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
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10th Anniversary Retrospective: Who Knew? Glen Park Was Once Redlined
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 […]
GP Ball Fields Closed in June
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.
Dogs of Glen Park: Meet Bruce Bochy
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 […]
City Agency Hearings – Robots Edition!
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. […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Bird & Beckett Bookstore Recognized at City Hall
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 […]
Call to volunteer: Rec and Park Trail Corps!
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 […]
Community Discussion of SB50 (Among Other Issues)
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 […]
City Agency Hearings
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, […]
Glen Park Association spring meeting wrap-up
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 […]