hearing happens Friday, May 31, 10 a.m., in City Hall, room 416. Agenda

Filed Under: City Agency Hearings

10th Anniversary Retrospective: Who Knew? Glen Park Was Once Redlined

May 23, 2019 by Heather World

To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. During the 1930s, a New Deal agency called the Home Owners Loan Corporation asked mortgage lenders, developers and real estate appraisers to draw up maps assessing the risk of lending money […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

GP Ball Fields Closed in June

May 23, 2019 by Heather World

The Recreation and Parks Department has said it will close the Glen Park Ball Fields from June 3 to July 8, 2019, for turf renovation. Look for posted signs on site as well as information from the department’s social media platforms.

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Recreation and Parks Department

Dogs of Glen Park: Meet Bruce Bochy

May 19, 2019 by Murray Schneider

San Francisco Giants Bruce Bochy is taking victory laps around National League ball parks as he finishes a storied major league career as a big-league catcher and manager. There’s another Bruce Bochy, the Chenery Street Bochy, and he’s caught a few pitches himself. The Glen Park Bochy is in mid-career, takes his own laps and […]

Filed Under: Featured, Uncategorized

City Agency Hearings – Robots Edition!

May 17, 2019 by Heather World

Two GP items before the Planning Commission on Thursday! Mandleman’s efforts to pilot a state law meant to expand conservatorship laws to include drug addicted mentally ill people is hitting serious headwinds, as described in this SF Weekly article. It goes before Rules again this week. (See “Mandelman Legislation” below).  Slide presentation of the issue. […]

Filed Under: City Agency Hearings

10th Anniversary Retrospective: Bird & Beckett Bookstore Recognized at City Hall

May 15, 2019 by Heather World

To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. Eric Whittington, proprietor of Glen Park’s Bird & Beckett Books, was honored at City Hall on Tuesday with a commendation from Supervisor Rafael Mandelman. (Or “Condemnation,” as Whittington accidentally referred to […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Rafael Mandelman

Call to volunteer: Rec and Park Trail Corps!

May 14, 2019 by San Francisco Rec and Park

Calling all trail fans! Do you love hiking trails in San Francisco? Want to be part of the team that builds and maintains your favorite trails in the city? The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department’s Urban Trails Program invites you to join us in a kick-off volunteer work party, where you will gain valuable […]

Filed Under: Community Servce, Glen Canyon Park, Recreation and Parks Department, Uncategorized

Community Discussion of SB50 (Among Other Issues)

May 13, 2019 by Upper Noe Neighbors

Forwarded from Upper Noe Neighbors:   Mark your calendars – Join your neighbors in lively discussion of neighborhood and city-wide issues. Recology – how to keep SF the greenest city in America? What’s in store. Share your insight and offer Recology feedback on the services that they provide. SB50 Just The Facts – SF Planning […]

Filed Under: Meeting announcement, Political, Rafael Mandelman, Scott Wiener

City Agency Hearings

May 10, 2019 by Heather World

Mandelman is moving forward with the legislation to expand mental health/substance abuse conservatorships in the Rules Committee, and he’s holding a hearing to see what resources the city has to accommodate the law. Presumably his line of questioning will follow up on recommendations from the city’s April 2018 performance audit of DPH’s Behavioral Health Services, […]

Filed Under: City Agency Hearings

Glen Park Association spring meeting wrap-up

May 8, 2019 by Bonnee Waldstein

The quarterly meeting took place in the Recreation Center on April 25. Update on crime and other matters in Glen Park Captain Hart had just come from a fire safety meeting in Diamond Heights and had some helpful information to share. There are two separate access points to Glen Canyon Park.  The official address is […]

Filed Under: Community Clean-Up, FixIt, Friends of the Urban Forest, Gardening, Glen Park Association, Greenway, Meeting Summaries, SFFD, SFPD, SFPW, Trees, Uncategorized

Glen Park Recreation Center: All clean!

May 7, 2019 by Bonnee Waldstein

It’s the Tuesday morning after the Saturday night that the Recreation Center was vandalized by tagging (see post of Monday, May 6).  The site has been almost completely cleaned up!  The sculpture is still in process. The Recreation and Park Department has done a great and speedy job! UPDATE:  Tamara Barak Aparton of Rec and […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

UPDATE: Developing story: Vandals *Majorly* Tag Glen Park Recreation Center

May 6, 2019 by Bonnee Waldstein

S Sunday morning there was a shocking sight at the Glen Park Recreation Center.  Vandals had done extensive tagging to the facade, the outdoor sculpture and stairs.  They’d spray-painted the security cameras as well. A passerby walking his dog in the park at around 11:30 Saturday night posted on Nextdoor that he saw around 15 […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Greenway Updates Spring 2019

May 6, 2019 by Nicholas Dewar

We had a very productive and entertaining morning on the Greenway on Saturday May 4, 2019. The weather turned out to be ideal for our outdoor activity. Many thanks to the wonderfully enthusiastic gardeners who were able to join us, especially the first-timers in our group: Kiera, Elinor, Dave and Brook Ray. It was great […]

Filed Under: Greenway

City Agency Hearings – City College edition!

May 3, 2019 by Heather World

On Friday, the BOS will hear about the cuts to City College classes, which seems like it could be heated. For disappointment, turn to the MUNI Forward report to the SFMTA Board of Directors Tuesay. No improvements to the J any time soon, alas. Finally, the Supes are proposing half of all future Education Revenue […]

Filed Under: City Agency Hearings

DHB Median Cleanup – May 4

May 2, 2019 by Paul Matalucci

Please join us this Saturday to clear and polish our median islands following the substantial winter rains. Date: Saturday, May 4 Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon Location: Meet at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 101 Gold Mine Dr, Parish Hall (Lower Level) Refreshments: Morning snacks Lunch: We will serve a hot lunch afterward to say thank you RSVP to paul@wordwc.com so […]

Filed Under: Community Clean-Up, Diamond Heights, Uncategorized

Destination Bakery’s Deb Lunsford Delights

May 1, 2019 by Murray Schneider

Deb has a destination. For 16 years Deb Lunsford has mounted her Raleigh bicycle and peddled to Destination Bakery from her Bernal Heights home. She crosses Mission Street, picks up Arlington Street, takes a right on Natick, then a left on Chenery and arrives at Destination five days a week before the sun comes up. […]

Filed Under: Businesses, Featured

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